Structural changes in basic economic indicators, changes in traditional role patterns, and in female employment behavior shed light on the performance of the European labor markets in the 90s. This paper focuses on the cyclical sensitivity of women's employment status and earnings position in...

Using longitudinal data from the GSOEP-PSID Equivalent File 1980-2002 we analyze the extent and structure of intergenerational occupational mobility and the determinants of occupational choice in Germany and the United States � two countries with different social role patterns. We find...

The article directs attention to the structuring effects of humancapital variables and family-background characteristics on labor supply decisions, occupational segregation, and intergenerational income mobility in the United States and Germany - two countries with different institutional labor...

Based on nationally representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we analyze the intergenerational transmission of economic and social (dis-)advantages in Germany, the United States and...

Zusammenfassung Untersuchungen des Erwerbsverhaltens von Frauen in Deutschland und den USA begründen die geringere Arbeitsmarktpräsenz deutscher Frauen unter anderem mit deren traditionsverhaftetem Rollenverhalten. Dieser Beitrag untersucht, ob sich dieser Befund anhand des Ausmaßes, in dem...