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Effectiveness of further vocational training in Germany : empirical findings for persons receiving means-tested unemployment benefit

Bernhard, Sarah; Kruppe, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012

"Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...

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Ostdeutschland 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall: Was war und was ist heute mit der Wirtschaft?

Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Der Artikel zeigt in den grundlegenden Zügen die Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland seit dem Beginn der Umstrukturierung auf … mit einer starken Besiedlungsdichte zusammenhängt. In Ostdeutschland ist das auch der Fall – wegen der enormen … überfälligen Abbau von Subventionen eine Neuausrichtung der Regionalförderung – und zwar nicht speziell für Ostdeutschland, sondern …

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Logib-D und die Entgeltunterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen in deutschen Betrieben : eine Abschätzung des politischen Handlungsfeldes (Logib-D and the gender pay gaps in German...

Beblo, Miriam; Ohlert, Clemens; Wolf, Elke - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 43-52

"Since 2009, the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) provides a statistical tool - named Logib-D - for firms to measure their internal wage inequality voluntarily. We use our estimation model of firm-specific gender pay gaps, developed in the DFG...

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Lohnentwicklung im Lebenszyklus : eine Analyse von Ausmaß, Begründung und Heterogenität von Lohnsteigerungen (Wages over the life cycle : an empirical analysis of wage structures i...

Orlowski, Robert; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 29-41

"This paper summarizes the findings of studies which investigate the determinants of wages in Germany, using data of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analyses apply least squares estimates as well as the estimators developed by Altonji and Shakotko, Rev. Econ. Stud. 54, 437...

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The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in East and West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Trübswetter, Parvati - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011

"Socialist societies often emphasized the abolition of traditional social classes. To achieve this objective, educational opportunities were at times 'actively managed' and allocated to children of less educated parents. What happened to these patterns after the demise of socialist rule in...

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Arbeitsmarktwirkungen der Mindestlohneinführung im Bauhauptgewerbe (Labour market effects of the minimum wage introduction in the main construction sector)

Apel, Helmut; Bachmann, Ronald; Bender, Stefan; vom … - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 45 (2012) 3/4, pp. 257-277

"On January 1st, 1997, minimum wages were introduced in the German main construction sector. We examine the effects of this wage regulation on various aspects of the labour market of this sector, particularly the effects on wages and employment. In East Germany, at the time of its introduction,...

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Der Mindestlohn in der Pflegebranche : Die Folgen eines Mindestlohns in einer Wachstumsbranche

Harsch, Katrin; Verbeek, Hans - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 45 (2012) 3/4, pp. 355-378

"The introduction of a minimum wage in the care sector in August 2010 was the first time that a minimum wage was introduced in a health sector. Furthermore, in contrast to other industries with minimum wages, the care sector has continually increased in recent years. Our results show that...

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Mindestlohnregelungen im Maler- und Lackiererhandwerk : eine Wirkungsanalyse

Boockmann, Bernhard; Neumann, Michael; Rattenhuber, Pia - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 45 (2012) 3/4, pp. 331-353

"The introduction of the minimum wage in the German painter and varnisher trade in 2003 is used as a natural experiment to study the effects of minimum wages on wages and employment. We find a significant positive effect on the average hourly wage of skilled workers in East Germany, but not in...

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Demography and unemployment in East Germany : how close are the ties?

Fuchs, Michaela; Weyh, Antje - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014

"We analyze the relation between population aging and the decline of unemployment in East Germany for the years from 1996 to 2012. To this we scrutinize both a direct and an indirect effect of aging on unemployment. The direct effect includes a decomposition of the East German unemployment rate...

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The impact of education on personality : evidence from a German high school reform

Dahmann, Sarah; Anger, Silke - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2015

"This paper investigates the short-term effects of a reduction in the length of high school on students' personality traits using a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a quasi-natural experiment. Starting in 2001, academic-track high school (Gymnasium) was reduced from...

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