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Top Incomes in Germany, 1871-2014
Bartels, Charlotte - 2018
This study provides new evidence on top income shares in Germany from the period of industrialization to the present … of the millennium, income concentration in Germany has been on the rise and is today among the highest in Europe …. Income concentration was high in the nineteenth century, dropped sharply after World War I and during the hyperinflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909983
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Comparative advantage, segmentation and informal earnings : a marginal treatment effects approach
Arias, Omar (contributor); Khamis, Melanie (contributor) - 2008
This paper employs recently developed econometric models of marginal treatment effects to analyze the relevance of labor market comparative advantage and segmentation in the participation and earnings performance of workers in formal and informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793731
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Chapter 6 Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey
Deere, Donald R.; Vesovic, Jelena - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 255-306). 2006
This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …. Following the 1940 Decennial Census, which collected information on educational attainment and on earned income and time worked … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023737
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Compulsory military service and future earnings : evidence from a quasi-experiment
Asali, Muhammad - 2015
Using Israeli census data, this study provides new evidence on the long-term effects of military service on the earnings of veterans. Among Druze men aged 25-34, we find an economically and statistically significant positive effect of 18% on their wages. The respective effect for the 35-44 age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488818
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Schooling and the Vietnam-Era GI Bill : Evidence from the Draft Lottery
Angrist, Joshua D.; Chen, Stacey - 2011
Draft-lottery estimates of the causal effects of Vietnam-era military service using 2000 census data show marked schooling gains for veterans. We argue that these gains can be attributed to Vietnam veterans’ use of the GI Bill rather than draft avoidance behavior. At the same time, draft...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183668
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The economic progress of American Jewry : from 18th century merchants to 21st century professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922125
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Befragung der Kommission Hochschulmanagement zu VHB-JOURQUAL
Dilger, Alexander - 2011
Im Juni 2011 wurde die wissenschaftliche Kommission Hochschulmanagement im Verband der Hochschullehrer für …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235649
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Children of war : the long-run effects of large-scale physical destruction and warfare on children
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2009
. I combine a unique dataset on city-level destruction in Germany caused by Allied Air Forces bombing during WWII with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897513
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Children of War : The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2009
. I combine a unique dataset on city-level destruction in Germany caused by Allied Air Forces bombing during WWII with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155586
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Firm Training
Black, Dan; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2023
Workers acquire skills through formal schooling, through training provided by governments, and through training provided by firms. This chapter reviews, synthesizes, and augments the literature on the last of these, which has languished in recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014261023