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Wage convergence and inequality after unification : (East) Germany in transition

Gernandt, Johannes; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2008

Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with groups of West German statistical twin workers, all taken from the Socio …. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in … East and West Germany are still characterized by wage differences but that the degree of inequality in both regions …

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Wage posting or wage bargaining? : evidence from the employers' side ; conference paper

Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - 2013

Using a representative establishment dataset, this paper analyzes the incidence of wage posting and wage bargaining in the matching process. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German labor market, with about two-thirds of hirings being characterized by wage posting....

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Geringverdiener: wem und wie gelingt der Aufstieg?

Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Stephani, Jens - 2008

Using representative linked employer-employee data of the German Federal Employment Agency, this paper analyzes to which extent full-time employees who earned low wages (less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 were able to earn higher wages in the following years, and which factors...

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Low-wage employment versus unemployment: which one provides better prospects for women?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random effects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being...

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Low-wage employment versus unemployment: which one provides better prospects for women?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - 2009

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How flexible are wages in EU accession countries?

Iara, Anna; Traistaru, Iulia - 2003

The transition to a market economy and increased economic integration have fostered regional disparities in Central and Eastern European countries. This paper investigates whether and to what extent wages could act as an equilibrating mechanism in these countries by adjusting to local market...

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Which employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive to motivate workers?

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2015

Using German establishment data, this study finds that the share of blue-collar workers, an outdated production technology and a high-wage policy increase the probability that employers regard the threat of dismissal as a suitable incentive. A participatory HRM policy, the incidence of a works...

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Informal-Formal Worker Wage Gap in Turkey: Evidence From A Semi-Parametric Approach

Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - 2011

Using individual level data from Turkstat Household Labor Force Survey for 2005-2009 period and a variety of parametric and semi-parametric techniques, we test two hypothesis regarding formal and informal labor markets: whether there is a wage gap between formal and informal workers and whether...

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Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women?

Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 21, pp. 1-17

Using German SOEP data, 1999 - 2009, this study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women, where we distinguish between full-time and part-time working. We estimate a dynamic multinomial logit model with random effects and find that having a low-wage job - compared...

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The Effects of Globalization on Wage Inequality: New Insights from a Dynamic Trade Model with Heterogeneous Firms

Mileva, Mariya; Braun, Sebastian; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2013

Fears of increasing inequality play a dominant role in current debates on how globalization is affecting our economies. After a brief review of recent trends in wage inequality, this policy paper presents new insights on the dynamic effect of trade liberalization on wage inequality. In the...

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