This paper analyses the duration of child poverty in Germany. In our sample, we observe the entire income history from the individuals' birth to their coming of age at age 18. Therefore we are able to analyze dynamics in and out of poverty for the entire population of children, whether they...

In this thesis we describe the incidence of relative poverty among children living in Germany and analyze whether poverty has any impact on child outcomes. First, the focus lies on identifying households with a high poverty risk. Second, we analyze the dynamics of spells in and out of poverty....

Eine aktive Teilnahme an Weiterbildungen begünstigt berufliches Vorankommen und reduziert das Risiko eines Jobverlusts. Erstmals zeigt eine neue RWI-Studie, dass die Dauer der Schul- und Berufsausbildung einen ursächlichen Einfluss darauf hat, wie stark Arbeitnehmer sich später weiterbilden....

Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be due to skills learned in early periods increasing returns to educational investments in later periods. This paper addresses the question whether the complementarity between...

Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be due to skills learned in early periods increasing returns to educational investments in later periods. This paper addresses the question whether the complementarity between...

Zum 1. Januar 1997 wurde im Bauhauptgewerbe ein Mindestlohn eingeführt, der bis heute besteht. Die vorliegende Studie fasst verschiedene Ergebnisse zu den Folgen dieser Mindestlohnregelung zusammen. In Ostdeutschland war die Betroffenheit durch den Mindestlohn zum Zeitpunkt der Einführung...

In this paper, we discuss the importance of sample size in the evaluation of minimum wage effects. We first show which sample sizes are necessary to make reliable statements about the effects of minimum wages on binary outcomes, and second how to determine these sample sizes. This is...