histories in Germany between 1975 and 2010. We estimate difference-in-differences models, using a sample in which we match …

deviation of wages. Following the procedure proposed by Bonin (2007), this earnings risk measure is used as dependent variable … einzelner Berufe. Auf Basis des deutschen Mikrozensus und des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels Deutschland wird gezeigt, inwieweit …

Using German linked employer-employee data, this paper investigates the impact of on-the-job training on wages. The … applied estimation technique was first introduced by Leuven and Oosterbeek (2008). The idea is to compare wages of employees … who intended to participate in training but did not do so because of a random event with wages of training participants …

comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, earn higher wages. However, this positive …. -- Locus of control ; wages ; latent factor model ; data set combination …

This paper studies the effect of parenthood timing on future wages. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … (SOEP), we employ an instrumental variable approach to identify the causal effect of delaying parenthood on wages of mothers … and fathers. Consistent with previous studies, we provide evidence for a positive delaying effect on wages. We further …

This paper studies the effect of parenthood timing on future wages. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … (SOEP), we employ an instrumental variable approach to identify the causal effect of delaying parenthood on wages of mothers … and fathers. Consistent with previous studies, we provide evidence for a positive delaying effect on wages. We further …

schooling - before the individual enters the labor market - does not significantly affect later wages after controlling for … control measures on wages, this indicates that it is important to distinguish between premarket skills and those that are …, thus indirectly affecting later wages. The paper conveys important policy implications. If some personality traits, such as …

The paper investigates female wage profiles in West-Germany between 1984 and 2008 using data from the German Socio … demonstrate with state of the art statistical models how wages are affected by labour market experience, employment interruptions … the wage profile afterwards. Labour market experience, as one major determinant of human capital, influences wages heavily …

data on West Germany are used and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for … identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative … family gap. -- wages ; parental leave ; human capital ; return to work ; non-random selection …

This paper analyzes wage assimilation of ethnic German immigrants to Germany. We use unique administrative data that … partial. A 10% higher pre-migration wage translates into a 1.6% higher wage in Germany when also controlling for educational …