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Einkommensentwicklung im Freistaat Sachsen
Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang; Ragnitz, Joachim - 2011
Die Studie stellt die Bruttolohn- und Tariflohnentwicklung von Arbeitnehmern in der Privatwirtschaft und Angestellten im öffentlichen Dienst seit der Wiedervereinigung gegenüber. Dabei werden auch Sonderleistungen (wie Urlaubs- und Weihnachtsgeld, Überstundenzuschläge usw.), flexible...
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Migration and the wage curve: a structural approach to measure the wage and employment effects of migration
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - 2008
Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on the assumption that wages respond to a change in the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This allows one to derive the wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously...
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Evolution of the Chinese rural-urban migrant labor market from 2002 to 2007
Qu, Zhaopeng Frank; Zhao, Zhong - 2011
sets. Our focus is on the rural-urban migration decision, the wage structure of migrants, the urban labor market … segmentation between migrants and urban natives, and the changes of these aspects from 2002 to 2007. We find that prior migration … to 2007. Our results show that there is a significant increase in wages among both migrants and urban natives over this 5 …
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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: Evidence from eleven European countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Fritze, … - 2011
changes in the early life economic environment on late life cognition. In European countries, about three to four economic …
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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: Evidence from eleven European countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Fritze, … - 2011
With ageing populations and a stronger reliance on individual financial decision-making concerning asset portfolios, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important to understand the determinants of cognitive ability among the elderly. To study effects of the...
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Changes in the wage structure in EU countries
Christopoulou, Rebekka; Jimeno, Juan F.; Lamo, Ana - 2010
We study changes in the wage structures in nine EU countries over 1995-2002 and the role of demand, supply and institutional developments in shaping these changes. Using comparable cross-country microeconomic data, we compute for each country and at each decile of the wage distribution, the part...
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Decomposing Welfare Wedges. An Analysis of Welfare Dependence of Immigrants and Natives in Europe
Huber, Peter; Oberdabernig, Doris A. - 2014
We study differences in contributory and non-contributory welfare benefit receipt between immigrants and natives for 16 EU countries. In contrast to previous studies we analyse differences in benefit levels allowing for potentially different takeup rates between immigrants and natives and use...
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Past experience, cognitive frames, and entrepreneurship: some econometric evidence from the Indian pharmaceutical industry
Bhaduri, Saradindu; Worch, Hagen - 2008
The theoretical literature identifies three important entrepreneurial dimensions, namely discovering new opportunities, responsiveness to uncertainty, and coordination of a firm. In the empirical literature, past experience has been identified as having an important influence on organizational...
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Cognition and economic outcomes in the health and retirement survey
MacArdle, John J.; Smith, James P.; Willis, Robert - 2009
Dimensions of cognitive skills are potentially important but often neglected determinants of the central economic outcomes that shape overall well-being over the life course. There exists enormous variation among households in their rates of wealth accumulation, their holdings of financial...
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Cognition and behavior in two-person guessing games: An experimental study
Costa-Gomes, Miguel A.; Crawford, Vincent P. - 2004
of the behavior implied by leading decision rules and makes monitoring search a powerful tool for studying cognition …
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