employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit … changes in employment and wage distribution. Contrary to expectations, our results show that the introduction of the minimum …This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and …

examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they … incurs a wage penalty. Contrary to the prevailing idea in economics, differences in productivity - human capital, job …-specific skill requirements and time investment - do not fully explain the wage gap between male and female occupations. Moreover …

Using quantile regression methods, this paper analyses the gender wage gap across the wage distribution and over time … (1990-2014), while controlling for changing sample selection into full-time employment. Our findings show that the selection …-corrected gender wage gap is much larger than the one observed in the data, which is mainly due to large positive selection of women …

wages and wage inequality in Germany. Between 1984 and 1994 wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average … by 23 percent and the wage distribution in West Germany was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2004 average wages rose by … about 8 percent in West Germany and 28 percent in East Germany. In this period wage inequality for prime age dependent males …

Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise … until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that this trend corresponds to a task bias in employment changes …: routine jobs have lost relative employment, especially in predominantly manual occupations. We further provide the first …

examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they … incurs a wage penalty. Contrary to the prevailing idea in economics, differences in productivity – human capital, job …-specific skill requirements and time investment – do not fully explain the wage gap between male and female occupations. Moreover …

focuson the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or "dualization" of employment in Germany. While labor market … employment and allowing for an expansion of low pay, structural changes in the economy as well as strategic choices by employers …

wages and wage inequality in Germany. Between 1984 and 1994 wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average … by 23 percent and the wage distribution in West Germany was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2004 average wages rose by … about 8 percent in West Germany and 28 percent in East Germany. In this period wage inequality for prime age dependent males …