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This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers defined as stayers, migrants and commuters to West Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with...
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This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a comparison of three groups of workers defined as stayers, migrants and commuters to West Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017429
-recruited participants. To study processes of selectivity in BASE-II, we used an identical questionnaire to compare BASE-II with a large … participants in BASE-II and SOEP to be analysed easily. Based on this selectivity analysis, we then generated propensity score … weights that adjust for the selectivity in the BASE-II survey. In addition, we adjusted the weights of the BASE-II sample to …
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·recruited participants. To study processes of selectivity in BASE·II, we used an identical questionnaire to compare BASE·II with a large … participants in BASE·II and SOEP to be analysed easily. Based on this selectivity analysis, we then generated propensityscore … weights that adjust for the selectivity in the BASE·II survey. In addition, we adjusted the weights of the BASE·II sample to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185791
We investigate the causal effect of commuting on sickness absence from work using German panel data. To address reverse … causation, we use changes in commuting distance for employees who stay with the same employer and who have the same residence … during the period of observation. In contrast to previous papers, we do not observe that commuting distances are associated …
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We examine the effect of commuting on labour supply patterns. A labour supply model is introduced which shows that … commuting distance increases daily workhours, whereas the effect on total labour supply is ambiguous. This paper addresses these … issues empirically using the socio-economic panel data for Germany between 1997 and 2007. Endogeneity of commuting distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600866
We examine the effect of commuting on labour supply patterns. A labour supply model is introduced which shows that … commuting distance increases daily workhours, whereas the effect on total labour supply is ambiguous. This paper addresses these … issues empirically using the socio-economic panel data for Germany between 1997 and 2007. Endogeneity of commuting distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461830
autochthonous German population. Using the IAB-SOEP-Migration Sample 2013, differences between first- and second …
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Wie glücklich sind Migranten der ersten Generation in Deutschland heute? Wie beeinflussen formelle oder informelle Diskriminierungen ihre Lebenszufriedenheit? Welchen Einfluss haben materielle und immaterielle Ressourcen? Welche Vergleichsmaßstäbe ziehen sie zur Beurteilung ihres Glücks...
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In this paper a descriptive overview of the housing situation of immigrants in Germany is combined with a multivariate analysis on potential effects of rental price discrimination for specific groups of immigrants. The driving research question is, whether immigrants systematically pay higher...
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