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Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?

Antonczyk, Dirk; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Leuschner, Ute - 2009

This paper investigates the changes in the German wage structure for fulltime working males from 1999 to 2006. Our analysis builds on the task-based approach introduced by Autor et al. (2003), as implemented by Spitz-Oener (2006) for Germany, and also accounts for job complexity. We perform a...

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Decreasing wage mobility in Germany

Gernandt, Johannes - 2009

Using data from the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2007, this paper analyses the amount, the development and the explanations of wage mobility, as well as volatility in West Germany, measured by ranks in the wage distribution. Individual wage mobility decreased between...

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Gender Earnings Gap in German Firms: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Institutions

Heinze, Anja; Wolf, Elke - 2006

Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality … the individual and consider the importance of the workplace to explain gender pay differentials. That is, we first provide … employees), but look at within-firm gender wage differentials. Our results indicate that the mean GWG within firms is smaller …

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All Quiet on the Wage Front? Gender, Public-Private Sector Issues, and Rigidities in the Polish Wage Structure

Puhani, Patrick A. - 1997

private than in the public sector. Our test results show that, contrary to the public sector, there are no gender differences …

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The impact of communist party membership on wealth distribution and accumulation in urban China

Targa, Matteo; Yang, Li - 2023

This paper provides the first in-depth investigation into the evolution of the wealth gap between CCP and non-CCP households in urban China from 1995 to 2017. We apply unconditional quantile regression (UQR) to analyze the variations in the premiums of party membership across the wealth...

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Are Wages in Southern Europe more Flexible? The Effects of a Cohort Size on European Earnings

Brunello, Giorgio; Lauer, Charlotte - 2005

study how cohort size has affected real earnings in Europe. When we pool the data of all countries, we find that cohort size …

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Fiscal and individual rates of return to university education with and without graduation

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Stichnoth, Holger - 2020

Based on a detailed model of the German tax-benefit system, this paper simulates private and fiscal returns to education for college graduates and college dropouts. Completing a five-year college degree is found to be associated with an internal rate of return (IRR) of 14.2% for gross earnings,...

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Returns to higher education and dropouts: A double machine learning approach

McNamara, Sarah - 2020

This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom, focusing on the effects of attending HE on the labour market outcomes for dropouts. Results show differential labour market outcomes for dropouts vs. individuals who have never...

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Earnings of university dropouts across Europe

Berlingieri, Francesco; Bolz, Theresa - 2020

This paper investigates relative earnings of individuals leaving tertiary education without a degree across 18 European countries employing survey data on adult workers. We find that, on average, university dropouts earn 8% more than those never enrolling into tertiary education, but 25% less...

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Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among young Workers

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kunze, Astrid - 2005

This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … persistent gender wage gap over experience, the gap has decreased over time. Second, in the lower part of the wage distribution … distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …

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