In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document … increase in the payoff to this education) implies increasing within generation inequality and, by reinforcing already existent … inequalities from the previous generation, this has hindered social mobility. We also highlight three important aspects that to …

increased wage inequality, discrimination as well as the concern of job insecurity in the labour market. We focus on the wage … inequality between permanent and contract workers, since contract workers earn substantially lower wages than their counterpart …

increased wage inequality, discrimination as well as the concern of job insecurity in the labour market. We focus on the wage … inequality between permanent and contract workers, since contract workers earn substantially lower wages than their counterpart …

documented, little is known about their interaction with employees' mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research … area by analyzing the interaction between job mobility and entry wage differentials using German administrative data. The … occupation. Moreover, job mobility tends to reduce the effects of labour market entry conditions, implying that job mobility …

documented, little is known about their interaction with employees' mobility behaviour. This paper contributes to this research … area by analyzing the interaction between job mobility and entry wage differentials using German administrative data. The … occupation. Moreover, job mobility tends to reduce the effects of labour market entry conditions, implying that job mobility …

The paper investigates the relative importance of trade and immigration for earnings and job mobility of German male … exhibits a positive effect. Trade seems to depress occupational mobility and internal movement, but stimulates inter …-firm changes. Immigration affects intra-firm changes negatively, but is largely unrelated with other aspects of labor mobility. …

wage inequality significantly. Workers in a weak labour-market position bear the highest part of business taxation. The …, surprisingly, effectively reduce inequality. …