To what extent is the gender wage gap of fulltime employees due to differences in productiv-ity- related characteristics, to discrimination of female employees, and how is the wage gap affected by firm specific features? To analyze these problems we use a linked employer-employee database for...

Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the agglomeration wage differential. One of the open research question is whether wage differences between large cities and the rural country are due to unobserved differences in regional price levels. In this paper information on regional price...

"The level of vocational training among the population is gaining importance increasingly as a location factor in modern industrial societies. In this respect the expansion of education and training over the past few decades can be regarded as an important element for the safeguarding of Germany...

"Die Strukturprojektionen von IAB und Prognos zum tätigkeits- und qualifikationsspezifischen Arbeitskräftebedarf aus den Jahren 1989/91 werden unter Einbeziehung der Entwicklung bis 1991 für die alten Bundesländer aktualisiert. Die Projektergebnisse sind noch vorläufig, da wichtige...

"To what extent is the gender wage gap of fulltime employees due to differences in productiv-ity- related characteristics, to discrimination of female employees, and how is the wage gap affected by firm specific features? To analyze these problems we use a linked employer-employee database for...

"Die Erweiterung der 1989er IAB/Prognos-Projektion des sektoralen und tätigkeitsspezifischen Arbeitskräftebedarfs bis zum Jahre 2010 um die formale Qualifikation zeigt, daß mit der wachsenden Bedeutung insbesondere der sekundären Dienstleistungstätigkeiten sich auch die bisherigen Tendenzen...