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Non scholae, sed vitae discimus! - The importance of fields of study for the gender wage gap among German university graduates during labor market entry and the first years of their careers

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

This paper investigates the gender wage gap among German university graduates in their first job and five to six years into their careers. We find that women earn about 30% less than men at their first job and about 35% less after five to six years. Results from standard decomposition techniques...

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Wirkungen der Beschäftigungspflicht schwerbehinderter Arbeitnehmer – Erkenntnisse aus der Einführung des „Gesetzes zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit Schwerbehinderter“

Braakmann, Nils - 2007

Diese Studie untersucht mit Hilfe eines neu verfügbaren Datensatzes aus Prozessdaten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, der Stichprobe der integrierten Erwerbsbiographien, die Wirkung einer verpflichtenden Beschäftigungsquote für schwerbehinderte Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland. Wir nutzen die...

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Wirkungen der Beschäftigungspflicht schwerbehinderter Arbeitnehmer : Erkenntnisse aus der Einführung des "Gesetzes zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit Schwerbehinderter" (Effects of the obligation to employ severely disabled workers : findings from the introduction of the "Law to Combat Unemployment among Severely Disabled People")

Braakmann, Nils - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 41 (2008) 1, pp. 9-24

"This paper uses new administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency - the Integrated Employment Biographies Sample IEBS - to assess the impact of a mandatory employment quota for disabled workers in Germany. We use an exogenous change, introduced through the 'Law to Combat...

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Islamistic Terror, the War on Iraq and the Job Prospects of Arab Men in Britain: Does a Country’s Direct Involvement Matter?

Braakmann, Nils - 2007

This paper examines whether the labor market prospects of Arab men in England are influenced by recent Islamistic terrorist attacks and the war on Iraq. We use data from the British Labour Force Survey from Spring 2001 to Winter 2006 and treat the terrorist attacks on the USA on September 11th,...

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Psychological traits and the gender gap in full-time employment and wages: Evidence from Germany

Braakmann, Nils - 2009

2005 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel, evidence from regression and decomposition techniques suggests that gender …

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The smoking wage penality in the United Kingdom: Regression and matching evidence from the British Household Survey Panel

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

Household Panel Survey. Considering both overall smoker status as well as the number of cigarettes consumed, we provide … estimates for the smoking wage penalty using standard regression methods, including panel estimators for fixed eects and panel … about 4%. However, panel estimator and IV results show relatively few support for hypotheses linking the smoking wage …

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The impact of September 11th, 2001 on the job prospects of foreigners with Arab background - Evidence from German labor market data

Braakmann, NilS - 2007

This paper examines whether the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11th, 2001 have influence on the job prospects of Arabs in the German labor market. Using a large, representative database of the German working population, the attacks are treated as a natural...

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Struktur und Erfolg von Ich-AG-Gründungen - Ergebnisse einer Umfrage im Arbeitsagenturbezirk Lüneburg

Braakmann, Nils - 2007

Dieses Papier päsentiert deskriptive Evidenz zur Struktur von Ich-AG-Gründungen und Gründern aus dem Arbeitsagenturbezirk Lüneburg. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf einer Befragung aller Gründer, die zwischen Juni 2004 und Februar 2005 selbstständig geworden sind und von der Arbeitsagentur...

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Intra-firm wage inequality and firm performance – First evidence from German linked employer-employee-data

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

the years 1995-2005 with inequality measures using the whole wage distribution of a firm and rely on dynamic panel …

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Fields of training, plant characteristics and the gender wage gap in entry wages among skilled workers– Evidence from German administrative data

Braakmann, Nils - 2008

This paper investigates the gender wage gap among skilled German workers after the end of vocational training using data from social security record. Using information on worker and plant characteristics for both the training plant and the current employer, results from standard decomposition...

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