Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...

Language ability may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the participation to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic sectors and occupation. In this paper the effects of language ability on earnings are...

Das vorliegende Papier gibt einen Überblick über das zusätzliche Bildungsangebot im Land Sachsen-Anhalt. Als zusätzlich werden dabei solche Ma_nahmen und Programme verstanden, die neben dem Regelschul-, Ausbildungs- und Studiensystem auf Initiative unterschiedlicher Akteure eingerichtet...

Dieses Papier beschreibt die Qualifikation der Bevölkerung sowie den Bestand kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten in Sachsen-Anhalt im Vergleich zu anderen ausgewählten Bundesländern. Grundlage der Untersuchung sind Daten aus dem Mikrozensus und dem Sozio- Ökonomischen Panel....

The undersupply of spots in German daycare facilities for toddlers challenges parents' possibilities to work. To ease the situation, the government implemented a new law entitling every child between ages one and three to daycare supervision for about four hours per day. Nevertheless, the...

Less than a decade ago, several German states introduced tuition fees for university education. Despite their comparatively low level, fees were perceived by the public to increase social injustice, and have been abolished. Whereas other studies have shown no effect on enrollment, we analyze the...

The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt...

"This study evaluates the effects of job-creation measures (ABM) in Germany on the participants' individual integration into regular employment. An extensive and informative data set from the data stock of the Federal Employment Services (Bundesagentur für Arbeit - BA) is used for the study....

"In a number of empirical studies, the effects of job creation schemes for participating individuals in Germany were analysed from various standpoints by means of microeconometric evaluation. Based on the findings of those studies, we assess the effectiveness of the programmes with regard to the...