Zuwanderer und ihre Kinder leiden zum Teil erheblich unter Eingliederungsschwierigkeiten, die sich besonders bei den Jüngeren in erhöhtem Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko und geringer Schulbildung spiegeln. Auf Basis von Assimilationseffekten wäre zu erwarten, dass Sprach- und Integrationsprobleme der...

Zuwanderer und ihre Kinder leiden zum Teil erheblich unter Eingliederungsschwierigkeiten, die sich besonders bei den Jüngeren in erhöhtem Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko und geringer Schulbildung spiegeln. Auf Basis von Assimilationseffekten wäre zu erwarten, dass Sprach- und Integrationsprobleme der...

After reviewing the literature on item non-response we focus on three issues: First, is there significant heterogeneity in item non-response across financial questions and in the association of covariates with item non-response across outcomes? Second, can the informational value of surveys be...

This study investigates respondents’ behavior on financial items with respect to item nonresponse, questionnaire nonresponse, and panel attrition. We define questionnaire nonresponse as a new category of respondents’ behavior. Using financial items from the household questionnaires of the...

The paper addresses two questions. First, is item nonresponse (INR) a precursor of panelattrition (UNR), as predicted by the theory of a latent cooperation continuum, or is theinterrelation of another type? Second, are the results in models of item nonresponse behavioraffected by a selectivity...

"This study uses recent data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (2002-2006) to evaluate the extent of and heterogeneity in returns to tenure for men in eastern and western Germany, employed in both the private and the public sector. We find significantly different wage patterns in...

In response to increased international policy attention to youth unemployment this study investigates post-secondary school transitions of school leavers. Multinomial logit models are estimated for male and female German youth. The models control for individual, parent, and household...

Employment protection systems are known to generate significant distortions in firms hiring and firing decisions. We know much less about the impact of these regulations on worker effort. The goal of this paper is to fill in this gap and in particular to assess whether the provision of...

This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation and the Gottschalk (1996) method we investigate to what...