Fast 20 Jahre nach dem Fall der Mauer und dem damit in Ostdeutschland verbundenen Übergang auf eine Marktwirtschaft bestehen zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland immer noch Unterschiede in der Entlohnung von Humankapital. Auswertungen der Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) für...

Using 1985?1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages confirms the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by individual ability or other unobserved individual characteristics rather than by productivity effects. While a rather large...

We provide the first joint evidence on the relationship between individuals' cognitive abilities, their personality and earnings for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we employ scores from an ultra-short IQ-test and a set of measures of personality traits, namely...

Using 1985-1999 data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) to analyze wages we confirm the hypothesis that existing computer wage premiums are determined by individual ability or other unobserved individual characteristics rather than by productivity effects. While a rather large...