In light of Germany´s transition approaches towards a sustainable energy system this paper examines differences of employment structure and wage differentials between renewable energy establishments and their sector peers. To do so, we have developed a novel data set by linking company-level...

Die vier Wirtschaftszweige mit den meisten Betrieben und Beschäftigten auf dem Feld der Erneuerbaren Energien sind „Herstellung von elektronischen Bau-elementen und Leiterplatten“, „Elektrizitätsversorgung“, „Bauinstallation“ sowie „Architektur- und Ingenieurbüros“. Die...

The occupational panel for Germany provides a comprehensive database for studying the development of occupations over time. It is based on the IAB Employment History (BeH), which contains all social security notifications that employers have to submit for their employees subject to social...

Despite ample evidence on intergenerational persistence of formal education as well as on the determinants of non-formal training, these issues have not yet been analysed jointly. The question remains whether people from low-qualified family backgrounds make up for their relatively sparse own...