We employ the German social security register data to analyze the development of wage inequality among foreigners in … Germany. The data show a sharp increase of wage inequality which exceeds the size observed for natives. The decomposition … methods proposed by DiNardo et al. (1996) are employed to investigate whether the increase in wage inequality can be explained …

This paper deals with the question whether firms' employment performance in the periods preceding their exit can be … plants in terms of employment change and to this use a comprehensive data set that covers the whole of Germany and contains …. On average and for larger plants, employment decline starts between 54 and 63 months before closure. …

differences in employment density, optimization results in diverse wage effects depending on the housing location. We focus on … ALWA-ADIAB survey, combined with precise wage information from administrative data, we are able to single out two aspects …. Firstly, we identify the effects of wage level and wage change on commuting distance, and secondly, we analyze how these vary …

The literature shows a wage premium for graduates from high quality, elite, or more selective universities. The results … the general differences between universities are smaller compared to, e.g., the USA. I use the University Ranking of the … wage premium in IV regression in-between five and 13 percent. This effect is specially prevalent for women. …