We analyse differences between the wage distributions in the USA and Germany in 2001 both for women and men. The empirical analysis is based on the decomposition of differences using Cox's marginal (partial) likelihood. The approach based on rank invariant estimators such as Cox's is borrowed...

In our analysis we discuss several dynamic panel data estimators proposed in the literature and assess their performance in Monte Carlo simulations. It is a well known fact that the natural choice, the least squares dummy variable estimator is biased in the context of dynamic estimation. The...

Einführung in die Methoden der Bestimmung des Stichprobenumfangs auf einem verständlichen Niveau, bei dem die Leser Schritt für Schritt ihr Wissen erweitern und immer neue Facetten das Problems entdecken können. Beispiele aus der Praxis demonstrieren die Anwendung der Methoden und zeigen die...