Immigrants consist of foreigners and citizens with migration background. We analyze the wage gap between natives and these two groups in Germany. The estimates show a substantial gap for both groups with respect to natives. Discarding immigrants who completed education abroad reduces much of the...

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...

Language ability may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the participation to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic sectors and occupation. In this paper the effects of language ability on earnings are...

Das vorliegende Papier gibt einen Überblick über das zusätzliche Bildungsangebot im Land Sachsen-Anhalt. Als zusätzlich werden dabei solche Ma_nahmen und Programme verstanden, die neben dem Regelschul-, Ausbildungs- und Studiensystem auf Initiative unterschiedlicher Akteure eingerichtet...

Dieses Papier beschreibt die Qualifikation der Bevölkerung sowie den Bestand kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten in Sachsen-Anhalt im Vergleich zu anderen ausgewählten Bundesländern. Grundlage der Untersuchung sind Daten aus dem Mikrozensus und dem Sozio- Ökonomischen Panel....

This book analyses the employment effects of job creation schemes for the participating individuals in Germany. Programmes provide subsidised jobs that are additional in nature and of value for society to hard-to-place individuals. International evidence on the effectiveness suggests that...

This paper analyzes the determinants of employability differences between short-term and long-term unemployed persons. Knowing these differences could help to address active labor market policy programs more adequately to the needs of the job-seekers in order to increase employment integration....