Inhalt: 1 Einleitung. 2 Steigende Erwerbsbeteiligung. 3 Atypische Beschäftigung und die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie. 4 Gender Pay Gap. 5 Berufliche und sektorale Segregation. 6 Bildungsbeteiligung der Frauen. 7 Soft Skills als weibliche Domäne. 8 Fazit. 9 Literatur

Der durchschnittliche effektive Stundenlohnunterschied zwischen erwerbstätigen Frauen und Männern zwischen 15 und 65 Jahren betrug im Jahr 2006 etwa 28 Prozent. Bei diesem Vergleich wird aber vernachlässigt, dass Frauen beispielsweise in anderen Branchen oder Berufen arbeiten oder dass es...

Der durchschnittliche Abstand in den Bruttostundenlöhnen zwischen erwerbstätigen Frauen und Männern zwischen 15 und 65 Jahren betrug im Jahr 2008 etwa 29 Prozent. Wird berücksichtigt, dass Männer und Frauen sich bei verschiedenen Merkmalen – zum Beispiel beim Bildungsstand, bei der...

This study uses recent data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (2002-2006) to evaluate the extent of and heterogeneity in returns to tenure for men in eastern and western Germany, employed in both the private and the public sector. We find significantly different wage patterns in eastern...

Using unique personnel data from one Russian firm for the years 1997 to 2002 we study the size, development and determinants of the gender earnings gap in an internal labor market during late transition. The estimated gender earnings gap at the firm level falls from about 38 percent in 1997 to...

In this paper we address the question as to whether and to what extent workers in atypical employment are affected by low wages (below two-thirds of the hourly median wage). Our analysis is based on quantitative data (using the GSOEP) and on qualitative interviews at establishment level in...

This paper summarizes the findings of studies which investigate the determinants of wages in Germany, using data of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analyses apply least squares estimates as well as the estimators developed by Altonji and Shakotko, Rev. Econ. Stud. 54, 437...

Since 2009, the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) provides a statistical tool - named Logib-D - for firms to measure their internal wage inequality voluntarily. We use our estimation model of firm-specific gender pay gaps, developed in the DFG...

This contribution focuses on the relation between wage inequality, participation behavior and employment and the analysis in the project 'Flexibility of the wage distribution, inequality and employment'. In this project we investigate whether the popular idea of an encrusted German labor market...

Given the recent financial crisis, the German labour market performs relatively well. This has not been the case until recent years: collective bargaining and the rigid system of wage setting have been often cited as one of the reasons for Germany's high structural unemployment. Contrary, a...