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The dynamics of earnings in Germany : evidence from social security records

Bönke, Timm; Giesecke, Matthias; Lüthen, Holger - 2015

This paper uncovers ongoing trends in idiosyncratic earnings volatility across generations by decomposing residual earnings auto-covariances into a permanent and a transitory component. We employ data on complete earnings life cycles for prime age men born 1935 through 1974 that covers earnings...

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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations : causal evidence from a mentoring intervention

Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...

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Inequality and income dynamics in Germany

Drechsel-Grau, Moritz; Peichl, Andreas; Schmieder, Johannes - 2022

We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades … distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that cross-sectional inequality rose until 2009 for men and women. After the … Great Recession inequality continued to rise at a slower rate for men and fell slightly for women due to compression at the …

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Commute time in Brazil (1992-2009) : differences between metropolitan areas, by income levels and gender

Pereira, Rafael Henrique Moraes; Schwanen, Tim - 2015

This study analyzes trends in average commute times in Brazil between 1992 and 2009. It distinguishes between the nine largest metropolitan areas plus the Federal District of Brasília and describes how differences among these areas vary according to income levels and gender. This paper is based...

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