This paper uses panel data from the UK (BHPS) and Germany (GSOEP) to investigate the wage effect of entering the labour … market with a temporary job. Further than the previous literature that studied the effect of the contract type on wage … dynamics in the explained part of a wage regression, we also investigate the effect of the starting contract on the variance of …

This paper uses panel data from the UK (BHPS) and Germany (GSOEP) to investigate the wage effect of entering the labour … market with a temporary job. Further than the previous literature that studied the effect of the contract type on wage … dynamics in the explained part of a wage regression, we also investigate the effect of the starting contract on the variance of …

wages and wage inequality in Germany. Between 1984 and 1994 wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average … by 23 percent and the wage distribution in West Germany was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2004 average wages rose by … about 8 percent in West Germany and 28 percent in East Germany. In this period wage inequality for prime age dependent males …

wages and wage inequality in Germany. Between 1984 and 1994 wages for prime age dependent male workers increased on average … by 23 percent and the wage distribution in West Germany was fairly stable. Between 1994 and 2004 average wages rose by … about 8 percent in West Germany and 28 percent in East Germany. In this period wage inequality for prime age dependent males …

stronger for more recent cohorts. Less success in obtaining jobs with higher occupational autonomy explains half of the wage …

. We highlight their empirical role in matched employer-employee data for life-cycle wage dynamics, refine a task …-based view of wage determination, and demonstrate that differences in job levels account for most of the observed wage … interpretation of widely studied phenomena such as the gender wage gap and the returns to education and seniority. …

wages for male workers within employer-employee matches over the period 1984-2004, and compare different wage measures: the … standard hourly wage rate, hourly wage earnings including overtime and bonus payments, and the effective wage, which takes into … account not only paid overtime, but also unpaid working hours. None of the hourly wage measures is shown to exhibit …

wages for male workers within employer-employee matches over the period 1984-2004, and compare different wage measures: the … standard hourly wage rate, hourly wage earnings including overtime and bonus payments, and the effective wage, which takes into … account not only paid overtime, but also unpaid working hours. None of the hourly wage measures is shown to exhibit …