Rising wage inequality in Germany: increasing heterogeneity and changing selection into full-time work

"This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables, composition changes explain a large part of the increase in wage inequality among full-time workers. The composition effects are larger for females than for males, and increas...

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Main Authors: Biewen, Martin, Fitzenberger, Bernd, de Lazzer, Jakob
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Mannheim 2017
ZEW
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19395961124911131439-Rising-wage-inequality-in-Germ.htm
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author Biewen, Martin
Fitzenberger, Bernd
de Lazzer, Jakob
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description "This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables, composition changes explain a large part of the increase in wage inequality among full-time workers. The composition effects are larger for females than for males, and increasingly heterogenous labor market histories play an important role. Furthermore, we find strong effects of education for males and strong effects of age and experience for females. Changes in industry and occupation explain fairly little. Extending the analysis to total employment confirms the basic findings, while revealing substantial negative selection into part-time work."
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ZEW
spellingShingle Biewen, Martin
Fitzenberger, Bernd
de Lazzer, Jakob
wage differential
gender
part time employment
labour market segmentation
Rising wage inequality in Germany: increasing heterogeneity and changing selection into full-time work
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title Rising wage inequality in Germany: increasing heterogeneity and changing selection into full-time work
topic wage differential
gender
part time employment
labour market segmentation
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19395961124911131439-Rising-wage-inequality-in-Germ.htm