Rising wage dispersion, after all! the German wage structure at the turn of the century
By: by Karsten Kohn
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2098; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2098
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Wage differentials; Economic conditions; Regional disparities
Description: "Using register data from the IAB employment sample, this paper studies the wage structure in the German labor market throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and occurred predominantly in the lower part of the wage distribution for women and in the upper part for men. Censored quantile wage regressions reveal diverse age and skill patterns. Applying Machado/Mata (2005)-type decompositions I conclude that differences in the composition of the work force only had a small impact on the observed wage differentials between East and West Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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