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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 11-34 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Labour economics |
| Volume | 39 |
| Early online date | 30 Jan 2016 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2016 |
Abstract
This article studies long run wage mobility as a characteristic of regional labor markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s. These findings are robust in many dimensions. We apply RIF regression based decompositions to measure the role of factors associated with these mobility changes. Job and employment characteristics contribute to the decline in wage mobility, however, shifts in labor market structures are central for the development of overall wage mobility.
Keywords
- Earnings mobility, Income mobility, Inequality, Transition, Wage mobility
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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In: Labour economics, Vol. 39, 01.04.2016, p. 11-34.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Wage mobility in East and West Germany
AU - Riphahn, Regina T.
AU - Schnitzlein, Daniel D.
N1 - Funding Information: We thank the editor, two anonymous referees, Richard V. Burkhauser, Lorenzo Cappellari, Stephen Jenkins, David Kiss, the econometrics group and the social policy group of the German Economic Association, seminar participants at Bielefeld, FU-Berlin, IHS-Wien, Mainz, Mannheim, RWI-Essen, and Zurich, workshop participants at the DFG-SPP program meeting in Nuremberg, the IAB-IWH Workshop Halle, the IAB-FDZ user conference, participants of the ESPE, the Scottish Economic Society, ESSLE, German Economic Association, and SOLE meetings for helpful comments. Schnitzlein acknowledges financial support by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - This article studies long run wage mobility as a characteristic of regional labor markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s. These findings are robust in many dimensions. We apply RIF regression based decompositions to measure the role of factors associated with these mobility changes. Job and employment characteristics contribute to the decline in wage mobility, however, shifts in labor market structures are central for the development of overall wage mobility.
AB - This article studies long run wage mobility as a characteristic of regional labor markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s. These findings are robust in many dimensions. We apply RIF regression based decompositions to measure the role of factors associated with these mobility changes. Job and employment characteristics contribute to the decline in wage mobility, however, shifts in labor market structures are central for the development of overall wage mobility.
KW - Earnings mobility
KW - Income mobility
KW - Inequality
KW - Transition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.labeco.2016.01.003
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VL - 39
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JO - Labour economics
JF - Labour economics
SN - 0927-5371
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