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| Title: | | Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men: evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis  |
| Authors: | | Braakmann, Nils |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | University of Lüneburg working paper series in economics 55 |
| Abstract: | | This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2005 to study the earnings differential between self- and dependent employed German men. Constructing a counterfactual earnings distribution for the self-employed in dependent employment and using quantile regression decompositions we find that the earnings differential over the distribution cannot be explained by differences in endowments. Furthermore, low-earning self-employed could earn more in dependent employment. Finally, the observed earnings advantage for the self-employed at the top of the earnings distribution is not associated with higher returns to observable variables. |
| JEL: | | J31 L26 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Paper Series in Economics, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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