Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73429 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
BGPE Discussion Paper No. 96
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE), Nürnberg
Abstract (Translated): 
This paper summarizes the findings of studies which investigate the determinants of wages in Germany, using data of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analyses apply least squares estimates as well as the estimators developed by Altonji and Shakotko (1987) and Topel (1991). These estimators reduce the endogeneity of indicators of specific and general labor market experience. The studies focus on the heterogeneity in wage determinants in the private and the public sector, in East and West Germany, for men and women, as well as in large versus small firms. Among the most interesting results, we find clear differences in returns to experience between East and West and by employer size.
Subjects: 
wage structure
human capital
tenure
experience
JEL: 
J31
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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