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dc.contributor.authorMyck, Michałen
dc.contributor.authorOchmann, Richarden
dc.contributor.authorQari, Salmaien
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-20-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:58:21Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:58:21Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20081114149en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35781-
dc.description.abstractThere is by now a vast number of studies which document a sharp increase in cross-sectional wage inequality during the 2000s. It is often assumed that this inequality is of a permanent nature which in turn is used as an argument calling for government intervention. We examine these claims using a fully balanced panel of full-time employed individuals in Germany from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 19942006. In line with previous studies, our sample shows sharply rising inequality during the 2000s. Applying covariance structure models, we calculate the fraction of permanent and transitory wage and earnings inequality. From 1994 on, permanent inequality increases continuously, peaks in 2001 and then declines in subsequent years. Interestingly the decline in the permanent fraction of inequality occurs at the time of most rapid increases in cross-sectional inequality. It seems therefore that it is primarily the temporary and not the permanent component which has driven the strong expansion of cross-sectional inequality during the 2000s in Germany.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3751en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordVariance decompositionen
dc.subject.keywordcovariance structure modelsen
dc.subject.keywordearnings inequalityen
dc.subject.keywordwage dynamicsen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Mobilitäten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsverhältnisen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleDynamics of earnings and hourly wages in Germany-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn582908698en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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