Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73362 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
BGPE Discussion Paper No. 36
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
This study uses recent data taken from the German Socioeconomic Panel (2002-2006) to evaluate the extent of and heterogeneity in returns to tenure for men in East and West Germany, employed in both the private and the public sector. We find significantly different wage patterns in East- and West Germany as well as between the private and public sector. Independent of the particular subsample, the application of the Altonji-Shakotko estimation approach yields minute and insignificant returns to tenure and more substantial returns to experience. The profile of the East German wage structure is surprisingly flat: after the first ten years of experience - and in contrast to the situation in West Germany - there appear to be no returns to additional general human capital.
Subjects: 
returns to tenure
seniority
earnings patterns
private and public sector
JEL: 
J31
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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