The gender pay gap (GPG) remains a persistent phenomenon in contemporary labor markets. Despite a vast body of research examining its causes, as of today, unequal labor market power resources between men and women have remained an underappreciated factor in the literature. Drawing on the German Socio-economic Panel and the Microcensus, the association between the GPG and labor market closure – a crucial ...
In this study, we set up a DSGE model with upward looking consumption comparison and show that consumption externalities are an important driver of consumer credit dynamics. Our model economy is populated by two different household types. Investors, who hold the economy’s capital stock, own the firms and supply credit, and workers, who supply labor and demand credit to finance consumption. Furthermore, ...
We present evidence that the practice of holding back poorly performing students affects estimates of the impact of class size on student outcomes based on within-school variation of cohort size over time. This type of variation is commonly used to identify class size effects. We build a theoretical model in which cohort size is subject to random shocks and students whose performance falls below a ...
Die deutsche Wirtschaft befindet sich nach wie vor in einer Schwächephase. Die Industrieproduktion setzt die Talfahrt zunächst fort, allerdings gibt es Zeichen, die auf eine langsame Erholung hinweisen. Ab dem Jahreswechsel dürfte das verarbeitende Gewerbe die Produktion allmählich ausweiten– ein Ausstrahlen der Industrierezession auf den Dienstleistungssektor und die Bauwirtschaft wird deshalb weniger ...
