In den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften ist in den letzten Jahren der Trend zu beobachten, bei der mikroanalytischen Fundierung der menschlichen Handlungstheorie individuellen Präferenzen und Werten eine stärkere Beachtung zu schenken. Nachdem in den vergangenen Jahren bereits diverse sozialpsychologisch motivierte Erweiterungen im Fragenprogramm des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) erfolgten, ...
This paper studies how insurance from progressive taxation improves the matching of workers to occupations. We propose an equilibrium dynamic assignment model to illustrate how social insurance encourages mobility. Workers experiment to find their best occupational fit in a process filled with uncertainty. Risk aversion and limited earnings insurance induce workers to remain in unfitting occupations. ...
Using data from the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2007, this paper analyses the amount, the development and the explanations of wage mobility, as well as volatility in West Germany, measured by ranks in the wage distribution. Individual wage mobility decreased between 1984/1987 and 2004/2007, while inequality increased steadily from the mid 1990s onwards. Mobility is highest ...