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  • Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2001

    Pathways into Self-Employment in the United States and Germany

    Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, this research compares pathways into self-employment among men and women in the United States and Western Germany. Academic and vocational credentials are more important for stabilizing self-employment in the United States than in Germany, where the lack of credentials is a significant deterrent to ...

    2001| Patricia A. McManus
  • Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2001

    Timing of First Births in East Germany after Reunification

    When German reunification was accompanied by a rapid decline in aggregate fertility rates, researchers particularly assigned high unemployment rates a dominant role for changes in fertility behavior. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate changes in the timing of first birth in East Germany after reunification. Using data from the GSOEP, we show that even after reunification East Germans ...

    2001| Michaela Kreyenfeld
  • Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2001

    Success at Work, Life Patterns, and Overall Life Satisfaction: Changes in the Lives of Men and Women since the 1980s in West Germany

    This paper focuses on the structural relationship between family building and upward mobility. Typically this relationship is analyzed for women only, while we include men as well. With new patterns of intimate partnerships and non-traditional families, on the one hand, and a changing labor market, on the other hand, new assertions about their connection have emerged. Using SOEP-data, the possible ...

    2001| Angelika Tölke
  • Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 1 / 2001

    Gender Effects As Macro-Level Effects: Germany and the United States 1991-1997

    My research examines within-nation differences as well as cross-national differences in socially stratified outcomes, specifically the distribution of household incomes. I build on the considerable empirical evidence suggesting that group memberships are important factors in shaping one' s life course and in determining the level of social inequality. I examine seven years of longitudinal data from ...

    2001| Lisa M. Amoroso
  • Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 2 / 2001

    Director's Incentives in Japan and the UK

    As it is widely believed that the behaviour of large Japanese companies is different from that of their British counterparts, hypothesises that the directors in both countries may have different financial incentives. The research estimates the determinants of executive compensation, using the micro data of listed companies in both countries. Our result suggests that directors in Japan may have little ...

    2001| Katsuyuki Kubo
  • Economic Bulletin 11 / 2001

    Employment Behaviour among Women in Germany: Differences between East and West Persist

    2001| Elke Holst, Jürgen Schupp
  • Externe Monographien

    More, Less, or All the Same? The Difference Midlife Caregiving Makes for Women's Adjustments of Work Hours

    Colchester [u.a.]: EPAG, 2001, 38 S.
    (EPAG Working Papers ; 25)
    | C. Katharina Spieß, A. Ulrike Schneider
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Education, Employment, and Gender Inequality amongst Couples: A Comparative Analysis of Britain and Germany

    It is well understood that children benefit educationally the greater the education of their parents. However, transfers of the benefits of human capital within the home occur between partners too. The more educated an individual the more able he or she is to provide a partner with effective career support. Individuals will on average earn more the higher the education of their partner. This reciprocal ...

    In: European Sociological Review 16 (2000), 4, S. 349-365 | Malcolm Brynin, Jürgen Schupp
  • Externe Monographien

    Education, Employment and Gender Inequality in the Family: A Comparative Analysis of the British and German Household Panel Data

    Colchester [u.a.]: EPAG, 2000, 20 S.
    (EPAG Working Papers ; 2)
    | Malcolm Brynin, Jürgen Schupp
  • Economic Bulletin 9 / 2000

    Hidden Labour Force in Germany

    2000| Elke Holst, Jürgen Schupp
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