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Patterns of family living

Using EU-SILC data for cross-national analysis: strengths, problems and recommendations

Is Workplace Training more Beneficial for Vocationally Educated Workers? A Comparison Between England and Germany

There is evidence that participation in workplace training has a positive effect on wages; however, it is unknown whether training returns differ across different types of educational attainment. This exploration is relevant because it may indicate a way to redress wage gaps in the labour market. Using the German Socio Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey, this paper looks at individuals ...

Absenteeism and employment protection: Three case studies

Lower and Upper Bounds of Returns to Schooling - An Excercise in IV Estimation with Different Instruments

The Long-Run Educational Cost of World War II

Quantile Treatment Effects of Riester Participation on Wealth

In numerous industrialized countries the demographic change erodes the financial basis of traditional pay-as-you-go pension systems. To compensate for decreasing statutory pensions, many governments incentivize private saving by means of subsidized retirement plans. In this context, Germany introduced the so-called Riester pension plans. To assess its effectiveness, this paper analyzes the effects ...

The Evolution of Immigrants’ Homeownership in Germany

Recently, the homeownership rate of immigrants in Germany has increased by more than 20 percentage points. To shed light on this sharp rise, this paper investigates the driving forces of the trend in the homeownership rate of immigrant households in Germany between 1996 to 2005 and 2001 to 2011 using a probit-based non-linear decomposition method. Empirical findings suggest that 50 % of the change ...

The Impact of Inflation on Income Tax and Social Insurance Contributions in Europe

The Distribution of Average and Marginal Effective Tax Rates in European Union Member States