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Precautionary Saving and Income Uncertainty in Germany: New Evidence from Microdata

The German Microcensus as a Tool for Longitudinal Data Analysis: An Evaluation Using SOEP Data

The use of the German Microcensus as a tool for longitudinal data analysis: Methods for the control the effects of the non-coverage of residential mobility

Estimation strategies in the presence of non-coverage in the German Microcensus-Panel: An evaluation using SOEP data

Assessing the bias due to non-coverage of residential movers in the German Microcensus Panel: an evaluation using data from the Socio-Economic Panel

Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: An Analysis for Germany

This paper investigates the transferability of human capital across countries and the contribution of imperfect human capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that, overall, education and in particular labor market experience accumulated in the home countries of the immigrants receive signifiantly lower returns than human ...

Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in Germany

This paper analyzes whether immigrant families facing credit constraints adopt a family investment strategy wherein, upon arrival, an immigrant spouse invests in host country-specific human capital while the other partner works to finance the family's current consumption and the spouse's skills accumulation. Using data for West Germany, we do not find evidence for such a specialization strategy. ...

Improving Skills for More and Better Jobs? The Quest for Efficient Policies to Promote Adult Education and Training

Training, Wages and Employment Security: An Empirical Analysis on European Data

Workplace Training in Europe