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Article: Revisiting the german wage structure
Title | Revisiting the german wage structure |
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Issue Date | 2009 |
Citation | Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, v. 124, n. 2, p. 843-881 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper shows that wage inequality in West Germany has increased over the past three decades, contrary to common perceptions. During the 1980s, the increase was concentrated at the top of the distribution; in the 1990s, it occurred at the bottom end as well. Our findings are consistent with the view that both in Germany and in the United States, technological change is responsible for the widening of the wage distribution at the top. At the bottom of the wage distribution, the increase in inequality is better explained by episodic events, such as supply shocks and changes in labor market institutions. These events happened a decade later in Germany than in the United States. © 2009 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330348 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 11.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 30.448 |
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dc.contributor.author | Dustmann, Christian | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ludsteck, Johannes | - |
dc.contributor.author | Schönberg, Uta | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-05T12:09:49Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-05T12:09:49Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, v. 124, n. 2, p. 843-881 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-5533 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/330348 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper shows that wage inequality in West Germany has increased over the past three decades, contrary to common perceptions. During the 1980s, the increase was concentrated at the top of the distribution; in the 1990s, it occurred at the bottom end as well. Our findings are consistent with the view that both in Germany and in the United States, technological change is responsible for the widening of the wage distribution at the top. At the bottom of the wage distribution, the increase in inequality is better explained by episodic events, such as supply shocks and changes in labor market institutions. These events happened a decade later in Germany than in the United States. © 2009 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Quarterly Journal of Economics | - |
dc.title | Revisiting the german wage structure | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.843 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-67650114957 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 124 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 843 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 881 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1531-4650 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000266514300010 | - |