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Geringverdiener: wem und wie gelingt der Aufstieg?

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  • Schank, Thorsten
  • Schnabel, Claus
  • Stephani, Jens

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Using representative linked employer-employee data of the German Federal Employment Agency, this paper analyzes to which extent full-time employees who earned low wages (less than two-thirds of the median wage) in 1998/99 were able to earn higher wages in the following years, and which factors played a role in this context. It is shown that just one out of eight of these low-wage earners was able to earn wages above the low wage threshold in 2005. While younger and better qualified low-wage earners record a higher probability of getting higher wages, women are less successful. In addition, this probability shows a significant relationship with the size and the employment structure of the establish-ment. Moving from one establishment to another is an important instrument for leaving low-wage employment.

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  • Schank, Thorsten & Schnabel, Claus & Stephani, Jens, 2008. "Geringverdiener: wem und wie gelingt der Aufstieg?," Discussion Papers 57, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Labour and Regional Economics.
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    1. Bernhardt, Janine & Krause, Alexandra, 2014. "Flexibility, performance and perceptions of job security: a comparison of East and West German employees in standard employment relationships," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 28(2), pages 285-304.
    2. Carola Grün & Helmut Mahringer & Thomas Rhein, 2010. "Low-wage Jobs: A Means for Employment Integration of the Unemployed? Evidence from Administrative Data in Germany and Austria," WIFO Working Papers 383, WIFO.
    3. Alexander Mosthaf & Thorsten Schank & Claus Schnabel, 2014. "Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women?," IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-17, December.
    4. Koller, Lena, 2011. "Lohnmobilität alleinstehender SGB-II-Leistungsempfänger," IAB-Discussion Paper 201105, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    5. Mosthaf, Alexander, 2011. "Low-wage jobs - stepping stones or just bad signals?," IAB-Discussion Paper 201111, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    6. Andreas Knabe & Alexander Plum, 2013. "Low-wage Jobs — Springboard to High-paid Ones?," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 27(3), pages 310-330, September.
    7. Schank, Thorsten & Schnabel, Claus & Stephani, Jens & Bender, Stefan, 2008. "Niedriglohnbeschäftigung: Sackgasse oder Chance zum Aufstieg?," IAB-Kurzbericht 200808, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    8. Alexander Alexeev & Mikhail Sokolov, 2011. "A Note on Indices of Return," EUSP Department of Economics Working Paper Series Ec-02/11, European University at St. Petersburg, Department of Economics, revised 21 Feb 2011.

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    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General

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