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Die Bedeutung der Beschäftigtenstruktur für die Lohnverteilung

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  • Marcus Klemm
  • Benjamin Weigert
  • Martin Zecher

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Demographic change and higher educational attainment imply a shift toward employees with more experience and/or better education, i.e., groups that are characterised by higher relative wages and higher within-group wage inequality. Our analysis addresses the importance of these structural changes in the labour force for the development of the wage distribution. These compositional shifts entail a rise in wage inequality. Empirical evidence based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from the mid 1990’s to 2012 suggests that, in combination, the compositional changes in the age structure and the educational background of the labour force can explain up to one quarter of the observed increase in aggregate wage inequality during this time period. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

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  • Marcus Klemm & Benjamin Weigert & Martin Zecher, 2015. "Die Bedeutung der Beschäftigtenstruktur für die Lohnverteilung," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 95(10), pages 689-695, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:95:y:2015:i:10:p:689-695
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-015-1888-6
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    1. Bofinger, Peter & Schnabel, Isabel & Feld, Lars P. & Schmidt, Christoph M. & Wieland, Volker, 2015. "Zukunftsfähigkeit in den Mittelpunkt. Jahresgutachten 2015/16 [Focus on Future Viability. Annual Report 2015/16]," Annual Economic Reports / Jahresgutachten, German Council of Economic Experts / Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, volume 127, number 201516, February.

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    Keywords

    D31; J11; J31;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials

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