Does composition matter? Wage inequality and the demographic and educational structure of the labor force in Gemany
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Keywords
wage structure; inequality decomposition; demographic change; population aging; education; skills;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2015-01-03 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-LAB-2015-01-03 (Labour Economics)
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