Wage Growth and Job Mobility in the United Kingdom and Germany

Dustmann, Christian; Pereira, Sonia C.

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“…Turning to Germany, Dustmann and Meghir (2005) reported similar returns to general human capital accumulation for low-skilled workers, but somewhat higher returns for apprentices. In line with my findings, Dustmann and Perreira (2005) concluded that returns to experience for the low-and high-skilled are higher than for apprentices.…”

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Wage Growth Due to Human Capital Accumulation and Job Search: A Comparison between the United States and Germany

Schönberg¹

2007

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This paper compares the sources of wage growth of young male workers in two countries with very different labor market institutions, the United States and Germany. The author first develops a simple method for decomposing wage growth into components due to general human capital accumulation, firm-specific human capital accumulation, and job search. The empirical analysis uses data from administrative records (Germany) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (United States) for cohorts entering the labor market in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Although the two countries differed substantially in mobility rates, they were similar in the sources of wage growth, with general human capital accumulation being the most important single source and job search accounting for an additional 25% or more of total wage growth. There is no evidence that returns to firm-specific human capital accumulation were higher for German apprentices than for U.S. high school dropouts or graduates.

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Wage Growth Due to Human Capital Accumulation and Job Search: A Comparison between the United States and Germany

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2007

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“…[33] find evidence for increasing polarisation for Germany; Machin for UK [34]; Ref. [35] for Portugal; both [36,37] for Europe.…”

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Technology and Occupations in Business Cycles

2018

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Building on studies on the impact of the Great Recession on the occupational and skill structure of employment, this article investigates developments over the last business cycle (2002-2007 and 2007-2011) in 36 manufacturing and service industries of five major European countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom). We analyse how technology, education and wages have shaped the evolution of four professional groups-Managers, Clerks, Craft and Manual workers-defined on the basis of ISCO classes. During the upswing in manufacturing industries all professional groups except managers have experienced job losses, while new jobs in services have followed a pattern of growing occupational polarization. Demand growth has a general positive effect across all occupations; new products lead to job creation in the group of managers only; wage increases slow down job creation except in the lowest occupational group. During the downswing, large job losses are concentrated in the lowest occupations and most relationships-including the role of demand and wages-break down; product innovation loses its positive impact on jobs while new processes drive restructuring and job destruction across all professional groups.

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“…Our estimated return to potential experience is lower than estimates for the USA, UK, France, and Germany. Indeed, within these developed countries, estimated returns to potential experience range from 25 to 82 % (Altonji and Williams, 2005;Dustmann and Pereira, 2007;Beffy et al, 2006). Since Lagakos et al (2012) find that the returns to experience are lower in developing countries, it is plausible that our relatively low estimate of 13 % reflects differences between a developing country and developed countries.…”

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The sources of wage growth in a developing country

Marinescu

Triyana

2016

IZA J Labor Develop

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What are the sources of wage growth in developing countries? In the USA, general labor market experience is the key source of wage growth, with job seniority playing a smaller role. By contrast, in Indonesia, the 10-year return to seniority is 24 to 28 %, which is higher than the return to experience. Furthermore, we estimate a 35 % return to 10 years of tenure in the formal sector, with no significant return to tenure in the informal sector. The difference in the sources of wage growth in Indonesia versus the USA may be a reflection of Indonesia's lower level of development.JEL codes: J3, O1

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Wage Growth and Job Mobility in the United Kingdom and Germany

Cited by 76 publications

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Wage Growth Due to Human Capital Accumulation and Job Search: A Comparison between the United States and Germany

Wage Growth Due to Human Capital Accumulation and Job Search: A Comparison between the United States and Germany

Technology and Occupations in Business Cycles

The sources of wage growth in a developing country

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