Wage mobility in the low-wage labour market in Germany

Period: 01.07.2006 – 31.12.2008

In this project, we examine the importance of individual and employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. The overall objective is to identify a possible segmentation of the labour market into work places with low and high prospects of earnings mobility. In order to quantify the extent to which segmentation proceeds along individual and/or employer characteristics, we use the Linked-Employer-Employee Data set of the IAB, a data set that supplies both information on workers as well as their employers.

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