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FReDA Data ReleaseData set of the second survey wave of FReDA published

The data release of the second wave of the FReDA long-term study on family life in Germany also enables longitudinal analyses. The most important information and figures at a glance.

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Miscellaneous PublicationsOccupational Licensing and the Wage Structure in Germany

Haupt, Andreas; Nils, Witte (2016)

Working Papers in Sociology 4. Karlsruhe: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000053799

In order to work in licensed occupations, employees need permission from the state. For Germany, it remains unanswered why occupations become licensed and how licensing affects the wage structure. The article describes the institutional embeddedness of licensing in the German labor market. These institutions create barriers to entry and regulate prices of occupational tasks. By accounting for licensing and its accompanying institutions, the article shows licensing to generate a safety net effect rather than mere monopoly rents. Wage inequality is reduced as a consequence. Results from conditional and unconditional quantile regressions based on the BIBB-BAuA Employment Survey 2012 strongly support that view.

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