Information asymmetry, education signals and the case of Ethnic and Native Germans

Stephan O. Hornig, Horst Rottmann and Rüdiger Wapler
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Stephan O. Hornig: University of Applied Sciences Kufstein
Rüdiger Wapler: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 200914, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "This paper analyses the effects of education signals for Ethnic Germans and Germans without a migration background ('Native Germans'). We base our analysis on a sorting model with productivity enhancing effects of education. We compare whether the signalling value differs between the migrants and non-migrants in the German labour market. Starting from the theoretical result that only a separating equilibrium can exist, we find substantial empirical differences between Ethnic and Native Germans with the same formal education level. This empirical analysis is done with a completely new dataset based on administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Aussiedler; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsniveau; Hochqualifizierte; Inländer; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien; Lohnhöhe; Lohnunterschied; mittlere Qualifikation; Niedrigqualifizierte; 1990-2004 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2009
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