Working PaperFirst publicationPublished version DOI: 10.48548/pubdata-1262

Differences in the earnings distribution of self- and dependent employed German men - evidence from a quantile regression decomposition analysis

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Date of first publication2007-08-20
Date of publication in PubData 2024-08-23

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English

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Part of ISSN: 1860-5508
Working paper series in economics

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Abstract

This paper uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 2000 to 2005 to study the earnings differential between self- and dependent employed German men. Constructing a counterfactual earnings distribution for the self-employed in dependent employment and using quantile regression decompositions we find that the earnings differential over the distribution cannot be explained by differences in endowments. Furthermore, low-earning self-employed could earn more in dependent employment. Finally, the observed earnings advantage for the self-employed at the top of the earnings distribution is not associated with higher returns to observable variables.

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Self-employment; Einkommensunterschied; Selbständigkeit

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55

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330 :: Wirtschaft

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