Arbeitsplatzmobilität zwischen Ost-, Nord- und ­Süddeutschland: Erfolgsfaktoren von Einkommenszuwächsen

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 417-444
Author(s):  
Franziska Ganesch ◽  
Matthias Dütsch ◽  
Olaf Struck
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Spatial Mobility ◽  
Data Set ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Structural Indicators ◽  
North And South ◽  
Regionale Strukturindikatoren ◽  
Employee Data

Zusammenfassung In Deutschland beeinflussen regionale Disparitäten besonders auch zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland individuelle Lebens- und Einkommenschancen. Individuen können versuchen, ihre Arbeitsbedingungen – etwa ihr Einkommen – durch räumliche Mobilität zu verbessern. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht Mobilität zwischen Ost-, Nord- und Süddeutschland und damit einhergehende Einkommensveränderungen. Basis ist ein Linked Employer-Employee Datensatz, der um regionale Strukturindikatoren ergänzt wurde. Die Ergebnisse zeigen: Jüngere und Hochqualifizierte wechseln häufiger und realisieren bei Betriebswechseln mit höherer Wahrscheinlichkeit Einkommenszuwächse. Anreize für Ost-Westmobilität bestehen fort, da bei Wechseln aus Ostdeutschland in Richtung Nord- oder Süddeutschland preisniveaubereinigt die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Einkommenszuwächsen höher ist als bei Wechseln innerhalb Ostdeutschlands. Wechsel nach Ostdeutschland können mit Einkommensverlusten, aber auch Einkommenszuwächsen einhergehen. Abstract: Workplace-mobility Between East, North and South Germany. Success Factors of Income Increases In Germany, regional disparities especially between East and West Germany influence individual life and income opportunities. Individuals can try to improve their working conditions – for example their income – through spatial mobility. The present article examines job moves between East, North, and South Germany and the related income perspectives. The data basis is a Linked Employer-Employee data set which has been supplemented with regional structural indicators. The results of the analyses show: Younger and highly qualified employees change more frequently and are more likely to increase their income when they change companies. Incentives for East-West mobility persist, because for trajectories from East to North or South Germany, adjusted for regional price level, a comparatively higher probability of income success can be determined. Transitions to East Germany can be associated with a loss of income but also a gain of income.

Subjective Perceptions of Employment Mobility: A Comparison of East and West Germany

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Nitsche ◽  
Karl Ulrich Mayer
Keyword(s):  
West Germany ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Subjective Perceptions ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Suggestive Evidence ◽  
East German ◽  
The Stability ◽  
East West

Abstract There is an ongoing debate over whether the stability of working lives in Germany has declined in recent decades. In this piece, we contribute to the literature by arguing that subjective mobility perceptions, hence individuals’ self-reported mobility desires and experiences, should receive more attention in the debate. While it is, for example, well known that German reunification affected worklife mobility of East Germans through high unemployment and firm mobility, little is known about subjective mobility desires, specifically in an East-West German comparative perspective. Using a retrospective cross-sectional data set from 2005, we therefore investigate East-West German differences in retrospective and future mobility desires and subjectively reported mobility experiences and expectations. We also examine if there is evidence for East-West German differences in voluntary versus involuntary employment mobility. Our findings indeed show that retrospectively reported desires for stable working lives are more prevalent among East Germans. In addition, we find suggestive evidence for elevated levels of undesired firm mobility and employment interruptions among East Germans born between 1945 and 1965, and for increases in undesired employment interruptions and firm mobility among younger West German but not East German men. These latter results serve as suggestive evidence for future hypothesis building only, since our data does not provide information on the desirability of specific mobility events but on cumulative experiences and retrospective mobility desires only.

Trends in the Prevalence of Atopic Eczema in East and West Germany

1998 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-376
Author(s):  
Schäfer ◽  
Krämer ◽  
Vieluf ◽  
Behrendt ◽  
Ring
Keyword(s):  
Atopic Eczema ◽  
West Germany ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
East And West

A Reflection on Crucial Periods in 50 Years of Social Psychology (in Germany)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Katja Corcoran ◽  
Michael Häfner ◽  
Mathias Kauff ◽  
Stefan Stürmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Early Development ◽  
West Germany ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
East And West

Abstract. In this article, we reflect on 50 years of the journal Social Psychology. We interviewed colleagues who have witnessed the history of the journal. Based on these interviews, we identified three crucial periods in Social Psychology’s history, that are (a) the early development and further professionalization of the journal, (b) the reunification of East and West Germany, and (c) the internationalization of the journal and its transformation from the Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie to Social Psychology. We end our reflection with a discussion of changes that occurred during these periods and their implication for the future of our field.

Space Matters. The Group Threat Hypothesis Revisited with Geographically Weighted Regression. The Case of the NPD 2009 Electoral Success

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Celine Teney
Keyword(s):  
Geographically Weighted Regression ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Weighted Regression ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Group Threat ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
East And West Germany ◽  
New Research

SummaryA geographically weighted regression approach is used to assess the association of the electoral success of the NPD, an extreme right-wing political party, during the 2009 German federal election with levels of and changes in immigrant and unemployment rates. The results do not support the group threat hypothesis: the immigrant rate remains non-significant in large areas of West Germany while it shows a negative and significant relationship with NPD electoral success in most localities in East Germany as well as in Northern Bavaria. Instead, findings tend to confirm the contact hypothesis: a higher percentage of immigrants within an electoral district seems to lead to larger interethnic contact opportunities and thus to a lower proportion of votes for the NPD. The largest significant positive association of unemployment rate with NPD electoral results is observed with respect to localities that are situated around the former border between East and West Germany. The large regional variations in the effects of immigrant and unemployment rates point to different mechanisms which are at stake in the association of populist radical right success with unemployment and immigrant rates. These findings illustrate the importance of spatial variability and make the case for a broader new research agenda dedicated to exploring the mechanisms underlying spatial nonstationarity.

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