Benjamin Lochner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5805613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Lochner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Lochner |
| SIGNATURE | LOCHNER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6210-3097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gender-Specific Application Behaviour, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap
This paper examines how gender-specific application behaviour, firms’ hiring practices and flexibility demands relate to the gender earnings gap, using linked data from the German Job Vacancy Survey and administrative records. Women are less likely than men to apply to high-wage firms with high flexibility requirements, although their hiring chances are similar when they do. We show that compensating differentials for firms’ flexibility demands h…
AKM Effects for German Labour Market Data from 1985 to 2021
This article describes the processing and accessibility of the person and establishment fixed wage effects in German administrative data. These effects have been estimated following the approach of Abowd, J., Kramarz, F., and Margolis, D. (1999. High wage workers and high wage firms. Econometrica 67: 251–333) and Card, D., Heining, J., and Kline, P. (2013. Workplace heterogeneity and the rise of West German wage inequality. Q. J. Econ. 128: 967–1…
Iabse-Adiab – IAB Job Vacancy Survey Data Linked to Administrative Data
The IABSE-ADIAB dataset provides the linkage between the most recent case of a hire from the IAB Job Vacancy Survey and the administrative data of the hired person. The data comprise the entire working history of persons who were identified as IAB Job Vacancy Survey hires from 2010 to 2020. The data are processed in a similar manner to the Sample of Integrated Employment Biographies of the IAB and can be linked to the survey data using the provid…
Firm Productivity, Wages, and Sorting
We study the link between firm productivity and the wages that firms pay. Guided by a search-matching model with large firms, worker and firm heterogeneity, and production complementarities, we infer firm productivity by estimating firm-level production functions. Using German data, we find that the most productive firms do not pay the highest wages. Worker transitions from high- to medium-productivity firms are on average associated with wage ga…
Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? Evidence from a natural experiment
We analyze whether the introduction of the general minimum wage in Germany in 2015 had an effect on workers’ self-rated health. To this end, we use survey data linked to administrative employment records and apply difference-in-differences regressions combined with propensity score matching. This approach enables us to control for a vast set of potential confounding variables. We find a health improving effect among the individuals who were most …
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Do minimum wages improve self-rated health? Evidence from a natural experiment
We analyze whether the introduction of the general minimum wage in Germany in 2015 had an effect on workers’ self-rated health. To this end, we use survey data linked to administrative employment records and apply difference-in-differences regressions combined with propensity score matching. This approach enables us to control for a vast set of potential confounding variables. We find a health improving effect among the individuals who were most …
AKM Effects for German Labour Market Data from 1985 to 2021
This article describes the processing and accessibility of the person and establishment fixed wage effects in German administrative data. These effects have been estimated following the approach of Abowd, J., Kramarz, F., and Margolis, D. (1999. High wage workers and high wage firms. Econometrica 67: 251–333) and Card, D., Heining, J., and Kline, P. (2013. Workplace heterogeneity and the rise of West German wage inequality. Q. J. Econ. 128: 967–1…
Iabse-Adiab – IAB Job Vacancy Survey Data Linked to Administrative Data
The IABSE-ADIAB dataset provides the linkage between the most recent case of a hire from the IAB Job Vacancy Survey and the administrative data of the hired person. The data comprise the entire working history of persons who were identified as IAB Job Vacancy Survey hires from 2010 to 2020. The data are processed in a similar manner to the Sample of Integrated Employment Biographies of the IAB and can be linked to the survey data using the provid…
Firm Productivity, Wages, and Sorting
We study the link between firm productivity and the wages that firms pay. Guided by a search-matching model with large firms, worker and firm heterogeneity, and production complementarities, we infer firm productivity by estimating firm-level production functions. Using German data, we find that the most productive firms do not pay the highest wages. Worker transitions from high- to medium-productivity firms are on average associated with wage ga…
Gender-Specific Application Behaviour, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap
This paper examines how gender-specific application behaviour, firms’ hiring practices and flexibility demands relate to the gender earnings gap, using linked data from the German Job Vacancy Survey and administrative records. Women are less likely than men to apply to high-wage firms with high flexibility requirements, although their hiring chances are similar when they do. We show that compensating differentials for firms’ flexibility demands h…
Economics (4 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Wage (3 works) · Accounting (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Earnings (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)