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Appendix C: Average Characteristics by Rank a

Position

Wage
Diffb

Edu.
(Yr)

Exp.
(Yr)

Woman

(%)

German

(%)

Married

(%)

Skill

Index

Blue-C

Unskilled

0

9.4

27.8

63.3

64.5

63.7

-0.23

Semi-skilled

0.37

9.8

26.8

41.1

79.2

60.8

-0.10

Skilled

0.66

10.6

22.4

9.5

89.2

49.5

0.02

Foreman

1.05

10.4

26.6

3.1

92.8

80.5

0.07

Master Crafts.

1.11

10.9

25.9

1.42

98.4

61.3

0.10

White-C

Simple duties

0

10.9

22.2

81.8

94.6

48.4

-0.26

Qualified

0.64

11.8

21.7

62.7

96.5

50.7

-0.12

Managerial

2.09

14.3

21.9

25.1

96.2

65.5

0.27

C.E.O

2.85

13.8

27.0

0.59

98.2

48.9

0.30

Civil Servant

Lower

0

10.7

25.4

14.4

100

64.5

0.01

Middle

0.50

11.5

21.5

23.1

100

58.2

0.06

Upper

1.23

14.9

22.3

36.7

99.6

64.2

0.23

Executive

2.24

17.7

24.6

14.8

99.8

77.5

0.60

Genericc

Lower rank

0

10.1

25.5

58.9

82.7

56.9

-0.17

Middle rank

0.49

11.3

21.9

39.0

94.0

50.8

-0.05

Upper rank

1.67

13.9

22.7

25.1

96.6

67.1

0.23

Executive rank

2.46

16.1

25.3

14.4

99.1

66.2

0.48

a-Based on a sample of 11159 observations (3487 workers).

b-Mean wage differentials relative to the first rank monthly average real
wage is (in thousands of marks) 1.37 for blue-collared, 1.41 for white-
collared, 1.93 for civil servants and 1.58 for level 1 of the aggregate positions.
c-For the blue-collars, rank 1 is composed of unskilled and semi-skilled work.

Appendix D: Testa of the Predictive Power of Instruments

Within

Within & Between

CA

CA + Learning

CA

CA + Learning

wt-1

6.31

12.99

5.24

10.50

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Rank Mt

-

3.48

-

5.22

(0.0008)

(0.0001)

Rank Ut

-

3.29

-

13.17

(0.0005)

(0.0001)

Rank EXt

-

14.72

-

20.56

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

a- F-test from regressions of the instrumented variables on the exogenous
variables and the instruments. p-value are in parenthesis.

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