Occupations

One of my core questions is how occupations and inequality are related. I study the influence of occupational regulations on economic inequality, on gender-specific inequalities and how changes in the occupational structure of countries contribute to inequality trends.

We introduce the main topics and debates of the special issue Occupations and social inequality.

We study the relation of occupational licensing and gender in Germany and its implication for gender-specific wage inequality.

We discuss recent theories and data about occupations within the labor market.

We study the consequences of self-employment deregulation of German crafts on wages.