Die Entwicklung des Eintrittsalters in eine sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung

This short paper uses the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to determine when German employees have started their working history. The age at first employment after a higher education has decreased for younger birth cohorts, so that the age at career start has converged across different educational groups. There is still a substantial proportion of employees who started gainful employment at the age of 15.