Which qualifications does a minister of the German Federal Government need to be reoccupied?

Arbeitspapier

The objective pursued by this study is to raise the question whether there exists a correlation between the reoccupation of ministers of the German Federal Government and their particular socio-demographic characteristics or human capital. Therefore, this paper depicts the decision of the German Federal Chancellor of reoccupation for all ministers between 1949 and 2012 by running several ordinal regression analyses. The results reveal that the age, the years of membership in the German Bundestag or in the party, as well as previous leaderships of German non-partisan non-profit organisations or business corporations significantly increase the probability of reoccupation. In addition, this analysis points out that the comparably prominent position of the vice chancellor also raises the chance to be reappointed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CIW Discussion Paper ; No. 2/2013

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Industry Studies: Services: Government Policy ; Personnel Economics: Training ; Economywide Country Studies: Europe

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Scharfenkamp, Katrin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Centrum für Interdisziplinäre Wirtschaftsforschung (CIW)
• (where): Münster
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/71286
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET