Projects of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Laufende Projekte

  1. Project // 01.08.2023 – 30.09.2024

    The interplay between pension policy and individual Health against the background of a changing world of work

    Heterogeneous health trajectories and occupational stresses are crucial for the labor market participation of older persons and thus for the transition to retirement. But how do health trajectories differentiate…

  2. Project // 01.03.2023 – 30.09.2025

    Dynamic Interaction between Informal Long-Term Caregiving and Social Insurances in Germany

    This project assesses the impact of social insurance on informal Long-Term-Care (LTC) provision by family members in Germany. Family members are the most important providers of informal outpatient LTC. While…

  3. Project // 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025

    Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship

    The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and…

  4. Project // 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2025

    Horizon Europe: Welfare Systems and Labour Market Policies for Economic and Social Resilience in Europe

    Four megatrends — technological transformations, globalization, climate change, and demographic changes — are reshaping labor markets, redefining opportunities and risks, and posing new challenges for welfare…

  5. Project // 15.07.2022 – 31.07.2027

    Work Disability and Labour Supply

    This project empirically and theoretically evaluates social insurance systems for work disability. Almost all OECD countries provide universal coverage for short-term, long-term and permanent work disability.…

  6. Project // 01.06.2022 – 31.05.2025

    Economic Upheaval and Human Capital Formation

    The aim of the project is to empirically analyze the long-term and intergenerational consequences of economic upheavals on human capital formation. Human capital formation is seen as a key mechanism to increase…

  7. Project // 01.04.2021 – 31.03.2024

    Regional Economic Disparities in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Outbreak: The Role of Digitalization and Working-from-Home

    The project analyses how the COVID-19 crisis affects labour market disparities within and between German regions. We aim to quantify the short and medium-term employment effects and the contribution of firm…

  8. Project // 15.02.2021 – 14.02.2024

    Labor Market Consequences of Covid-19 and the Digital Transformation

    The impact of the Corona pandemic on businesses and employees presumably depends, among other things, on how digitized businesses already were before the pandemic. If digitization proves to be an instrument for…

  9. Project // 01.02.2021 – 30.06.2023

    Analyses of the Costs and Benefits of School Closures for the Containment of COVID-19

    The aim of the project is to empirically assess the costs and benefits of school closures enacted in response to the spread of COVID-19. Benefits are measured by the contribution of the interventions to reduce the…