Projects of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.08.2001 – 31.03.2004

    Working hours flexibility in human resource management

    The spread of flexible working hours has increased sharply in recent years. Usually the decrease of overtime and subsequent reductions in costs are stated as a motivation for the implementation of flexible working…

  2. Project // 01.08.2001 – 30.09.2003

    Progress Report on East Germany’s Economic Research Institutes and Economic Development

    English project descritpion is not available.

  3. Project // 01.06.2001 – 30.09.2003

    Qualification and success in the labour market in Germany and France - A comparison of the influence of political measures in the fields of education and families

    The relationship between individual qualification and labour market success is analysed for women and men in France and Germany. Because on the one hand the educational systems and on the other hand the general…

  4. Project // 01.05.2001 – 31.03.2002

    Medium Term Forecasts of Euro Interest Rates

    It was the aim of the project to develop forecasting and simulation models for interest rates in the Euro area. The target interest rates are those with 6 months, 2, 5 and 10 years time to maturity. The…

  5. Project // 01.04.2001 – 31.12.2009

    Allocative and Distributive Effects of Tax and Transfer Policies

    In this project, the existing system of models, PACE, will be further developed. The aim is to analyse the effects of taxation and social security contributions on the level and the structure of unemployment. The…

  6. Project // 01.02.2001 – 31.01.2003

    Incomplete Employment Contracts, Incentives, and Innovations

    Personnel management departments are always seeking to develop new strategies that offer incentives to employees and that are intended to increase productivity: the introduction of innovative payments systems or…

  7. Project // 18.12.2000 – 17.12.2001

    Welfare analysis of fiscal and social security reforms in Europe: does the representation of family decision processes matter?

    This project focuses on the quantitative evaluation of reforms of fiscal and social security reforms. These reforms generally have an impact on living conditions and on access to resources and affect the…

  8. Project // 01.10.2000 – 31.03.2001

    Beschäftigungsperspektiven im Bereich von Kreditinstituten, Versicherungsunternehmen und sonstigen Finanzdienstleistern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Informationstechnologie

    The financial sector is undergoing fundamental changes. Typical features of this structural change are the continued internationalisation of business, productivity increases in standardised financial services due…