Projects of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. Project // 01.10.2000 – 31.07.2003

    Distributional Efffects and Fiscal Costs of Wage Subsidies in the Low Wage Sector

    The aim of the project was to quantify the distributional effects of alternative wage subsidies taking into account fiscal costs and the effects of ways to refinance these costs. The main difficulty in the…

  7. 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…

  8. Project // 01.07.2000 – 30.06.2002

    Determinants Influencing the Engagement in Flexible Employment with Special Regard to Temporary Employment, Loan Employment, and Free-Lancers

    Insufficient adaptability of the labour markets is frequently given as explanation for sustained employment problems in Germany and Europe. The lack of flexibility may be caused by regulations on employment…