In this project, we examine the importance of individual and employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. The overall objective is to identify a possible segmentation of the labour market…
This project intends to measure the effects of health care policies and the need for health care of one of the spouses on the intra-household allocation of resources. Our analysis is based on a micro-economic…
In this project the technology of skill formation in early childhood has been investigated. It was the aim to integrate recent findings from childhood research (neuroscience, developmental psychology) into…
The Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB), provided by the IAB, can be supposed to become one of the most important data sources for labour market research in Germany: The IEB link process data information of…
The falling labour input is among the factors responsible fort the low German growth path lagging behind the growth experience in many other industrial countries. It is the objective of this project to look into…
The relevant aspects of education and continuing training in Germany are to be examined theoretically and empirically against the background of demographic changes. Policy relevance of the topic is to be evaluated…
§ 44b SGB II determines that employment offices (Agenturen für Arbeit) and municipal administrations, as responsible welfare institutions for job-seeking persons, shall establish consortiums in order to administer…
In this project, ZEW offers expertise with respect to the basic income scheme which should be modernized in Liechtenstein. The challenge is to combine the existing social insurance system with a modern…
The Social Code II (SGB II) has been introduced on January 1st 2005 and governs the merging of the former Unemployment Assistance (UA) and Social Assistance (SA) for able-bodied recipients. This project originates…