In Germany, families currently benefit from more than 150 different public transfers. The established complex scheme of family related transfers comprises direct money transfers, favourable tax treatment,…
The aim of this project in cooperation with the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) is to estimate returns to education on the labour market in Germany. We consider developments over…
The project was thematically and in the editing closely linked to the research network “Non-Cognitive Skills: Acquisition and Economic Consequences”. The focus of the project was the evaluation of measures,…
The international research network "Non-Cognitive Skills - Acquisition and Economic Consequences" was supported for three years (2008-2010) by the Leibniz Association as a part of the "Pakt für Forschung und…
It is the aim of this project to analyse production systems from an organisational and economic perspective. At the one hand, the effects of age-structure among the employees in combination with different…
On account of the different dynamics of the development of the supply and demand of academic graduates, there is, at least temporarily, expected to be a shortage, especially in the engineering and natural science…
The project studied the formation of human capital at different stages of the life-cycle based on multidisciplinary research, including views from economics, econometrics, neurobiology, survey analysis, and…
This project analysed the determinants of productivity of older employees on the basis of the IABS data set and the ICT survey of the ZEW. A special emphasis was put on the role of information and communication…
The core of the project is to take a look at the chances of humanists on the Labor Market. In detail, we want to study income level and structure, development of income, employment opportunities and risks of…