In the context of the worrying development of youth unemployment in the European Union, the project aims to describe and compare the development of the labour market perspectives for persons under 25 over the last…
The increasing international integration of labour markets can no longer be sufficiently described along industry sectors or skill categories based on educational achievements. Instead, technological innovations…
The project aims to strengthen competencies of the Personnel Economics research area in analyzing multi-dimensional linked employer-employee data. It builds on two novel longitudinal matched employer-employee…
Starting from the first evaluation of sector-specific minimum wages that had been initiated by the Federal Ministry of Labour in 2010, the aim of the project is to examine alternative methods for the evaluation of…
Female labour force participation and fertility rates have been very low in Germany, particularly among women with a university degree. Long career breaks and their high opportunity costs may explain both facts.…
The objective of this research project is to gain a deeper understanding of how technological progress contributes to changes in labour market disparities between European regions. The key idea is that different…
The economic literature widely recognizes that innovation and investments in new technologies constitute cornerstones for the performance of competitive companies and national economic growth. Innovation and…
The project investigates the determinants of study choice readiness and the effects of participating in a programme to foster career aspirations at upper secondary school from an economic point of view. While the…
In this project, panel data are collected on secondary school pupils in the cities Mannheim and Freiburg. The aim is to observe their transitions from lower secondary school into higher secondary education and…