This paper evaluates a large-scale French program (PACEA) providing intensive job-search assistance and placement into training to unemployed youths. Guided by a job-search and matching model, we combine…
In Germany, there are between nine and thirteen public holidays a year, depending on the federal state. But what do these days mean for the economy? How do they affect productivity, working hours and gross…
France’s apprenticeship system, which combines firm-based training with academic instruction, has expanded rapidly in recent years, especially at the university level. Unlike most European countries, France…
Anxieties about technological change in the context of the labor market are a recurring historical phenomenon. Using customized survey data collected in 2019 in the US and Germany, prior to the recent wave of…
Equal opportunities are regarded as a core value of modern societies – but how significant is their influence on economic success? A new ZEW study shows that when educational opportunities are distributed more…
Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings
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2026
Die Akademisierung seit der Jahrtausendwende hat Fachkräfteengpässe in akademischen Berufen verringert. Mehr akademisch gebildete Fachkräfte könnten aber die Löhne senken. Es stellt sich die Frage, ob sich ein…
