Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-014 // 2009

    Occupational and Locational Substitution: Measuring the Effect of Occupational and Regional Mobility

    The paper analyzes effects of occupational and regional mobility on the matching rate using the monthly panel disaggregated on regional and occupational level. The main contribution of the paper is measuring…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2009

    Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?

    Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three most important…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-012 // 2009

    Earnings of Men and Women in Firms with a Female Dominated Workforce - What Drives the Impact of Sex Segregation on Wages?

    This study analyzes the relationship between the segregation of women across establishments and the salaries paid to men and women. My aim is to separate the impact the proportion of women working within an…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Firm Heterogeneity and Wages under Different Bargaining Regimes - Does a Centralised Union Care for Low-Productivity Firms?

    This paper studies the relationship between wages and the degree of firm heterogeneity in a given industry under different wage setting structures. To derive testable hypotheses, we set up a theoretical model…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-005 // 2009

    Why Pay Seniority Wages?

    This paper characterises establishments that pay higher seniority wages than their competitors. It tests whether seniority wages are paid on the basis of agency, human capital or efficiency wage…

  6. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2009

    Wage convergence and inequality after unification: (East) Germany in transition

    This paper investigates the wage convergence between East German workers and their West German counterparts after reunification. Our research is based on a com-parison of three groups of workers defined as…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2009

    Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children’s Achievement

    This paper investigates the development of basic cognitive, motor and noncog-nitive abilities from infancy to adolescence. We analyse the predictive power of these abilities, initial risk conditions and home…