Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2001

    Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2001

    The determinants of participation in higher education

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-57 // 2001

    Does Fixed-Term Contract Employment Raise Firms’Adjustment-Speed? Evidence from an Establishment Panel for West-Germany

    Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-56 // 2001

    The Changing Gender Gap Across the Wage Distribution in the U.K.

    This paper contributes descriptive evidence on the development of the gender wage gap for different skill groups and full-and part-time employees in the U.K. The empirical analysis is based upon the General…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-48 // 2001

    Diffusion of Information Technology, Internet Use and the Demand for Heterogeneous Labor

    This paper analyzes the link between the diusion of information- and communication technology (ICT) and both the skill structure and employment expectations of the dierent skill categories. The analysis is based…