Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-074 // 2009

    Discrimination in Grading? Experimental Evidence from Primary School

    Migrant children are lagging behind in terms of educational performance in many industrialised countries. The relatively low educational level of their parents as well as language difficulties are well-known…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2009

    The value of the last digit: statistical fraud detection with digit analysis

    Digit distributions are a popular tool for the detection of tax payers’ noncompliance and other fraud. In the early stage of digital analysis, Nigrini and Mittermaier (A J Pract Theory 16(2):52–67, 1997) made…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-072 // 2009

    Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions - An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed up Transitions to Employment?

    During the last two decades many countries have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of shifting labor market policies from passive benefit receipt towards increased job search and work requirements. As…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-070 // 2009

    A Socio-economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness

    In this paper we investigate the prevalence of "disconnectedness" among German youth. Youth disconnectedness can have several dimensions. Unemployment, failure in school, the lack of an intimate relationship and…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-069 // 2009

    Geduld von Vorschulkindern - Ergebnisse einer Experimentalstudie im Haushaltskontext von Kindern

    In this study, we use an experimental dataset collected in the framework of the longitudinal German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study to investigate possible determinants of delayed gratification in children…

  6. ZEWnews English edition // 2009

    No. 4 - 2009

    • Patent Applications Facilitate Access to Venture Capital for Start-Up Companies
    • Experts Favour Modification of the Clean Development Mechanism
    • Some German Automobile Brands 20 to 33 Percent More Valuable than…
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-065 // 2009

    Optimal Tax Progressivity in Unionised Labour Markets: What are the Driving Forces?

    In the economic policy debate, income tax progressivity is mostly seen as a means of redistribution. The more progressive the tax, the more redistribution from the rich to the poor. However, high tax…