Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Expertises // 2016

    Integrating Refugees in the Rhine-Neckar-Region: Initial Evidence from an Inclusive Soccer Project

    The study analyses a survey which has been conducted in July 2016 in the German Rhine-Neckar region among a group of male refugees who participate in a small inclusive soccer project or were part of a control…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-085 // 2016

    Formal But Less Equal. Gender Wage Gaps in Formal and Informal Jobs in Brazil

    In developing countries, a large share of employees work informally and are not covered by employment protection legislation. I study here how gender wage inequality differs across formal and informal jobs in…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-084 // 2016

    End-of-Year Spending and the Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed

    This study re-estimates the employment effects of training programs for the unemployed using exogenous variation in participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2016

    Job Creation Schemes in Turbulent Times

    This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCS) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction…

  5. Expertises // 2016

    Tätigkeitswandel und Weiterbildungsbedarf in der digitalen Transformation

    Die Digitalisierung und Automatisierung der Wirtschaft schreiten immer weiter voran. Insbesondere die Vernetzung von IT- und Geschäftsprozessen (Industrie 4.0) ermöglicht immer neue Anwendungs- und…

  6. ZEW policy brief No. 16-08 // 2016

    Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt

    Technological change is increasingly turning the value chain into an automated and digitalised process. The digitalisation and automation of manufacturing processes is characterised by the use of increasingly…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-071 // 2016

    Which Incentives to Increase Survey Response of Secondary School Pupils?

    Increasing participation rates in pupil surveys has become an important challenge for empirical educational research. In this paper we investigate whether combining a monetary incentive with a personalised…