Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2013

    The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector

    This paper contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages. We exploit the minimum wage introduction and subsequent increases in the German roofing sector that gave rise to an…

  2. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2013

    Nr. 1 (März) - 2013

    • Der Optimismus kehrt vorsichtig zurück
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Märzumfrage 2013
    • Verbesserte Geschäftslage sorgt für gute Stimmung zu Jahresbeginn
    • Mittelfristprojektion für Deutschland:…
  3. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Discrimination in Grading: Experimental Evidence from Primary School Teachers

    This paper studies the effect of teacher expectations on essay grades in an experimental setting. For this purpose, we randomly assign Turkish or German first names to a set of essays so that some teachers…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Gender Wage Gaps across Skills and Trade Openness

    This paper investigates how international trade impacts the gender wage gap at different points of the skill distribution, by integrating statistical discrimination and job assignment into a model of trade.…

  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Gender Wage Gaps across Skills and Trade Openness

    This paper investigates how international trade impacts the gender wage gap at different points of the skill distribution, by integrating statistical discrimination and job assignment into a model of trade.…