Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Getting more work for nothing? Symbolic Awards and Worker Performance

    We study the impact of status and social recognition on worker performance in a field experiment. In collaboration with an international non-governmental organization we hired students to work on a database…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2010

    Estimating Price Elasticities of Convalescent Care Programmes

    This study is the first to estimate price elasticities of demand for convalescent care programmes. In 1997, the German legislature more than doubled the daily co-payments for the publicly insured from €6 to €13.…