Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-40 // 2002

    Mixed Motives: An Empirical Analysis of ILO Roll-Call Votes

    In this empirical paper, we look at individual voting behaviour of government delegates to the International Labour Organization (ILO). We distinguish between the instrumental motive for voting, which consists…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-07 // 2002

    Reassessing the Impact of High Performance Workplaces

    High performance workplace practices were extolled as an efficient means to increase firm productivity. The empirical evidence is disputed, however. To assess the productivity effects of a broad variety of…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2002

    Outsourcing, Imports and Labour Demand

    This paper examines the effects that the increasing demand for purchased services and imports of intermediate materials has on the demand for different skill levels in the manufacturing sector. We derive and…