Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-093 // 2010

    Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages

    This paper investigates the impact of an individual’s level of locus of control, a concept commonly used in social psychology (Rotter, 1966), on educational choices and wages. We establish that more internal…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2010

    Wirkungen eines Betreuungsgeldes bei bedarfsgerechtem Ausbau frühkindlicher Kindertagesbetreuung: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie

    Our paper analyzes the impact of the introduction of a home care allowance for children between 13 and 36 months of age and explicitly takes the expansion of publicly funded day care into account. We use the…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-091 // 2010

    An Unconditional Basic Income in the Family Context - Labor Supply and Distributional Effects

    Basic income schemes are discussed among all political parties in Germany. A basic income is a specific form of a guaranteed minimum income for every citizen. Distributed unconditionally it could simplify the…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2010

    Mutter-Kind-Interaktion im Säuglingsalter, Familienumgebung und Entwicklung früher kognitiver und nicht-kognitiver Fähigkeiten: eine prospektive Studie

    This study examines to which extent the quality of mother-child interaction during infancy can predict cognitive (IQ) and noncognitive skills (persistence) until pre-school age using data from the Mannheim Study…