Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-22 // 1998

    Industrial Change, Stability of Relative Earnings, and Substitution of Unskilled Labor in West-Germany

    The differential labor market developments in Germany and in the United States are often cited to support the hypothesis of a trade-off between more jobs for unskilled workers on the one hand, and a less equal…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-16 // 1998

    Socio-economic and demographic factors of crime in Germany: Evidence from panel data of the German States

    Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-07 // 1998

    Do Public Works Programs Work? Some Unpleasant Results from the East German Experience

    We analyze the effectiveness of public works programs (PWP, Arbeitsbeschaffungs-maßnahmen) in east Germany as measured by their effects on individual future re-employment probabilities in regular jobs. These are…