Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-004 // 2012

    Awards at Work

    Awards increase in popularity in the corporate sector, where managers consider innovative human resource practices such as awards to be essential for firm competitiveness. The prevalence and popularity of…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-001 // 2012

    Impatience Among Preschool Children and Their Mothers

    Economists study the intergenerational transmission of skills and optimal human capital investment. Recent research has examined intergenerational associations of cognitive skills, trust and risk attitudes,…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2012

    Impatience among Preschool Children and their Mothers

    Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child’s impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment, the mother’s…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2012

    Age and Productivity – Sector Differences

    In most industrialised countries, the workforce is ageing rapidly. If ageing workforces affect sectors differently, the total impact of ageing will depend on the industrial structure of an economy. This paper…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2012

    Asymmetries and interdependencies in time use between Italian parents

    In recent decades, changes in parents’ attitudes towards the importance of spending time with children to optimise their future behaviour and cognitive development have greatly affected patterns of time…