Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-37 // 2000

    Wage Divergence and Unemployment: The Impact of Insider Power and Training Costs

    The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-07 // 2000

    Gender Wage Gap in West Germany: How Far Do Gender Differences in Human Capital Matter?

    This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable wage differential in favour of men and its reduction since the mid-eighties among West German…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2000

    Over-qualification makes low-wage employment attractive