Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Revisiting the Risk of Automation

    In light of rapid advances in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics, many scientists discuss the potentials of new technologies to substitute for human labour. Fuelling the economic debate,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-023 // 2017

    Risk Attitudes, Job Mobility and Subsequent Wage Growth During the Early Career

    Job change is a decision under uncertainty: It is associated with costs whereas the decision is made without full knowledge about future benefits. In order to investigate the relationship between willingness…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-021 // 2017

    Job Creation Schemes in Turbulent Times

    This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction…

  4. Non-Refereed Journal // 2017

    Arbeitswelt 4.0: Wohlstandszuwachs oder Ungleichheit und Arbeitsplatzverlust – was bringt die Digitalisierung?

    Die Arbeitswelt befindet sich erneut im Umbruch. In der öffentlichen Debatte werden Befürchtungen geäußert, dass der technologische Wandel und insbesondere die Digitalisierung zu Arbeitsplatzverlusten führen.…

  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2017

    03/04 - 2017

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-016 // 2017

    Integrating Young Male Refugees: Initial Evidence from an Inclusive Soccer Project

    The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market…

  7. Expertises // 2017

    Integrationspotenziale: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Reallabor-Befragungen unter Geflüchteten

    Im September 2016 konnte das Reallabor Asylsuchende im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in zwei Gemeinschaftsunterkünften eine Befragung bei Geflüchteten durchführen. Insgesamt nahmen 370 Personen an der Befragung teil,…