Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Documentation No. 00-03 // 2000

    Decision-Making on ILO Conventions and Recommendations: LegalFramework and Application

    The subject of this paper is decision-making on the adoption, ratification and implementation of conventions and recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The first part of the paper…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-03 // 2000

    Lower Wages for Less Hours? A Simultaneous Wage-Hours Model for Germany

    Productivity growth has been slow in many continental European countries overthe last few decades, especially in comparison with the United States. It has been argued thatlack of product market competition and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-20 // 2000

    Employment Effects of Work Sharing - An Econometric Analysis for West Germany

    In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on the basis of an econometric models using industry panel data. We distinguish between…