Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Non-Refereed Journal // 2018

    Betriebe und Arbeitswelt 4.0: Mit Investitionen in die Digitalisierung steigt auch die Weiterbildung

    This report analyzes the relationship between firms' investments in digitized technologies and their investments in further training. The analysis is based on a novel data source that was created by the IAB and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-049 // 2018

    Intergenerational Mobility and the Rise and Fall of Inequality: Lessons from Latin America

    Countries with high income inequality also show a strong association between parents’ and children’s economic well-being; i.e. low intergenerational mobility. This study is the first to test this relationship in…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-048 // 2018

    Housing Expenditures and Income Inequality

    In this paper, we show that, in terms of real disposable income, changes in housing expenditures dramatically exacerbate the trend of income inequality that has risen sharply in Germany since the mid-1990s. More…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-043 // 2018

    Fiskalische und individuelle Nettoerträge und Renditen von Bildungsinvestitionen im jungen Erwachsenenalter

    Based on a further development of the ZEW microsimulation model of the German tax and transfer system, this study examines fiscal and individual net returns as well as rates of return from investments in…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-040 // 2018

    The Human Capital Selection of Young Males Seeking Asylum in Germany

    This study analyses the selection of recently arrived asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers have 22 percent more years of…

  6. Discussion and Working Paper // 2018

    Racing With or Against the Machine? Evidence from Europe

    A fast-growing literature shows that digital technologies are displacing labor from routine tasks, raising concerns that labor is racing against the machine. We develop a task-based framework to estimate the…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Educational inequality and intergenerational mobility in Latin America: A new database

    The causes and consequences of the intergenerational persistence of inequality are a topic of great interest among various fields in economics. However, until now, issues of data availability have restricted a…

  8. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Parental Background Matters: Intergenerational Mobility and Assimilation of Italian Immigrants in Germany

    We investigate the hypothesis of failed integration and low social mobility of immigrants. An intergenerational assimilation model is tested empirically on household survey data and validated against registry…