Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-022 // 2022

    Nowcasting the Impact of Covid-19 on Education, Intergenerational Mobility and Earnings Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Using microsimulations, we nowcast the impact of learning losses caused by COVID-19 on secondary school completion rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-019 // 2022

    Regional Structural Change and the Effects of Job Loss

    Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers’ careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-017 // 2022

    Preferred Field of Study and Academic Performance

    This paper investigates the impact of studying the first-choice university subject on dropout and switching field of study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Beware of the Employer: Financial Incentives for Employees May Fail to Prolong Old-Age Employment

    We show that a stepwise increase in the normal retirement age (NRA) by up to five years and the introduction of actuarial pension deductions for retirement before NRA was ineffective in prolonging employment of…

  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2022

    Minimum Wages and the Rise in Solo Self-Employment

    Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share…