Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2020

    Sick Leave and Medical Leave in the United States: A Categorization and Recent Trends

    This chapter reviews and discusses recent trends of access to paid leave in the United States. Although we also categorize and discuss other programs for health-related work absences (such as medical leave or…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-084 // 2020

    Returns to Higher Education and Dropouts: A Double Machine Learning Approach

    This paper provides estimates of the short-term individual returns to Higher Education (HE) in the United Kingdom, focusing on the effects of attending HE on the labour market outcomes for dropouts. Results show…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-081 // 2020

    Evolution of the East German Wage Structure

    We analyze the evolution of the wage structure in East Germany over the past two decades and compare it to West Germany. Both regions experienced a rise in wage inequality between 1995 and 2009 with wage…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-073 // 2020

    Bildungsdefizite Corona-bedingter Schulschließungen? Eine bildungshistorische Analyse

    In current forecasts of learning and income losses due to corona-related school closings, the short school years for the nationwide standardization of the start of the school year and the extension of compulsory…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-067 // 2020

    Demographic Change and Regional Labour Markets

    Like many other countries, Germany has experienced rapid population and workforce ageing, yet with substantial variation across regions. In this paper we first use this spatial variation between 1975 and 2014 to…