Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 1999

    The Impact of Non-profit Temping Agencies on Individual Labour Market Success in the West German State of Rhineland-Palatinate

    The paper presents an econometric evaluation of the effects of subsidised non-profit temporary employment agencies - a programme of the West German active labour market policy - on individual labour market…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-12 // 1999

    Berufliche Weiterbildung und Existenzgründung

    This study investigates the determinants of self-employment and the effects of con-tinuous vocational training among new self-employed and job movers. The analysis is based on a cross section of individual data…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-02 // 1999

    Existenzgründerpotentiale unter Arbeitsuchenden: Empirische Evidenz auf der Basis des Mikrozensus

    In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of those were searching for an opportunity to get self-employed. In this study the determinants of…