Mr. PD Dr. Bernhard Boockmann worked for ZEW in the Unit “Labour Markets and Human Resources”.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Boockmann, Bernhard, Stephan Lothar Thomsen, Thomas Walter, Christian Göbel and Martin Huber (2015), Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment, German Economic Review 16(1), 13–42. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard, Thomas Zwick, Andreas Ammermüller and Michael Maier (2012), Do Hiring Subsidies Reduce Unemployment Among Older Workers? Evidence From Two Natural Experiments, Journal of the European Economic Association 10 (4), 735-764.
Horny, Guillaume, Bernhard Boockmann, Dragana Djurdjevic and François Laisney (2008), Bayesian Estimation of Cox Models with Non-Nested Random Effects: An Application to the Ratification of ILO Conventions by Developing Countries, Annales d#Economie et de Statistique, accepted for publication.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2008), Fixed-term contracts as sorting mechanisms: Evidence from job durations in West Germany, Labour Economics, accepted for publication.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Paul W. Thurner (2006), Flexibility provisions in multilateral environmental treaties, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 6, 113-135.
Ammermüller, Andreas, Bernhard Boockmann, Michael Maier and Thomas Zwick (2006), Eingliederungszuschüsse und Entgeltsicherung für Ältere: Analysen auf der Basis natürlicher Experimente, Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 75 (3), 49-66.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Viktor Steiner (2006), Cohort Effects and the Returns to Education in West Germany, Applied Economics 38, 1135-1152.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2006), Participation and Voting in Committees: Evidence from the ILO, Public Choice 126, 405-427.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2006), Partisan Politics and Treaty Ratification: The Acceptance of International Labour Organisation Conventions by Industrialised Democracies, European Journal of Political Research 45, 153-180.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2005), Befristete und andere 'atypische' Beschäftigungsverhältnisse: Wird der Arbeitsmarkt funktionsfähiger?, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung 38 (2-3), 305-324.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Thomas Zwick (2004), Betriebliche Determinanten der Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung 37 (1), 53-63.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2003), Works Councils and Fixed-Term Employment: Evidence from West German Establishments, Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal of Applied Social Science Studies) 123 (3), 359-381.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2003), Mixed Motives: An Empirical Analysis of ILO Roll-Call Voting, Constitutional Political Economy 14(4), 263-285.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Axel Dreher (2003), The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom, European Journal of Political Economy 19, 633-649.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2002), Arbeitsplatzdynamik und befristete Verträge: Empirische Evidenz aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel für Baden-Württemberg, Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 35 , 385-396.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2001), The Ratification of ILO Conventions: A Hazard Rate Analysis, Economics and Politics 13, 281-309.
Boockmann, Bernhard (1998), Agenda Control by Interest Groups in EU Social Policy, Journal of Theoretical Politics 10 (2), 210-231.
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Boockmann, Bernhard, Martin Brussig, Matthias Knuth, Stephan Lothar Thomsen and Thomas Walter (2009), Mikroökonomische Wirkungs- und Effizienzanalyse: Ergebnisse aus dem Untersuchungsfeld 3, ifo-Schnelldienst 62, 1, 39-47.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2006), Atypische Arbeitsverträge: Ein Mittel zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit?, Orientierungen zur Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftspolitik 109, 25-30.
Boockmann, Bernhard, Ralf-Henning Peters and Viktor Steiner (2003), Die Finanzierung der sozialen Sicherung: Wirkungen auf Löhne und Beschäftigung in ausgewählten Industrieländern, Zeitschrift für Sozialreform 49, 86-108.
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Böhringer, Fritz, Bernhard Boockmann, Christina Elschner, Sebastian Hauptmeier, Friedrich Heinemann, Marcus Kappler, Michael Overesch and Timo Reister (2008), Grenzsteuern, Arbeitsangebot und Wirtschaftswachstum, Vol. 89, Baden-Baden.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2006), Befristete Beschäftigungsverhältnisse - Brücken in den Arbeitsmarkt oder Instrumente der Segmentierung?, Vol. 80, Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2005), Die Bedeutung befristeter Arbeitsverhältnisse für die Zugänge und den Verbleib in Beschäftigung, in: Kronauer, M.; Linne, G. 149-168.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2005), The Continuous Increase in the Number of Ratified ILO Conventions: An Indicator for the Growing Effectiveness of International Labour Standards?, in: Riedel, Eibe; Hanschel, Dirk Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, Mannheim, 127-144.
Ammermüller, Andreas and Bernhard Boockmann (2004), Personal-Service-Agenturen und Leiharbeit, in: Tobias Hagen, Alexander Spermann Vol. 74, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden (unter Mitarbeit von: Melanie Arntz, Andreas Ammermüller, Miriam Beblo, Martin Biewen, Bernhard Boockmann, Marco Caliendo, Bernd Fitzenberger, Nicole Gürtzgen, Reinhard Hujer, Peter Jacobebbinghaus, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Andrea Weber, Ralf Wilke, Henrik Winterhager, Elke Wolf, Gaby Wunderlich), 145-157.
Ammermüller, Andreas and Bernhard Boockmann (2004), Die Hartz-Reformen aus der Sicht der Zeitarbeitsbetriebe, in: Vogel, Berthold VSA-Verlag, Hamburg, 85-97.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2004), Internationale Arbeitsorganisation, in: Gaugler, E.; W.A. Oechsler; W. Weber 3. Auflage, Stuttgart,.
Boockmann, Bernhard (2004), Die Ratifikation internationaler Vereinbarungen im Bereich operativer Politik: Das Beispiel der Internationalen Arbeitsorganisation, in: Pappi, F.-U.; E. Riedel; P. Thurner; R. Vaubel Mannheimer Jahrbuch für Europäische Sozialforschung, 293-320.
Hagen, Tobias and Bernhard Boockmann (2002), Determinanten der Nachfrage nach befristeten Verträgen, Leiharbeit und freier Mitarbeit: Empirische Analysen auf Basis des IAB-Betriebspanels, in: Lutz Bellmann, Arnd Kölling Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (BeitrAB), Vol. 257 Nürnberg, 199-231.
Boockmann, Bernhard, Ralf-Henning Peters and Viktor Steiner (2001), Social Security, Real Wage Resistance and Employment in Sweden, the UK and West Germany, in: D. Milleker Frankfurter Institut, Stiftung Marktwirtschaft und Politik, Bad Homburg,.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Viktor Steiner (2000), Gesellschaftliche Alterung, Humankapital und Produktivität , in: Birg, H. et al. Frankfurter Institut, Stiftung Marktwirtschaft und Politik, Bad Homburg,.
Boockmann, Bernhard (1999), Europäische Kollektivverhandlungen, Vol. 37, Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Boockmann, Bernhard (1995), Das Verhandlungsverfahren nach dem Maastrichter Sozialpolitischen Abkommen, in: Oberender, Peter; Manfred E. Streit Contributiones Jenenses, Vol. 1, Nomos, Baden-Baden,.
Discussion and Working Papers
Boockmann, Bernhard, Jan Fries and Christian Göbel (2012), Specific Measures for Older Employees and Late Career Employment, IAW Discussion Papers No. 89, Tübingen. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard, Jan Fries and Christian Göbel (2012), Specific Measures for Older Employees and Late Career Employment, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-059, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Susanne Steffes (2008), Workers, Firms, or Institutions: What Determines Job Duration for Male Employees in Germany?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-116, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Susanne Steffes (2007), Seniority and Job Stability: A Quantile Regression Approach Using Matched Employer-Employee Data, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-014, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard, Thomas Zwick, Andreas Ammermüller and Michael Maier (2007), Do Hiring Subsidies Reduce Unemployment Among the Elderly? Evidence From Two Natural Experiments, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-001, Mannheim, published in: Journal of the European Economic Association. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard (2006), Chancen trotz befristetem Arbeitsvertrag? Die Wirkung befristeter Beschäftigung im individuellen Erwerbsverlauf, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Arbeitspapier 121, Düsseldorf.
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2005), Fixed-term Contracts as Sorting Mechanisms: Evidence From Job Durations in West Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-85, Mannheim, published in: Labour Economics, Bd. 15.2008, 5, S. 984-1005. Download
Horny, Guillaume, Bernhard Boockmann, Dragana Djurdjevic and François Laisney (2005), Bayesian Estimation of Cox Models With Non-Nested Random Effects: An Application to the Ratification of ILO Conventions by Developing Countries, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-23, Mannheim, published in: Annales d` économie et de statistique. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Susanne Steffes (2005), Individual and Plant-level Determinants of Job Durations in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-89, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard (2004), The Effect of ILO Minimum Age Conventions on Child Labour and School Attendance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-52, Mannheim. Download
Ammermüller, Andreas, Bernhard Boockmann, Alfred Garloff, Anja Schüler and Alexander Spermann (2003), Die ZEW-Erhebung bei Zeitarbeitsbetrieben - Dokumentation der Umfrage und Ergebnisse von Analysen, ZEW-Dokumentation No. 03-07, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Axel Dreher (2002), The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-18, Mannheim, published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 19 (2003), 633-649 . Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Paul Thurner (2002), Flexibility Provisions in Multilateral Environmental Treaties, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-44, Mannheim, published in: International Environmental Agreements, forthcoming. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard (2002), Mixed Motives: An Empirical Analysis of ILO Roll-Call Votes, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-40, Mannheim, published in: Constitutional Political Economy, (2003), 263-285. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Tobias Hagen (2001), The Use of Flexible Working Contracts in West Germany: Evidence from an Establishment Panel, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-33, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Viktor Steiner (2000), Cohort Effects and the Returns to Education in West Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-05, Mannheim, published in: Applied Economics, 38 (2006), 1135-1152. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard (2000), Decision-Making on ILO Conventions and Recommendations: LegalFramework and Application, ZEW-Dokumentation No. 00-03, Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard (2000), The Ratification of ILO Conventions: A Failure Time Analysis, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-14, Mannheim, published in: Economics and Politics, 13 (2001), 281-309. Download
Expertises
Boockmann, Bernhard, Thomas Zwick, Michael Maier, Sarah Bernhard, Ursula Jaenichen, Gesine Stephan, Matthias Schäffer, Martin Brussig, Matthias Knuth and Oliver Schweer (2006), Evaluation der Maßnahmen zur Umsetzung der Vorschläge der Hartz-Kommission, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA), Mannheim. Download
Boockmann, Bernhard and Johannes Rincke (2006), Wirksamkeit der Bekämpfung der Schwarzarbeit , Bundesministerium der Finanzen, Berlin. Download
Projects
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.07.2007 - 30.06.2008Analysis and Estimation of the Structural Unemployment in Germany to Improve the Methods for Evaluation of the Structural Deficit and Potential Output
- Project Duration 01.05.2007 - 31.01.2008Innovations in collective bargaining institutions
- Project Duration 01.12.2006 - 31.12.2009Evaluation of the effects of basic social care for job seekers with migration background in Germany
- Project Duration 10.08.2006 - 31.05.2009Evaluation of the Experimentation Clause in § 6c SGB II (Social Security Code), Research Area 3: Impact and Efficiency Analyses
- Project Duration 01.08.2006 - 31.12.2006Modern regulations in the labour market
- Project Duration 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2007Marginal tax rates, labour supply and economic growth
- Project Duration 01.07.2005 - 31.12.2005Demographical Challenges on the Personnel Policy of an Enterprise in the Healthcare Industry
- Project Duration 01.06.2005 - 30.11.2005Effectiveness of Measures against Moonlighting (Exploratory Study)
- Project Duration 01.01.2005 - 31.08.2007Network Growth and Business Cycle Analyses
- Project Duration 01.09.2004 - 31.12.2006Evaluation of the Proposal of the Hartz Commission - Integration subsidies and wage subsidies for older employees
- Project Duration 01.07.2003 - 31.12.2003Employment and Demography: Improving Future Opportunities for the German Economy
- Project Duration 01.06.2003 - 30.09.2003Is there a shortage of engineers?
- Project Duration 01.03.2003 - 15.05.2005Fixed-term contracts - Stepping stones into regular employment or instruments of labour market segmentation?
- Project Duration 01.01.2003 - 30.06.2003Conditions for the Assignment of Temporary Workers
- Project Duration 01.07.2000 - 30.06.2002Determinants Influencing the Engagement in Flexible Employment with Special Regard to Temporary Employment, Loan Employment, and Free-Lancers
- Project Duration 01.03.2000 - 30.09.2001Social Security Systems, Real Wage Resistance and Employment: an Empirical Analysis of the Competitiveness of Social Security Systems
- Project Duration 01.03.1999 - 28.02.2005The International Labour Organisation (ILO) as an international negotiation system: A political-economic analysis
- Project Duration 01.01.1998 - 30.01.1999Arbeitsmarkteffekte der EWU
Events
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