Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Arbeitsmärkte und Sozialversicherungen

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-33 // 2001

    The Use of Flexible Working Contracts in West Germany: Evidence from an Establishment Panel

    This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-13 // 2001

    FIML Estimation of a Bivariate Probit Selection Rule - An Application on Firm Growth and Subsidisation

    This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-12 // 2001

    New Technologies and the Demand for Medium Qualified Labour in Germany

    The literature on skill-biased technological change concentrates on highly skilled and unskilled employees. It is unclear, however, if the employment opportunities of the majority of the labour force in Germany…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 01-08 // 2001

    The Employment Impact of Cleaner Production on the Firm Level: Empirical Evidence from a Survey in Five European Countries

    This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem…