Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Arbeitsmärkte und Sozialversicherungen

  1. Discussion und Working Paper // 2016

    The Risk of Automation for Jobs in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis

    In recent years, there has been a revival of concerns that automation and digitalisation might after all result in a jobless future. The debate has been fuelled by studies for the US and Europe arguing that a…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-040 // 2016

    Incentivizing Creativity: A Large-Scale Experiment with Tournaments and Gifts

    This paper reports the results from a large-scale laboratory experiment investigating the impact of tournament incentives and wage gifts on creativity. We find that tournaments substantially increase creative…

  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2016

    Zur Entwicklung der studienspezifischen Selbstwirksamkeit in der Oberstufe

    Immer mehr junge Menschen in Deutschland erwerben eine Studienberechtigung. Aber bei weitem nicht alle Jugendlichen mit einer Studienberechtigung gehen tatsächlich studieren. Der Übergang an eine Hochschule…

  4. Gutachten // 2016

    Gewinne der Integration

    Diese Analyse widmet sich mit dem Instrumentarium der Generationenbilanzierung der Frage, wie sehr die derzeitige humanitäre Zuwanderung die Nachhaltigkeit der deutschen Staatsfinanzen verändern und damit die…

  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2016

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  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-028 // 2016

    Changing Fortunes During Economic Transition – Low-Wage Persistence Before and After German Unification

    This paper studies whether the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy offers new perspectives for those who, in economic terms, were relatively deprived under the old regime. Previous empirical…

  7. ZEWnews // 2016

    03 - 2016

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    • Orientierungspraktikum bringt Kinder bildungsferner Familien an Hochschulen
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  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-020 // 2016

    Imputation Rules for the Implementation of the Pre-Unication Education Variable in the BASiD Data Set

    Using combined data from the German Pension Insurance and the Federal Employment Agency (BASiD), this study proposes different procedures for imputing the pre-unification education variable in the BASiD data. To…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 16-016 // 2016

    Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Mother Tongue-Based Education on Reading Skills and Early Labour Market Outcomes

    Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one…