Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Arbeitsmärkte und Sozialversicherungen

  1. Beiträge in Sammel- und Tagungsbänden // 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 Nr. 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.…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 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…