Projects of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Abgeschlossene Projekte

1. Project // 01.03.1999 – 28.02.2005

   The International Labour Organisation (ILO) as an international negotiation system: A political-economic analysis

   This empirical project deals with decision-making in the context of International Labour Conventions, the most binding instruments available to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Formulated in a complex…

   01.03.1999 – 28.02.2005

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
2. Project // 01.02. – 31.03.1999

   Tarifpolitik und Beschäftigung in der chemischen Industrie

   01.02. – 31.03.1999

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
3. Project // 01.01.1999 – 31.07.2001

   Analysis of the Impact of Innovation on Employment Using CIS II Data

   Information technology has penetrated every sector of the working world while the unemployment rate is increasing. Therefore, the employment effects of technical progress have become a major issue again in the…

   01.01.1999 – 31.07.2001

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
4. Project // 01.01.1999 – 31.12.2000

   Growth, Inequality and Training

   Income differentials between the qualified and unqualified which have increased in the last two decades are explained by the increasing importance of international trade (outsourcing of wage-intensive production…

   01.01.1999 – 31.12.2000

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
5. Project // 01.12.1998 – 31.03.2001

   The Impact of Clean Production on Employment in Europe: An Analysis Using Surveys and Case Studies (IMPRESS)

   The primary objective of the IMPRESS project is to establish a Europe-wide methodological framework for analysing the impact of clean production on employment. In addition, the project will produce empirical…

   01.12.1998 – 31.03.2001

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
6. Project // 01.12.1998 – 29.02.2000

   Development and validation of scientific indicators of the relationship between criminality, social cohesion and economic performance

   According to the European Parliament, unemployment, social disintegration, the lack of an integrative policy, and the worsening of urban services and living conditions cause frustration and despair, especially…

   01.12.1998 – 29.02.2000

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
7. Project // 01.11.1998 – 31.10.2000

   Public Funding and Private Returns to Education

   Typically, students are assumed to decide on their optimal investment in education by weighing the costs arising from the acquisition of education with the expected benefit in terms of wages, in other words, by…

   01.11.1998 – 31.10.2000

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
8. Project // 01.10.1998 – 30.11.1999

   Education and Individual Success - Biographies and Effects of Education

   The aim of this study was to undertake a European comparative analysis of the determinants and the effects of educational investments on the individual level. The focus of the study was laid on secondary…

   01.10.1998 – 30.11.1999

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance
9. Project // 01.10.1998 – 01.04.2001

   Working hours flexibility and employment

   Working hours flexibility is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. However, there is almost no empirical evidence for the potential employment effects of increasing flexibility of…

   01.10.1998 – 01.04.2001

   Labour Markets and Social Insurance