Projects of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.12.2008 – 28.02.2009

    Graduate Outlook: Accounting and Audit

    Aim of this project is to forecast the number of graduates in economics and business administration with a specialisation in fields which are relevant for starting a career in accounting and audit. The outlook…

  2. Project // 11. – 19.11.2008

    Labor Supply Incentives for Married Couples through the German Tax System

    Various regulations in the German tax system creates negative labor supply incentives for married second earners. The project analyses theses disincentives by comparing the marginal tax rates on first and second…

  3. Project // 01.11.2008 – 30.06.2009

    Investigating the shift in the factor income distribution in Germany

    This project aims at analysing the development of the factor income distribution in Germany and other industrialised countries. In particular, it investigates the role of wage moderation, globalisation,…

  4. Project // 01.11.2008 – 30.11.2009

    Qualitative and quantitative studies on the introduction of the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Germany

    The introduction of the Bachelor- and Master's degrees in Germany occurs in the framework of the harmonisation of the European higher education system, the so-called Bologna process. A central goal of the…

  5. Project // 01.10.2008 – 30.11.2010

    Wages, Rent-Sharing and Collective Bargaining Coverage: Assessing the Role of Trade Unions in Enabling Risk-Sharing Contracts between Employers and Workers

    The aim of this project is to study the extent to which employers provide wage insurance at the firm level. Particular emphasis is given to the role trade unions may play in enabling risk-sharing contracts…

  6. Project // 15. – 22.09.2008

    Distributional and Fiscal Effects of Reforms of the Children's allowance

    Based on the expertise "Kinderkomponente für Geringverdienerhaushalte", see Schnabel et al. (2007), the fiscal and distributional effects of other reforms of the children's allowance are calculated. Besides…

  7. Project // 01.09.2008 – 15.10.2012

    Economic Evaluation of the project "House of Education from 3 to 10 - Educational Cooperation of kindergarten and primary school"

    The "House of Education for children from 3 to 10" is an educational intervention in the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in which 33 primary schools and 48 kindergartens participate. One school and one or more…

  8. Project // 01.09.2008 – 31.12.2009

    Using administrative internal personnel data for the research on human resources

    The goal of this project is to analyse human resource developments and their determinants using administrative, internal personnel data of two firms, one active in the service and the other active in the…

  9. Project // 01.08.2008 – 31.12.2013

    Education economic measures for the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

    In this project we support the development of specific questions which will be included in the questionnaire of the "National Education Panel Study" (NEPS). The focus of these questions is on topics which are key…