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…
Since many years the analysis of labor market policies in Germany is of high interest for researchers and politicians alike. Results are, however, in several cases contradictory or ignore important aspects. This…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In connection with a program to expand publicly provided daycare for small children in Germany, the government has suggested to introduce a new benefit for mothers of children younger than 3 years who decide to…
The demographic trend of decreasing and eldering population, as it is the case in Germany, induces negative effects on the social security system, on the productivity as well as on the innovation potential of…
The German labour market is characterised by high employment stability and low dynamics due to a high degree of regulation. There are, however, important segments with low employment stability and short…