Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2019

    Mobile Arbeitsformen aus Sicht von Betrieben und Beschäftigten: Homeoffice bietet Vorteile, hat aber auch Tücken

    The ongoing digitisation of workplaces is accompanied by a public debate about the pros and cons of mobile work arrangements. Employees working off-site, however, are still a minority among all employees. In…

  2. Expertises // 2019

    Technologischer Wandel in deutschen Betrieben: Treiber, Hürden und Konsequenzen für das Personalmanagement

    Die Forschungsstudie "Arbeitsqualität und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg" zielt darauf, mögliche Zusammenhänge zwischen der Arbeitsqualität der Beschäftigten und dem wirtschaftlichen Erfolg von Betrieben zu…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-024 // 2019

    Digitalization and the Future of Work: Macroeconomic Consequences

    Computing power continues to grow at an enormous rate. Simultaneously, more and better data is increasingly available and Machine Learning methods have seen significant breakthroughs in the recent past. All this…

  4. Expertises // 2019

    An Analysis of Selected Labor Market Outcomes of College Dropouts in Germany – A Machine Learning Estimation Approach

    In this study, we investigate the labor market effects induced by dropping out of college without a degree. In 2016, a share of 78.3% of employed individuals with a college entrance qualification, and aged…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Unemployment and social exclusion

    This paper analyzes those economic and social consequences of job loss which contribute to exclusion from society, based on German linked survey and administrative data. In order to study the causal relationship…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-022 // 2019

    Determinants of Work-Related Training: An Investigation of Observed and Unobserved Firm-, Job- and Worker-Heterogeneity

    One of the most important policy goals in industrialized countries is to increase the skill level of the labor force by life-long-learning strategies. In this paper our aim is to explain to what extent the…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-019 // 2019

    Income Redistribution and Self-Selection of Immigrants

    We analyze the effects of governmental redistribution of income on migration patterns,using an Italian administrative dataset that includes information on almost every Italian citizen living abroad. Since Italy…