Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 30 // 2005

    Education and Labour Market Outcomes

    This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of educational inequalities and their consequences on individual labor market outcomes for men and women in France and Germany, two countries with different…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2005

    Constrained Geographical Mobility and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes Under Structural Adjustment: Evidence from Egypt

    We examine in this paper the evolution of gender gaps in labor market outcomes during structural adjustment and explore the extent to which widening gaps can be attributed to women’s more limited geographical…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2005

    Heterogeneous Returns to Training in Personal Services

  4. Refereed Journal // 2005

    Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition

    This paper uses student-level TIMSS data to analyze the determinants of schooling quality for seven Eastern European transition countries by estimating educational production functions. The results show…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-65 // 2005

    Using Quantile Regression for Duration Analysis

    Quantile regression methods are emerging as a popular technique in econometrics and biometrics for exploring the distribution of duration data. This paper discusses quantile regression for duration analysis…