Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2005

    Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

    In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the evolution of average income and when this is not the case. In the former case, an increase…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2005

    Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

    In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the evolution of average income and when this is not the case. In the former case, an increase…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2005

    Skill Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Benefits: The Dynamics of Unemployment and Wage Inequality

    In this paper, we study the effect of skill-biased technological change on unemployment when benefits are linked to the evolution of average income and when this is not the case. In the former case, an increase…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-68 // 2005

    The Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT) in Germany: Evidence from a Quasi Experiment

    We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called ”Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)”…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-67 // 2005

    Application of a Simple Nonparametric Conditional Quantile Function Estimator in Unemployment Duration Analysis

    In many econometric applications it is unclear from the very beginning whether a parametric functional of a continuous regressor should be specified as a linear, as a higher order polynomial or as a piecewise…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-66 // 2005

    Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility Among Young Workers

    This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West…