Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2012

    Nr. 2 (Juni) - 2012

    • Deutschland trotzt unsicherem Umfeld
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Maiumfrage 2012
    • Eingetrübte Lage - positiver Ausblick
    • Führt Offshoring zu höherem Einkommensrisiko?
    • Was erklärt die zunehmende…
  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2012

    03/04 - 2012

    • Environmentally Friendly Process Innovations Encourage Hiring of New Employees
    • Falling Profit Margins in E-commerce as Product Life Cycles Lengthen
    • Business Tax Rates Remain Low, Despite the Crisis
    • In-house…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-023 // 2012

    Benchmarking Regions: Estimating the Counterfactual Distribution of Labor Market Outcomes

    Local labor markets show strong regional differences in labor outcomes and economic conditions. Regional differences affect the welfare of local populations as well as the effectiveness of local policy…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Ageing and Skills: A Review and Analysis of Skill Gain and Skill Loss Over the Lifespan and Over Time

    The relationship between ageing and skills is becoming an important policy issue, not least in the context of population ageing. Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-020 // 2012

    Up or Out: Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany

    The career prospects of young academics in Germany are the subject of an intensive public debate. During the early 2000s, the academic career path was characterized by the availability of only few tenured…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-019 // 2012

    Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life

    Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved and…