Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-032 // 2013

    Impacts of Parental Health Shocks on Children’s Non-Cognitive Skills

    Parental investments are crucial for the children’s skill development, especially in the early years of the life-cycle. In this paper, we examine how parental health, which may cause variation in investments to…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-023 // 2013

    Cultural Influences on the Fertility Behaviour of First- and Second-generation Immigrants in Germany

    Germany has a lower fertility rate than many other Western countries. The difference in fertility rates is likely to be driven by both socio-economic and institutional factors (e.g., access to childcare) as well…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-021 // 2013

    Education and Lifetime Income During Demographic Transition

    The paper studies the power of educational investments in relation to transfers for fostering lifetime income and for reducing income inequality in Germany and contributes to the discussion of sustainability in…

  4. ZEWnews English edition // 2013

    03/04 - 2013

  5. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Small is Beautiful - Experimental Evidence of Donors' Preferences for Charities

    This paper studies the effect of information about a charity’s size on individuals’ donations to that charity. We conducted a framed field experiment with a non-student sample, in which subjects had the…