Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 24-04 // 2024

    Die Akademisierung und die Evolution der Lohnstruktur nach Bildungsabschlüssen

    Die Akademisierung nach der Jahrtausendwende hat hohe Wellen in Politik und Wirtschaft geschlagen. Schlagworte wie „Akademikerwahn“ machten die Runde. Vielfach gab es die Befürchtung, dass die Hochschulen am…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-005 // 2024

    De-routinization in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Firm-Level Evidence

    This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology adoption during the most recent technological expansion. We use administrative data and a novel…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-004 // 2024

    Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Europe: Geographical Patterns, Cohort-Linked Measures, and the Innovation Nexus

    We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The Effect of Workplace vs School-Based Vocational Education on Youth Unemployment: Evidence from France

    We conducted a field experiment in France which shows that employers exhibit little preference when deciding whom to invite for job interviews: unemployed apprentices or vocational students, both of whom have…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-068 // 2023

    High-Profile Crime and Perceived Public Safety: Evidence From Cologne’s New Year’s Eve in 2015

    This study analyses the impact of a high-profile crime event on perceived public safety. At the 2015 New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne (NYE), Germany, refugees allegedly committed over a thousand crimes,…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-055 // 2023

    Patient Versus Provider Incentives in Long-Term Care

    How do patient and provider incentives affect the provision of long-term care? Our analysis of 551 thousand nursing home stays yields three main insights. First, Medicaid-covered residents prolong their stays…