Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-068 // 2017

    Drivers of Energy Efficiency in German Manufacturing: A Firm-level Stochastic Frontier Analysis

    Increasing energy efficiency is one of the main goals in current German energy and climate policies. We study the determinants of energy efficiency in the German manufacturing sector based on official firm-level…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-055 // 2017

    Local Labor Market Size and Qualification Mismatch

    This paper investigates the effect of the size of the local labor market on skill mismatch. Using survey data for Germany, I find that workers in large cities are both less likely to be overqualified for their…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-050 // 2017

    The Internet Effects on Sex Crime and Murder – Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany

    This paper studies the effects of the introduction of a new mass medium on criminal activity in Germany. The paper asks the question of whether highspeed internet leads to higher/lower sex crime offences and…