Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-065 // 2006

    The Effects of Short-Term Training Measures on the Individual Unemployment Duration in West Germany

    Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-064 // 2006

    Basic Income Reform in Germany: Better Gradualism than Cold Turkey

    This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes ("unemployment benefit II") and Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT = "Einstiegsgeld") into a means-tested…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-062 // 2006

    What Attracts Human Capital? Understanding the Skill Composition of Interregional Job Matches in Germany

    By examining the destination choice patterns of heterogenous labor, this paper tries to explain the skill composition of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-061 // 2006

    Regionenmatching im Rahmen der Evaluation der Experimentierklausel des § 6c SGB II: Methodische Vorgehensweise und Ergebnisse

    Wir führen ein Regionenmatching durch, welches für alle Kreise in Deutschland die nächsten Nachbarn bestimmt, die ähnliche regionale Rahmenbedingungen für die Länge individueller Arbeitslosigkeitsphasen der SGB…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-060 // 2006

    Pupil-Teacher Gender Interaction Effects on Scholastic Outcomes in England and the USA

    The difference between girls and boys academic performance is a major issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Do boys and girls fair better with a teacher of their own gender? This paper investigates the presence…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-054 // 2006

    Wirksamkeit von Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen in Deutschland: Empirische Befunde mikroökonometrischer Analysen

    In einer Reihe empirischer Studien sind die Wirkungen von Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen (ABM) für Teilnehmer in Deutschland nach unterschiedlichen Gesichtspunkten mikroökonometrisch evaluiert worden. Auf der…