Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Monograph // 2010

    Five Essays on Early Education and Workplace Training

    With its recently announced strategy "Europe 2020", the European Union picks up two major challenges: transforming the economy into a knowledge society with innovation as the main driver of economic growth and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-104 // 2010

    The Importance of Cognitive and Social Skills for the Duration of Unemployment

    The present study analyses the role that human capital in childhood plays for the duration of an unemployment spell in adolescence and early adulthood. It thus asks the question how early in life we can detect…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-106 // 2010

    Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment

    Germany’s 2005 welfare reform introduced two competing organizational systems for the administration and activation of welfare recipients. In the majority of the 439 German districts, a centralized organization…