Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2007

    An application of cartographic area interpolation to German administrative data

    In many situations the applied researcher wants to combine different data sources without knowing the exact link and merging rule. This paper considers different cartographic interpolation methods for…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2006

    Economic development and CO2 emissions : a nonparametric panel approach

    We examine the empirical relation between CO©ü emissions per capita and GDP per capita during the period 1960-1996, using a panel of 100 countries. Relying on the nonparametric poolability test of Baltagi et al.…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2006

    Regional school comparison and school choice : how do they relate to student performance?

    School choice and accountability have become popular educational policies in the US and the UK. In Europe, such policies are less often applied and therefore less subject to research. The present paper uses…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-015 // 2006

    Selbständigkeit in Europa 1991 - 2003: Empirische Evidenz mit Länderdaten

    In dieser Studie werden ausgewählte makroökonomische Determinanten der Anzahl der Selbständigen in fünfzehn Ländern Europas untersucht. Datenbasis sind die Arbeitskräfteerhebungen der Europäischen Union für die…