Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Non-Refereed Journal // 2017

    Arbeitswelt 4.0: Wohlstandszuwachs oder Ungleichheit und Arbeitsplatzverlust – was bringt die Digitalisierung?

    Die Arbeitswelt befindet sich erneut im Umbruch. In der öffentlichen Debatte werden Befürchtungen geäußert, dass der technologische Wandel und insbesondere die Digitalisierung zu Arbeitsplatzverlusten führen.…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2017

    03/04 - 2017

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-016 // 2017

    Integrating Young Male Refugees: Initial Evidence from an Inclusive Soccer Project

    The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market…

  4. Expertises // 2017

    Integrationspotenziale: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Reallabor-Befragungen unter Geflüchteten

    Im September 2016 konnte das Reallabor Asylsuchende im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in zwei Gemeinschaftsunterkünften eine Befragung bei Geflüchteten durchführen. Insgesamt nahmen 370 Personen an der Befragung teil,…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Generalized partially linear regression with misclassified data and an application to labour market transitions

    Highlights • A semiparametric generalized partially linear model with a misclassified covariate is proposed. • Validation data is used to address misclassification and missing values. • The model is applied…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-013 // 2017

    Apprentice Poaching in Regional Labor Markets

    A number of studies have found that firms provide less training if they are located in regions with strong labor market competition. This finding is usually interpreted as evidence of a higher risk of poaching…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2017

    Domestic regulation, import penetration and firm-level productivity growth

    This paper shows that the impact of import penetration on firms’ productivity growth depends on firms’ distance to the efficiency frontier and on product market regulation. Using firm-level data for a…