Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1997

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  2. Refereed Journal // 1997

    Labour markets in Poland and Hungary five years from transition : evidence from monthly data

    This article presents error correction estimates of a simple interdependent model of the labour market using monthly data over 1990-1994 for the industrial sector in Poland and Hungary. Our aim is to investigate…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-33 // 1997

    Employment Effects of Publicy Financed Training Programs. The East German Experience

    We analyze the effectiveness of publicly financed training and retraining programs in east Germany as measured by their effects on individual re-employment probabilities after training. These are estimated by…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-25 // 1997

    East-West German Wage Convergence - How far have we got ?

    East-west German wage convergence in the period 1990 to 1995 is analyzed on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel. Empirical wage equations show that the west German wage structure has remained fairly…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-17 // 1997

    Relative Earnings and Demand for Unskilled Labor in West German Manufacturing

    We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings…