Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. Refereed Journal // 2024

    The Impact of COVID‐19 on Education in Latin America: Long‐Run Implications for Poverty and Inequality

    The shock of the COVID‐19 pandemic affected the human capital formation of children and youths. As a consequence of this disruption, the pandemic is likely to imply permanent lower levels of human capital. This…

  2. ZEW policy brief No. 24-04 // 2024

    Die Akademisierung und die Evolution der Lohnstruktur nach Bildungsabschlüssen

    Die Akademisierung nach der Jahrtausendwende hat hohe Wellen in Politik und Wirtschaft geschlagen. Schlagworte wie „Akademikerwahn“ machten die Runde. Vielfach gab es die Befürchtung, dass die Hochschulen am…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-005 // 2024

    De-routinization in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Firm-Level Evidence

    This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology adoption during the most recent technological expansion. We use administrative data and a novel…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-004 // 2024

    Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Europe: Geographical Patterns, Cohort-Linked Measures, and the Innovation Nexus

    We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Do Refugees Impact Crime? Causal Evidence from Large-Scale Refugee Immigration to Germany

    Does large-scale refugee immigration affect crime rates in receiving countries? We address this question based on the large and unexpected refugee inflow to Germany that peaked in 2015–2016. Arriving refugees…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The Effect of Workplace vs School-Based Vocational Education on Youth Unemployment: Evidence from France

    We conducted a field experiment in France which shows that employers exhibit little preference when deciding whom to invite for job interviews: unemployed apprentices or vocational students, both of whom have…