Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-029 // 2019

    The 2011 Break in the Part-Time Indicator and the Evolution of Wage Inequality in Germany

    German social security records involve an indicator for part-time or full-time work. In 2011, the reporting procedure was changed suggesting that a fraction of worker recorded to be working full-time before the…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2019

    The impact of Technological innovation on the Future of Work

    New digital technologies more and more diffuse into the economy. Due to this digitisation, machines become increasingly able to perform tasks that previously only humans could to. Production processes and…

  3. Expertises // 2019

    Reallabor Asylsuchende in der Rhein-Neckar-Region 2016-2019 - Analysen und Handlungsempfehlungen

    Im Rahmen der Asylmigration sind in den letzten Jahren Menschen aus unterschiedlichsten Gründen nach Deutschland gekommen. Deutschland steht vor der Aufgabe, die Geflüchteten unterzubringen und ihnen neue…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2019

    The human capital selection of young males seeking asylum in Germany

    This study analyses the selection of a sample of 203 young male asylum seekers from Middle Eastern and African countries that recently arrived in Germany. The findings suggest that, on average, asylum seekers in…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-027 // 2019

    Intergenerational Mobility and Self-Selection of Asylum Seekers in Germany

    We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of…

  6. Discussion and Working Paper // 2019

    Mobile Arbeitsformen aus Sicht von Betrieben und Beschäftigten: Homeoffice bietet Vorteile, hat aber auch Tücken

    The ongoing digitisation of workplaces is accompanied by a public debate about the pros and cons of mobile work arrangements. Employees working off-site, however, are still a minority among all employees. In…

  7. Expertises // 2019

    Technologischer Wandel in deutschen Betrieben: Treiber, Hürden und Konsequenzen für das Personalmanagement

    Die Forschungsstudie "Arbeitsqualität und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg" zielt darauf, mögliche Zusammenhänge zwischen der Arbeitsqualität der Beschäftigten und dem wirtschaftlichen Erfolg von Betrieben zu…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-024 // 2019

    Digitalization and the Future of Work: Macroeconomic Consequences

    Computing power continues to grow at an enormous rate. Simultaneously, more and better data is increasingly available and Machine Learning methods have seen significant breakthroughs in the recent past. All this…