Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-74 // 2003

    Measuring Selectivity-Corrected Gender Wage Gaps in the EU

    We investigate different techniques to assess the gender pay gap in five EU countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom), focusing on self-selection into market work. Results show that selectivity…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-70 // 2003

    Reforming Social Welfare in Germany - An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis

    This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a…