Prof. Gerard J. van den Berg, PhD

Prof. Gerard J. van den Berg, PhD

Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Professor Gerard J. van den Berg, PhD is research associate at ZEW. He works in close cooperation with the research unit “Labour Markets and Social Insurance”.

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Prof. Gerard J. van den Berg, PhD

Research Associate

Unit: Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Selected Publications

Unemployment effects of the German minimum wage in an equilibrium job search model

Blömer, Maximilian Joseph, Nicole Gürtzgen, Laura Pohlan, Holger Stichnoth and Gerard J. van den Berg (2024), Unemployment effects of the German minimum wage in an equilibrium job search model, Labour Economics 91, 102626.

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Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2021), Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?, Labour Economics 70.

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Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany

Gürtzgen, Nicole, André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2021), Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany, European Economic Review 132.

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Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life

van den Berg, Gerard J., Pia Pinger and Johannes Schoch (2015), Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life, The Economic Journal.

Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?

Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2021), Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-002, Mannheim

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Unemployment Effects of the German Minimum Wage in an Equilibrium Job Search Model

Blömer, Maximilian J., Nicole Gürtzgen, Laura Pohlan, Holger Stichnoth and Gerard J. van den Berg (2018), Unemployment Effects of the German Minimum Wage in an Equilibrium Job Search Model, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-032, Mannheim

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Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany

Gürtzgen, Nicole, André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2018), Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-030, Mannheim

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

Lange, Martin, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Gerard J. van den Berg (2017), Integrating Young Male Refugees: Initial Evidence from an Inclusive Soccer Project, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-016, Mannheim

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Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life

van den Berg, Gerard J., Pia Pinger and Johannes Schoch (2012), Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-019, Mannheim

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Projects

01.01.2017 – 31.12.2020
Job Search Strategies – Selection and Employment Effects
01.04.2014 – 31.10.2017
Challenges and Opportunities Arising from Ubiquitous Working
01.04.2014 – 30.09.2015
SEEK Project 2014: Evaluating the Introduction of a Uniform Minimum Wage in Germany: A Structural Equilibrium Job Search Approach
01.01.2003 – 31.12.2005
Microeconometric Modelling of Unemployment Durations under Consideration of Macroeconomic Variations