Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Arbeitsmärkte und Sozialversicherungen

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-133 // 2014

    When the Minimum Wage Bites Back: Quantile Treatment Effects of a Sectoral Minimum Wage in Germany

    In this study we investigate the minimum wage (MW) effects for a German sub-construction sector where the MW bites extraordinary hard by international standards. Within a quasiexperiment we estimate the Quantile…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-125 // 2014

    The Sorting of Female Careers After First Birth: A Competing Risks Analysis of Maternity Leave Duration

    A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the duration of maternity leave in which young…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-113 // 2014

    Age and Skill Bias of Trade Liberalisation? Heterogeneous Employment Effects of EU Eastern Enlargement

    This study analyses the 2004 Eastern Enlargement to the European Union to obtain evidence on the employment effects of an increase in trade liberalisation. The Enlargement is thought to generate a trade-induced…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 14-109 // 2014

    Maternity Leave and Mothers' Long-Term Sickness Absence - Evidence from Germany

    Exploiting unique German administrative data, we estimate the association between an expansion in maternity leave duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers’ post-birth long-term sickness absence over a…

  5. ZEWnews // 2014

    12 - 2014

    • Chancengleichheit in Deutschland: Der Westen hinkt dem Osten hinterher
    • Regulierung, Umweltinnovationen und Unternehmenserfolg stehen im Einklang
    • EU-Kartellfälle: Bußgeldhöhe beeinflusst Ergebnis von…