Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Arbeitsmärkte und Sozialversicherungen

This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary research designs exploiting differences in school track admission rules at the end of…

Die Digitalisierung der Arbeitsprozesse schreitet immer weiter voran. Im Produktionsbereich finden sich zunehmend über das Internet der Dinge vernetzte Wertschöpfungsketten in Form von Smart Factories und…

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This paper shows that labor income plays an important positive role for the decision to work after retirement. Especially individuals who have the chance to substantially supplement their pension entitlements…

• Voting Rights of Foreigners Affect Their Likelihood of Acquiring Citizenship
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• School Closures Jeopardise Equality
• ‘Treuhandanstalt’ Sold…

This paper analyzes the effect of alternative transition paths after grade 9 of German lower secondary school on vocational training. Using a selection-on-observables approach I show that a delayed…