Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Overtime Reduction: A Successful Concept to Increase Employment? - New IZA Research Findings

As part of the discussion about policy options to solve the German unemployment problem, there has been an ongoing debate on the redistribution of work. A potential way to achieve this redistribution is to encourage early retirement and a shorter working week through work sharing and a reduction of overtime hours. The subject of overtime reduction recently appeared on the agenda of the Bundesanstalt ...

Überstundenabbau: Ein erfolgreiches Konzept zur Erhöhung der Beschäftigung? - Neue Forschungsergebnisse des IZA

Personality Traits as a Key to Entrepreneurial Success?

A League Table of Child Poverty in Rich Nations

Labour market transitions and advancement: temporary employment and low-pay in Europe (Chapter 4)

Child Poverty in Rich Countries 2005 (Report Card No. 6)

Research for Sustainable Development. Framework Programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Family-Friendly Flexible Work Arrangements - Key Instrument to Alleviate the Skilled Labour Shortage

HILDA Survey Annual Report 2010

Rating Agencies – An Experimental Analysis of Their Remuneration Model

Does it matter who pays for ratings? Yes, but not for the rating agencies’ behavior. These are the findings of our experiment where we analyze the effect of the remuneration model of rating agencies on their assessments as well as on investors’ and issuers’ behavior. First, we find that rating agencies’ assessments are comparable whether the agency is (partially) paid by issuers, investors or solely ...