Purpose - The purpose of this study is to provide a closer look at being out in the work environment. What are the characteristics that distinguish lesbian women who are out at work from those who are not? What role do companies play with their diversity-related measures?...

The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity score matching estimators which are usually applied for the evaluation of active labour market...

Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms'...

The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for West Germany. Taking selection on observables into account results in an estimated wage effect of -6 percent up to -10 percent. Controlling additionally for selection on unobservables...

German Abstract: Die Studie untersucht anhand von existierenden Daten, einer repräsentativen Umfrage und Expert*inneninterviews, welche möglichen Auswirkungen die Pandemie auf die aktuelle und zukünftige Mobilität und Logistik hat. Dabei wird Hessen mit dem bundesdeutschen Durchschnitt...

The current empirical literature on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy on the economic growth rates of the European regions mainly relies on functional form assumptions. However, it is ex ante not clear which functional form is appropriate with regard to the relationship between structural funds...

This paper evaluates a placement coaching program implemented in Zurich during 2009–2013 that focused on the reemployment of persons drawing disability insurance (DI) benefits. A private company was commissioned to implement the program. Kernel-based matching and radius matching with bias...