This paper studies the effect of information about a charity's size on individuals' donations to that charity. We conducted a framed field experiment with a non-student sample, in which subjects had the opportunity to donate for various charitable purposes. The results show that if subjects are...

This paper studies the construction of social preferences in the lab. Experimental subjects have the opportunity to donate to a charity and to allocate money in a conventional dictator game. The results show that charitable donations and dictator game allocations are positively correlated. The...

Angesichts steigender Lohnungleichheit am unteren Ende der Lohnverteilung hat der Niedriglohnsektor in Deutschland erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Gleichzeitig lässt sich eine Zunahme der Persistenz einer Beschäftigung im Niedriglohnsektor beobachten. Die Ursachen für diese sinkende...

Hinreichend bekannt ist, dass sich die Lohnschere in Deutschland in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich geöffnet hat. Eine neue ZEW-Studie zeigt nun, dass im gleichen Zeitraum immer weniger Beschäftigte ihre Lohnposition über die Zeit ändern. Dies wirkt sich vor allem negativ auf...

This paper analyzes the evolution of wage inequality and wage mobility separately for men and women in West and East Germany over the last four decades. Using a large administrative data set which covers the years 1975 to 2008, I find that wage inequality increased and wage mobility decreased...

Die bestehenden Tragfähigkeitsrisiken in Deutschland resultieren aus der demografischen Alterung und sind weiterhin erheblich. Dieser Beitrag analysiert die langfristigen Auswirkungen der erhöhten asylbedingten Zuwanderung auf die öffentlichen Finanzen. Dabei wird erstmals ein erweiterter...

In 2015 and 2016, more than one million refugees arrived in Germany. While granting these migrants access to the country is an expression of humanitarian responsibility, their subsequent integration into the labor market is primarily a challenge for economic policy. For a wide range of outcomes,...

In this paper, we study how wage mobility in the low-wage sector has changed in western Germany between 1984 and 2004. Using German individual register data, we document a clear upward trend in the persistence of low-wage employment for both men and women. Next to compositional shifts of the...

In this paper, we study how wage mobility in the low-wage sector has changed in Western Germany between 1984 and 2004. Using German individual register data, we document a clear upward trend in the persistence of low-wage employment for both men and women. To explore whether the observed rise in...

This paper analyzes the evolution of wage inequality and wage mobility separately for men and women in West and East Germany over the last four decades. Using a large administrative data set which covers the years 1975 to 2008, I find that wage inequality increased and wage mobility decreased...