1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-007 // 2024

    Subsidising Innovation Outside or Within Firms’ Existing Knowledge Base: Which Is Best for Radical Innovation?

    Public financial support for firm-level Research and Innovation (R&I) can generate important socio-economic returns. This is especially true if firms use this support to develop radical innovation, defined as…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-006 // 2024

    Wage Inequality Consequences of Expanding Public Childcare

    This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting regional variation in childcare supply over the 1990s, I show that in regions with stronger…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    Februar 2024

    • Pessimistischere Lageeinschätzung relativiert gestiegene Konjunkturerwartungen
    • Eurozone: Deutliche gestiegene Erwartung baldiger Zinssenkungen
    • USA: Einschätzung der konjunkturellen Lage steigt an
    • China:…
  4. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    01/2024 – Digitalisierung

    Spätestens mit dem Start von ChatGPT im November 2022 ist die Bedeutung und Tragweite von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI bzw. AI) einer breiten Öffentlichkeit bewusst geworden. Mit dem AI Act haben sich im…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-005 // 2024

    De-routinization in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – Firm-Level Evidence

    This paper examines the extent to which aggregate-level de-routinization can be attributed to firm-level technology adoption during the most recent technological expansion. We use administrative data and a novel…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-004 // 2024

    Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Europe: Geographical Patterns, Cohort-Linked Measures, and the Innovation Nexus

    We estimate intergenerational mobility of education for people born 1940-1999 at the subnational level for 40 European countries. The result is a panel of mobility indices for 105 mesoregions (NUTS1), and 215…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-003 // 2024

    Do Judicial Assignments Matter? Evidence From Random Case Allocation

    Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, selection…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-002 // 2024

    Productivity, Markups, and Reallocation: Evidence From French Manufacturing Firms From 1994 to 2016

    This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between 1994 and 2016, by focusing on the role of reallocation with respect to both aggregate…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-001 // 2024

    The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic

    The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on.…

  10. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    To Diversify or Not? The Link Between Global Sourcing of ICT Goods and Firm Performance

    We analyze variation in firm performance as a function of the international diversification of ICT
    imports by firms. Drawing on administrative data from 2010 and 2014 on nearly 4000 German manufacturing
    firms, we…

  11. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2024

    Januar 2024

    • Konjunkturerwartungen steigen bei erwarteten Zinssenkungen
    • Eurozone: Lage wird weiterhin düster eingeschätzt
    • USA: Wachsende Mehrheit erwartet Zinssenkung im kommenden Halbjahr
    • China: Leichte…