1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-18 // 1997

    New Technology-Based Firms in Germany: A Survey of Recent Evidence

    Non technical summaryThe paper provides an overview of some of the recent research on New Technology Based Firms in Germany and covers issues from firm formation dynamics, the regional distribution and location…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-33 // 1997

    Employment Effects of Publicy Financed Training Programs. The East German Experience

    We analyze the effectiveness of publicly financed training and retraining programs in east Germany as measured by their effects on individual re-employment probabilities after training. These are estimated by…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-32 // 1997

    Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit: Eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland

    Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverseüber die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung derBeschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Ein erster deskriptiver…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-25 // 1997

    East-West German Wage Convergence - How far have we got ?

    East-west German wage convergence in the period 1990 to 1995 is analyzed on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel. Empirical wage equations show that the west German wage structure has remained fairly…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-19 // 1997

    Einige Wirkungen von steuerlichen Umfinanzierungsmaßnahmen in einem makro-ökometrischen Ungleichgewichtsmodell für die westdeutsche Volkswirtschaft

    In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, inwieweit mit Hilfe einer Senkung der direkten Steuern bzw. der Sozialabgaben und einer gleichzeitigen Erhöhung der indirekten Steuern zur Kompensation der Einnahmenausfälle…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-17 // 1997

    Relative Earnings and Demand for Unskilled Labor in West German Manufacturing

    We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-15 // 1997

    Grenzen und Reichweiten Nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen

    This paper deals with flows of technology and information among people and institutions and the role of public support given by different sponsors (the federal government, the Länder and the European Union).…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 97-05 // 1997

    GMM Estimation of an Euler Equation Model with German Firm Level Panel Data

    In this paper the outlier robustGMM panel data estimator recently proposed byLucas, van Dijk, and Kloek (1994) is applied to anEuler equation model of firm investment behaviourwith imperfectly competitive…