ZEW Discussion Papers

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Researchers at the ZEW participate in scientific debates by publishing their papers. The papers are predominantly in English (marked). For the German papers an English abstract is available. The contributions are intended for a final publication in special interest titles. The discussion papers can be downloaded as PDF or PostScript files starting from 1.1.1998. They aimed at national and international target groups.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-32 // 1997

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

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-19 // 1997

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

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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).…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-14 // 1997

    Extended Benefit-Entitlement Periods and the Duration of Unemployment in West-Germany

    In the 1980s benefit-entitlement periods for older workers with long previous employment have been extended considerably in several steps. At the same time, income replacement ratios have been slightly reduced…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-07 // 1997

    Foul or Fair? The Heckman Correction for Sample Selection and its Critique - A Short Survey

    This paper gives a short overview of Monte Carlo studies on the usefulness of Heckman's (1976, 1979) two-step estimator for estimating a selection model. It shows that exploratory work to check for collinearity…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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