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. 03-34 // 2003

    Education and Unemployment: A French-German Comparison

    This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets.…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-33 // 2003

    Reforming Social Welfare as We Know It? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

    Social assistance and unemployment assistance, which provide means tested income support (social welfare) without pre-specified time limits, are viewed as one important reason for the persistently high level of…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-32 // 2003

    Family Tax Splitting: A Microsimulation of its Potential Labour Supply and Intra-household Welfare Effects in Germany

    This paper assesses the effects that an introduction of the French family splitting mechanism would have on German families’ labour supply and intra-household consumption behaviour. We use simulated real world…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-22 // 2003

    Economic Implications of Alternative Allocation Schemes for Emission Allowances

    Political feasibility of emission trading systems may crucially depend on the free initial allocation of emission allowances to energy-intensive industries in order to ameliorate adverse production and…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-02 // 2003

    Methoden der angewandten Wirtschaftsforschung: Eine Einführung in die nummerische Gleichgewichtsanalyse

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-35 // 2003

    Will the (German) NAIRU Please Stand up?

    This paper deals with a critical assessment and a reestimation of the \non{accelerating in ation rate of unemployment" (NAIRU) for Germany. There are quite a few obstacles to perceiving the NAIRU as an…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-30 // 2003

    Steueroptimale Rechtsformwahl: Personengesellschaften besser als Kapitalgesellschaften

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-28 // 2003

    Revisiting the Impact of Union Structures on Wages Integrating Different Dimensions of Centralisation

    In a framework of a unionised oligopoly, this paper reconsiders the impact of the bargaining structure on union wages. In particular, two dimensions along which centralisation may occur, namely the professional…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-27 // 2003

    Three Approaches to the Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy in East Germany Using Regional Data

    Using different regional data sources for East Germany the three largest active labour market policy (ALMP) programmes – job creation schemes (JCS), structural adjustment schemes (SAS) and public training (PT) –…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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