ZEW Discussion Papers

ZEW Discussion Papers
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.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-007 // 2006

    Combining Top-Down and Bottom-up in Energy Policy Analysis: A Decomposition Approach

    The formulation of market equilibrium problems as mixed complementarity problems (MCP)permits integration of bottom-up programming models of the energy system into top-down general equilibrium models of the…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-006 // 2006

    Gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit? - Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft und Lohnstruktur in Westdeutschland 1985–1997

    Diese Arbeit untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen dem gewerkschaftlichen Nettoorganisationsgrad als Maß für die Gewerkschaftsmacht und der Lohnstruktur in und zwischen Segmenten des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes in…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-004 // 2006

    Wie genau sind die Konjunkturprognosen der Institute für Deutschland?

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-003 // 2006

    Differentiation of Green Taxes: A Political-Economy Analysis for Germany

    In this paper we study political-economy determinants of the differentiation of environmental taxes between sectors. Using a common-agency model, we provide predictions on tax differentiation which are then…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-002 // 2006

    Heterogeneous Returns to Training: An Analysis with German Data Using Local Instrumental Variables

    Empirical work on the wage impact of training has noted that unobserved heterogeneity of training participants should play a role. The expected return to training, which partly depends on unobservable…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-001 // 2006

    Lost in Translation - Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers

    Entering host country networks of knowledge flows (new competencies, innovative technologies, and lead-market knowledge) is a major rationale of multinational firms for investing abroad. Foreign firms find it…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-96 // 2005

    Training, Mobility, and Wages: Specific Versus General Human Capital

    This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-95 // 2005

    Descriptive Evidence on Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany

    Equilibrium search theory suggests that the wage distribution in a cross section of workers is closely related to labor market transitions and associated wage changes. Accordingly, job–to–job transitions are…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-93 // 2005

    Ganztagsschulen und Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern – Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie für Deutschland

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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