ZEW Discussion Papers

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. 97-23 // 1997

    A Simple Test of the Effiency Wage Hypothesis Revisted

    Gerlach and Stephan (1994) proposed a test based on the idea that the "wage premium", the part of the wage which is not explained by the stock of human capital, should help predict variables such as career…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-22 // 1997

    Welche Bedeutung haben Unternehmenscharakteristica und regionales Umfeld für die Beschäftigungsdynamik? Eine mikroökonometrische Analyse für das ostdeutsche Verarbeitende Gewerbe

    In this paper, we analyse the influence of firm characteristics and the regional environment on employment growth of East German manufacturing firms between 1992 and 1996. Our results confirm the negative impact…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-20 // 1997

    Innovation und Information Technology Services

    The missing effect of investments of firms in information and communication technologies on productivity is studied by various recent papers (e.g. Olinerand Sichels 1994, Landauer 1995, Brynjolfsson and Hitt…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…

  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…

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