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. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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).…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-03 // 1997

    All Quiet on the Wage Front: Gender, Public-Private Sector Issues, and Rigidities in the Polish Wage Structure

    We analyse the Polish wage and unemployment structure between 1992 and 1995 on the basis of the Polish Labour Force Survey. It is shown that within this period wage inequality has stabilised. Surprisingly, wage…

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