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. 05-05 // 2005

    Unemployment Duration and the Length of Entitlement Periods for Unemployment Benefits: Do the IAB Employment Subsample and the German Socio-Economic Panel Yield the Same Results?

    We compare information on the length of unemployment spells contained in the IAB employment subsample (IABS) and in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Due to the lack of information on registered…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-04 // 2005

    Unemployment, Labor Market Transitions, and Residual Wage Dispersion

    It is commonplace in the debate on Germany’s labor market problems to argue that high unemployment and low wage dispersion are related. This paper analyses the relationship between unemployment and residual…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-02 // 2005

    Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in West Germany

    Between 1991 and 1997 West Germany spent on average about 3.6 bn Euro per year on public sector sponsored training programmes for the unemployed. We base our empirical analysis on a new administrative data base…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-01 // 2005

    The Costs of Supervisory Fragmentation in Europe

    Financial markets in Europe become more and more integrated. The persisting fragmentation of financial supervision, however, constitutes a lasting obstacle to integration. The aim of this paper is to assess…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-03 // 2005

    Patenting Behaviour and Employment Growth in German Start-up Firms

    The effect of innovations on employment at the firm level is theoretically ambiguous. The present paper analyses this relationship using panel data on German start-up firms as well as German patent data. It…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-46 // 2005

    Centralizing Tendencies in the Public Sector in Germany

    This paper investigates the long-term trend and the underlying determinants of public sector centralization in Germany from 1871 until today. The institutional and the quantitative review of the German history…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-65 // 2005

    Using Quantile Regression for Duration Analysis

    Quantile regression methods are emerging as a popular technique in econometrics and biometrics for exploring the distribution of duration data. This paper discusses quantile regression for duration analysis…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-40 // 2005

    The Effects of Changes in the Unemployment Compensation System on the Adoption of IT by Older Workers

    Two main hypotheses can be found in literature on why elderly workers have a lower probability of using information technology than their younger peers: lower learning capabilities and reduced incentives to…

    Digital Economy
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-68 // 2004

    Die Rolle der Innovationsförderung im Aufholprozess Ostdeutschlands

    Der Beitrag untersucht die Effektivität der Innovationsförderung in den neuen Ländern. Dabei wird ein doppelter Vergleich angestellt. Zum einen analysieren wir die Auswirkungen der Förderung hinsichtlich der…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...

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