ZEW Discussion Papers

Overview

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. 06-036 // 2006

    Vermittlungsgutscheine und Beauftragungen Dritter im Vergleich

    Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die relative Wirksamkeit von Vermittlungsgutscheinen und Beauftragungen Dritter mit der gesamten Vermittlung im direkten Vergleich. Die Untersuchung basiert auf den Prozessdaten…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-038 // 2006

    Afterlife – Who Takes Heart for Restart?

    The performance of young and newly founded firms depends largely to the human capital of the firm owner. The entrepreneur is therefore one of the main success factors for the firm. Yet entrepreneurs differ…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-017 // 2006

    Selektivität und direkte Wirkungen von Vermittlungsgutscheinen: Empirische Befunde aus der Einführungsphase

    In April 2002 German government introduced job placement vouchers as a new instrument of active labour market policy to foster the transition of unemployed to jobs. This paper investigates the demand, the…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-035 // 2006

    China's Exchange Rate Appreciation in the Light of the Earlier Japanese Experience

    For creditor countries on the periphery of the dollar standard such as China with current account surpluses, foreign mercantile pressure to appreciate their currencies and become more flexible is misplaced.…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-034 // 2006

    Aggregate Unemployment Decreases Individual Returns to Education

    On the basis of a theoretical model, we argue that higher aggregate unemployment affects individual returns to education. We therefore include aggregate unemployment and an interaction term between unemployment…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-031 // 2006

    Rising Wage Dispersion, After All! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century

    Using register data from the IAB employment sample, this paper studies the wage structure in the German labor market throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-030 // 2006

    Economic Effects of VAT Reform in Germany

    In the tax policy debate, differentiation of value-added taxes is often justified by distributional concerns. Our quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-029 // 2006

    Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness: Where it Hurts

    The innovation activities of foreign subsidiaries have been identified as an important source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations. The success of these engagements depends heavily on tapping…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-027 // 2006

    Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS

    We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly…

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