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. 06-025 // 2006

    Wage and Productivity Effect of Continuing Training in Germany: A Sectoral Analysis

    Wage and productivity effects of training are compared to study how the training rent is shared between employers and employees. With panel data from 1996-2002, I analyse the impact of continuing training on…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-024 // 2006

    Continuing Vocational Training in Germany – A Comparative Study Using 3 German Data Sets

    Empirical work on continuing training in Germany provides surprisingly divergent evidence on the incidence of training. This makes comparison of econometric analyses of the impact of training on labour market…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-023 // 2006

    Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? - Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data

    We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-022 // 2006

    Panel Tests for Unit Roots in Hours Worked

    Hours worked is a time series of interest in many empirical investigations of the macroeconomy. Estimates of macro elasticities of labour supply, for example, build on this variable. Other empirical applications…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-021 // 2006

    Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer: Eine mikroökonometrische Evaluation der Arbeitslosengeldreform von 1997

    In 1997, the German government enacted a reform of the unemployment insurance system which lead to a reduction of the maximum entitlement length for unemployment benefits. The paper analyses the effects of this…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-020 // 2006

    Gender Earnings Gap in German Firms: The Impact of Firm Characteristics and Institutions

    Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality between male and female employees arises and is maintained. The use of linked employee-employer…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-019 // 2006

    Rising Wage Inequality in Germany

    This paper investigates the evolution of wages and the recent tendency to rising wage inequality in Germany, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)for 1984 to 2004. Between 1984 and 1994 the wage…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-018 // 2006

    Efficiency Losses from Overlapping Economic Instruments in European Carbon Emissions Regulation

    Energy markets and energy-intensive industries in all EU member states – especially in Germany – are subject to a diverse set of policies related to climate change. We analyse the potential efficiency losses…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  9. 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…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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