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. 00-55 // 2000

    The British Foreign Exchange Reserves Puzzle

    The British foreign exchange reserves decreased by 40 percent during the period August 1996-December 1999 although the Pound Sterling is considered a floating exchange rate since it left the EMS in 1992. Since…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-48 // 2000

    Gender Wage Differences in West Germany: A Cohort Analysis

    A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage di erences over a long time period is missing for West Germany. Using an empirical approach which takes into account explicitely changes of wage distributions…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-41 // 2000

    Neues von der NAIRU ?

    This paper is devoted to a new estimation of the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) for the West German Economy 1980 to 1998. The novelty of the paper is the estimation of a time-varying…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-40 // 2000

    Social Security Strategies and Redistributive Effects in European Social Transfer Systems

    The present paper examines the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in European social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-01 // 2000

    Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen

    The paper investigates determinants of formal and non-formal continuous vocational training and its income effects among German self-employed and employed workers in 1991/92. Participation in continuous formal…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-52 // 2000

    Business Services in Germany: Bridges for Innovation

    During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic…

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