Publications of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

  1. ZEW policy brief No. 16-07 // 2016

    Chances and Risks of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme

    The Eurozone debt crisis has revived the debate about deeper fiscal integration in the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Some observers argue that fiscal risk sharing is necessary to make the Eurozone…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Inequality of Opportunity: East vs. West Germany

    The case of German reunification has been subject to extensive research on earnings inequality and labour market integration. However, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2016

    Determinants of fast and ultra-fast broadband adoption

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-065 // 2016

    Responses of Firms to Tax, Administrative and Accounting Rules: Evidence from Armenia

    Using panel data on the full population of corporate tax returns of Armenian firms, we study the behavioral response of firms to three size-dependent regulations. We find: i) a strong response to an accounting…