The temporary group "Macroeconomcis and macroeconometrics" became necessary in an effort to evaluate the macro models applied in the ZEW´s project work. This was achieved through comparative analysis of an…
Labour market research has rightly dedicated much attention to the analysis of the youth labour market, even in times when youth unemployment constituted a rather minor problem. The special importance of the youth…
To fight long-term unemployment in Germany, a newpromotional program by the German Federal government startedin October 1994 - "Guidelines for the promotion ofreintegrating the hard-to-place unemployed by means of…
The profitability of vocational and further training activities differs with respect to the individual, firms’ and the economy’s point of view. These differences explain some of the observed heterogeneity of…
Technological progress in western economies has contributed to an immense rise in productivity, incomes and goods available over the last hundred years. Though not to the same extent as productivity and wages,…