1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-19 // 2005

    Impure Public Goods and Technological Interdependencies

    Impure public goods represent an important group of goods. Almost every public good exerts not only effects which are public to all but also effects which are private to the producer of this good. What is…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-18 // 2005

    Poor Background or Low Returns? Why Immigrant Students in Germany Perform so Poorly in PISA

    Student performance of Germans and immigrants differed greatly in the 2000 PISA study. This paper analyses why the two groups of students performed so differently by estimating educational production…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-17 // 2005

    Educational Attainment and Returns to Education in Germany

    This paper presents evidence on the development of educational attainment and its returns on the labor market in Germany in the time period 1985-2002. Returns to education are estimated using Mincer equations.…

  4. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 05-01 // 2005

    Indikatoren zur Ausbildung im Hochschulbereich

    Dieser Bericht wurde im Rahmen der erweiterten Berichterstattung zur technologischen Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung erstellt.

  5. Discussion und Working Paper // 2005

    Kurzbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2004 - Aufnahme / Ausweitung von Innovationsaktivitäten 2004/2005

    Das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) führte im Jahr 2004 im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) Erhebungen zur Beschreibung des Innovationsverhaltens des…

  6. ZEW Economic Studies Bd. 32 // 2005

    Europe's Automotive Industry on the Move

    The automotive industry is a major pillar of the modern global economy and one of Europe’s key industries. There can hardly be any doubt about the important role of this sector as an engine for employment,…