This paper analyzes the determinants of R&D co-operation among German manufacturing firms. Using firm level data from the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in…
Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes in Germany have shown that the average e®ects for the participating individuals are negative. However, we find that this is not true for all strata of the…
In many situations the applied researcher wants to combine different data sources without knowing the exact link and merging rule. This paper introduces a theoretical framework how two different regional…
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…
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…
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.…
Dieser Bericht wurde im Rahmen der erweiterten Berichterstattung zur technologischen Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung erstellt.
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…
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,…