ZEW Discussion Papers

Overview

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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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External Research Publications
  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-07 // 2000

    Gender Wage Gap in West Germany: How Far Do Gender Differences in Human Capital Matter?

    This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable wage differential in favour of men and its reduction since the mid-eighties among West German…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-38 // 2000

    Haftungsregeln und Innovationen

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-32 // 2000

    The Performance of German Firms in the Business-Related Service Sectors

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-09 // 2000

    EU Enlargement and Immigration

    This paper assesses the consequences of EU enlargement for East West migration. In the theoretical part, we identify several factors in addition to the reduction of moving costs by which EU membership influences…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-36 // 2000

    International Spillovers and Feedback: Modelling in a Disequilibrium Framework

    German unification hit the West German economy in a prosperous period and appeared as a huge demand shock at least for the first few quarters. This combination resulted in a major increase of imports from the…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-31 // 2000

    Substitution Elasticities between Capital, Labour, Material, Electricity and Fossil Fuels in German Producing and Service Sectors

    In this paper, substitutional relationships between capital, labour, material, electricity, and fossil fuels in German producing and service sectors are estimated using a translog cost function. Estimates are…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-29 // 2000

    Savings, Expectations and Technological Unemployment. A Generalization of Assumptions for the Hicksian Fixwage Traverse

    This paper examines the role of alternative assumptions on savings and expectations for the fixwage traverse with strong forward biased technological change. After briefly outlining the model, some peculiarities…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-28 // 2000

    Training and Individual Performance in Europe: Evidence from Microeconometric Studies

    Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-26 // 2000

    Leaving Unemployment for Self-employment. A Discrete Duration Analysis of Determinants and Stability of Self-Employment among Former Unemployed

    The paper investigates the determinants and the success of self-employment among former unemployed. Self-employment has become an important re-employment opportunity during the last decade due to increasing…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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