ZEW Discussion Papers

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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.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-083 // 2014

    Unemployment and Labor Reallocation in Europe

    We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected European economies. Our measure of sectoral labor reallocation is adjusted for aggregate…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-082 // 2014

    The Generalized Roy Model and the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Social Programs

    The literature on treatment effects focuses on gross benefits from program participation. We extend this literature by developing conditions under which it is possible to identify parameters measuring the cost…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-081 // 2014

    Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models by Maximum Likelihood and the Simulated Method of Moments

    We compare the performance of maximum likelihood (ML) and simulated method of moments (SMM) estimation for dynamic discrete choice models. We construct and estimate a simplified dynamic structural model of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-080 // 2014

    Youth Unemployment in the OECD: The Role of Institutions

    This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment. The empirical results are basically consistent with an insider view of labor market…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-079 // 2014

    Housing and Health

    Deprived housing conditions have long been recognized as a source of poor health. Nevertheless, there is scant empirical evidence of a causal relationship between housing and health. The literature identifies…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-078 // 2014

    Sufficient Statistic or Not? The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities

    The elasticity of taxable income (ETI) is often interpreted as a sufficient statistic to assess the welfare costs of taxation. Building on the conceptual framework of Chetty (2009), we show that this assertion…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-077 // 2014

    Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment – Evidence for German Sons

    This paper studies the association between the unemployment experience of fathers and their sons. Based on German survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-076 // 2014

    Field of Study, Qualification Mismatch, and Wages: Does Sorting Matter?

    Graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are usually found to have higher wages and a lower risk of overqualification. However, it is unclear whether we can interpret the effect of…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-075 // 2014

    Improving Voluntary Public Good Provision by a Non-Governmental, Endogenous Matching Mechanism: Experimental Evidence

    Social norms can help to foster cooperation and to overcome the free-rider problem in private provision of public goods. This paper focuses on the enforcement of social norms by a self-introduced punishment and…

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