ZEW Discussion Papers

In the aftermath of the climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 (15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations), two issues appear to have played a determinant role in the negotiation discourse…

The expansion of higher education has lead to a continuously increasing number of jobs that deal with scientific problems and methods (Gibbons 1994). In science based industries like the biotechnology industry…

According to school entry regulations in most countries, the composition of school entrance cohorts is determined by a fixed cutoff date. This procedure creates inter-cohort differences in age and development…

Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. Thus, knowledge of costs and benefits of adaptation measures is of high importance. This study compiles…

Central bank communication is increasingly important to both central banks and financial market participants. Effective communication should ensure that financial markets understand the central bank's interest…

Drawing on specific examples from products and subsectors within the EU ETS, this paper empirically tests to what extent those sectors are able to adjust their output prices when facing an input price change.…

The fact that women generally earn less than men has stimulated much discussion in industrialized countries since the 1970th. Therefore, the level as well as the sources of the gender wage gap are in the focus…

Although information and communication technologies (ICT) have diffused into all economic and private sectors during the last decade, large disparities still exist. The disparities between individuals with…

This study examines to which extent the quality of mother-child interaction during infancy can predict cognitive (IQ) and noncognitive skills (persistence) until pre-school age using data from the Mannheim Study…