ZEW Discussion Papers

Large differences in the unemployment rates of industrialized countries and the underlying causes of unemployment have been subject of recurring discussion for a long time. Since the early 90's, labor and…

Publicly funded day care for children under the age of 3 is used less frequently in Germany compared to other (especially Nordic) countries. Supply of day care is still scarce for this age group. In order to…

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cost pass-through potential, i.e. the ability of firms in German industrial sectors participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to adjust output prices…

Global warming, the pollution of the seas or a continuously increasing noise level are just a few examples of environmental issues that have alerted the global public in recent years. As a consequence, more and…

The present paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. In our empirical analysis, we draw particular attention to the role of employer size and the nature…

The key role of information technologies (IT) for productivity and growth is meanwhile undisputed. As so-called 'general purpose technologies' they enable product as well as process innovation which in turn may…

This paper examines how providing potential donors with information about the revenues of a charity affects charitable contributions. When individuals make a real-life donation decision, they usually do not have…

This paper analyzes long-run co-movements between 14 international real estate stock markets and between three economic and geographic regions based on bivariate and multivariate tests for cointegration. While…

The empirical literature documents a substantial and rising amount of labor income risk, in particular, employment risk. In most countries, the government provides insurance against this type of risk through the…