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.

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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External Research Publications
  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-56 // 2000

    On the Identification of Relative Wage Rigidity Dynamics. A Proposal for a Methodology on Cross-section Data and Empirical Evidence for Poland in Transition

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-55 // 2000

    The British Foreign Exchange Reserves Puzzle

    The British foreign exchange reserves decreased by 40 percent during the period August 1996-December 1999 although the Pound Sterling is considered a floating exchange rate since it left the EMS in 1992. Since…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-48 // 2000

    Gender Wage Differences in West Germany: A Cohort Analysis

    A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage di erences over a long time period is missing for West Germany. Using an empirical approach which takes into account explicitely changes of wage distributions…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-41 // 2000

    Neues von der NAIRU ?

    This paper is devoted to a new estimation of the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) for the West German Economy 1980 to 1998. The novelty of the paper is the estimation of a time-varying…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-40 // 2000

    Social Security Strategies and Redistributive Effects in European Social Transfer Systems

    The present paper examines the linkage between social security strategies and redistributive effects in European social transfer systems. It is argued that the various European systems produce different patterns…

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-01 // 2000

    Formelle und informelle berufliche Weiterbildung und Verdienst bei Arbeitnehmern und Selbständigen

    The paper investigates determinants of formal and non-formal continuous vocational training and its income effects among German self-employed and employed workers in 1991/92. Participation in continuous formal…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-53 // 2000

    Berücksichtigung von Steuern bei der Bewertung von Unternehmen am Beispiel der DCF-Methoden

    Corporate Taxation and Public Finance
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-52 // 2000

    Business Services in Germany: Bridges for Innovation

    During the last 20 years, R&D and innovation activities in the service sector have clearly increased. Especially business services are believed to be one of the main drivers of technical changes and economic…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-51 // 2000

    Outsourcing of Services, Imported Materials and the Demand for Heterogeneous Labour: An Application of a Generalised Box-Cox Function

    Over the last decades manufacturers have outsourced service inputs and shared resources with competitors. As a result, service inputs have been the fastest growing input factor in German manufacturing, followed…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance

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