1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-003 // 2013

    Gender Differences in German Wage Mobility

    Studying wage dynamics has been a key element of labor economics for a long time. One major finding is the widening of the wage distribution in most developed countries that started in the 1970s in several…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-002 // 2013

    Quasi-hyperbolic Time Preferences and Their Intergenerational Transmission

    Time preferences play an important role in economics. Among others, time preferences are responsible for the decision on how much people invest in human capital and schooling. For instance stronger preferences…

  3. Financial Market Report CEE // 2013

    January 2013

    • Economic Sentiments for the CEE Region Display a Moderate Increase
    • Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria and the Eurozone
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Bullish Stock Market Revision
    • Croatia, Hungary…
  4. Refereed Journal // 2013

    The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector

    This paper contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages. We exploit the minimum wage introduction and subsequent increases in the German roofing sector that gave rise to an…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Capital-Energy Relationships: An Analysis when Disaggregating by Industry and Different Types of Capital

    In this paper we analyze the relationship between capital and energy through cross price elasticities. First, we extend Thomsen's (2000) methodology in order to link the short and long run in a panel data…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-001 // 2013

    Nonlinearity in Cap-and-Trade Systems: The EUA Price and its Fundamentals

    Since the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in 2005, a new area of research has developed within the field of applied econometrics: Carbon Finance. Carbon Finance focuses on the analysis…

  7. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2013

    January 2013

    • Economic Outlook for Switzerland: Slowly Improving
    • Current Economic Situation: "Normal" Conditions
    • Inflation Expectations: Broadly Unchanged
    • Interest Rates: Higher Long-Term Interest Rates Expected
    • Stock Market:…
  8. ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen // 2013

    Nr. 1 (März) - 2013

    • Der Optimismus kehrt vorsichtig zurück
    • Die voraussichtliche Lage in der EWU
    • Ergebnisse der Märzumfrage 2013
    • Verbesserte Geschäftslage sorgt für gute Stimmung zu Jahresbeginn
    • Mittelfristprojektion für Deutschland:…