1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1996

    Zugang mittelständischer Unternehmen zum Kapitalmarkt

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-32 // 1996

    Has Earnings Inequality in Germany Changed in the 1980s?

    The development of the West German earnings distributionin the 1980's is analysed on the basis of both the German Socio-EconomicPanel and micro-data from the Employment Register of the FederalLabour Office. We…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-31 // 1996

    Nonparametric Bounds on Employment and Income Effects of Continuous Vocational Training in East Germany

    This paper explores the potential of an approach suggested by Manski of obtaining nonparametric bounds for treatment effects in evaluation studies without knowledge of the participation process. The practicai…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-30 // 1996

    Poland on the Dole. Unemployment Benefits, Training and Long-Term Unemployment during Transition

    We analyse the duration of unemployment spells in Poland using data from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1994. The effects on the duration of unemployment of important socio-economic and demographic…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-29 // 1996

    Retail Distribution Channel Barriers to International Trade

    With the referral of the Kodak - Fuji market access dispute to the World Trade Organization, the role of retail distribution channel control by incumbent firms as a barrier to imports has drawn much interest.…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 96-26 // 1996

    International Competition Policy and Economic Development

    During the past half century many nations have adopted policies whose function is to discourage cartels and other restrictive practices. Industrialized nations led the movement toward pro-competition policies,…