1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-036 // 2019

    A Deprivation-Based Assessment of Energy Poverty: Conceptual Problems and Application to Germany

    In this paper, subjective and objective aspects of deprivation are used to derive an aggregated multidimensional measure of energy poverty. The proposed measure is based on deprivation with a direct relation to…

  2. German Real Estate Finance Index (DIFI Report) // 2019

    Third Quarter 2019

    • The Outlook is not Good
    • Sideways Movement for Most Use Types
    • Noticeable Effects of Continued Low Base Rate
    • Mezzanine Capital Gaining Importance as an Alternative Financing Instrument
  3. Refereed Journal // 2019

    The Long(er)‐Term Impacts of Chile Solidario on Human Capital and Labor Income

    This paper examines Chile Solidario, a social protection programme that provides poor households in Chile with preferential access to a conditional cash transfer programme designed to facilitate investments in…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-035 // 2019

    Visibility of Technology and Cumulative Innovation: Evidence from Trade Secrets Laws

    Innovation depends on the incentives to create new ideas as well as the visibility of and access to existing ones. Using exogenous variation from the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, we show that stronger trade…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-034 // 2019

    Restrictions of Fixed Term Employment Contracts: Evidence from a German Reform

    This paper examines the impact of legal restrictions on fixed-term contracts on employment, wages and the careers of labour market entrants. Specifically, I analyse a 2001 German reform that made it more…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Matching Subsidies and Voluntary Contributions: A Review

    This paper provides a synthesis of the experimental literature on matching subsidies in the context of charitable giving. We classify results according to four different outcome variables frequently considered…