1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-015 // 2010

    Polarization and Rising Wage Inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany

    Since the late 1970s and continuing through the mid-2000s, overall wage inequality has been increasing in the U.S., Germany, and the UK as well as in other countries. As possible explanations of these trends,…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-014 // 2010

    Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap

    Wage inequality has been increasing in many industrialized countries over the past decades. Parallel to this trend, coverage by collective wage bargaining has declined strongly in many economies (OECD, 2004).…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2010

    April 2010

    • Erwartungen nahezu unverändert
    • EZB: Keine Änderung der Leitzinsen erwartet
    • USA: Experten erwarten weiterhin niedrige Leitzinsen
    • Japan: Einschätzung der Konjunkturlage etwas positiver
    • Großbritannien: Einbruch der…
  4. ZEWnews English edition // 2010

    No. 1 - 2010

    • Chemical Industry Less Innovative
    • Younger Pupils More Often Victims
    • Study Calls for Elimination of 4.8 Billion Euro in Tax Breaks
    • ZEW Study Shows Inefficiency in National Real Estate Stock Markets
    • Competition in…