1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-034 // 2006

    Aggregate Unemployment Decreases Individual Returns to Education

    On the basis of a theoretical model, we argue that higher aggregate unemployment affects individual returns to education. We therefore include aggregate unemployment and an interaction term between unemployment…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-031 // 2006

    Rising Wage Dispersion, After All! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century

    Using register data from the IAB employment sample, this paper studies the wage structure in the German labor market throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was…

  3. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2006

    Juni 2006

    • Vertrauen in Aufschwung sinkt
    • EZB: Nächster Zinsschritt absehbar
    • USA: Ende der Zinserhöhungen
    • Japan: Rückgang der langfristigen Zinsen
    • ölpreis: Zunehmende Unsicherheit
    • Sonderfrage: Konjunkturelle Entwicklung in…
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-030 // 2006

    Economic Effects of VAT Reform in Germany

    In the tax policy debate, differentiation of value-added taxes is often justified by distributional concerns. Our quantitative analysis for Germany indicates that such concerns are misplaced. We find that the…