1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    The Importance of Cognitive and Social Skills for the Duration of Unemployment

    This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in adolescence and early adulthood. I estimate a flexible proportional hazard rate model for the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-031 // 2011

    Intertemporal Evaluation Criteria for Climate Change Policy: The Basic Ethical Issues

    The evaluation of long-term effects of climate change in cost-benefit analysis has a long tradition in environmental economics. Since the publication of the Stern Review in 2006 the debate about the…

  3. ZEW Newsletter // 2011

    2011-05

    1. News
    2. Staff
      • Visiting Researchers
    3. Press Releases
    4. Recent Publications
      • ZEWnews English edition
      • Financial Market Report Switzerland
      • Financial Market Report CEE
      • Discussion Papers
      • ZEWnews
      • ZEW Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial…
  4. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2011

    May 2011

    • Economic Expectations Brighten up Again
    • Eurozone: Further Interest Rate Hikes Anticipated
    • USA: Economic Expectations Hold Steady
    • Japan: Assessment of Economy Noticeably Gloomier
    • Great Britain: Inflation Expected to…
  5. Financial Market Report CEE // 2011

    May 2011

    • Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Recover Slightly
    • Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Currencies Expected to Appreciate
    • Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Inflation Concerns Slow down
    • Turkey:…
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-030 // 2011

    Entrepreneurs from Low-Skilled Immigrant Groups in Knowledge-intensive Industries – Company Characteristics, Survival and Innovative Performance

    Technology entrepreneurship is an important facilitator for the introduction of new products and for the diffusion of innovations throughout the economy. It is therefore an important contributor to long-term…

  7. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2011

    Mai 2011

    • Erwartungen etwas verhaltener
    • EZB: Experten rechnen mit weiteren Zinserhöhungen
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen etwas schwächer
    • Japan: Erwartungen trüben sich deutlich ein
    • Großbritannien: Erwartungen erhalten Dämpfer
    • Sond…
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-029 // 2011

    What Does Ex-post Evidence Tell us About the Output Effects of Future Tax Reforms?

    As a result of the global economic recession there is renewed interest in the effects of taxation on economic performance: many countries attempted to use tax cuts as a means to stimulate aggregate demand and…