1. Refereed Journal // 2022

    The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men in Germany, from 1996 to 2019

    This paper studies the evolution of three higher education wage differentials from 1996 to 2019 in Germany. We distinguish between degrees from academic universities, degrees from universities of applied…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-042 // 2022

    Lessons From the EU Effort Sharing Decision for Supranational Climate Cooperation: A Firm-Level Analysis

    As an example of supranational climate policy coordination for sectors not covered by carbon trading, the European Effort Sharing Decision set national targets for emission reductions for the time period…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-041 // 2022

    Job Loss and Household Labor Supply Adjustments in Developing Countries: Evidence From Argentina

    Using longitudinal data for Argentina, we estimate the labor supply reaction of spouses and children to their husband’s or father’s job loss. Our findings show that job loss by the household head has a positive…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-040 // 2022

    Motivate the Crowd or Crowd-Them Out? The Impact of Local Government Spending on the Voluntary Provision of a Green Public Good

    Cities are increasingly hold accountable for climate action. By demonstrating their pro-environmentality through own climate-related activities, they not at least aspire to encourage individual climate…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-039 // 2022

    Trade Secret Protection and R&D Investment of Family Firms

    Family firms are known for their reluctance to invest in research and development. We show that strengthened trade secret protection is associated with higher R&D investment by family firms. More specifically,…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-038 // 2022

    Do Manufacturing Plants Respond to Exogenous Changes in Electricity Prices? Evidence From Administrative Micro-Data

    Climate change is the result of global market failure and remedying the situation requires effective policy action. Climate policies often increase energy prices thereby affecting all actors in the economy.…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-037 // 2022

    Disparities in Financial Literacy, Pension Planning, and Saving Behavior

    Financial literacy affects wealth accumulation, and pension planning plays a key role in this relationship. In a large field experiment, we employ a digital pension aggregation tool to confront a treatment group…