1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-25 // 1997

    East-West German Wage Convergence - How far have we got ?

    East-west German wage convergence in the period 1990 to 1995 is analyzed on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel. Empirical wage equations show that the west German wage structure has remained fairly…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-17 // 1997

    Relative Earnings and Demand for Unskilled Labor in West German Manufacturing

    We analyze the economic factors which have contributed to the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in German manufacturing, in particular the role played by the relatively rigid earnings…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-15 // 1997

    Grenzen und Reichweiten Nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen

    This paper deals with flows of technology and information among people and institutions and the role of public support given by different sponsors (the federal government, the Länder and the European Union).…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-05 // 1997

    GMM Estimation of an Euler Equation Model with German Firm Level Panel Data

    In this paper the outlier robustGMM panel data estimator recently proposed byLucas, van Dijk, and Kloek (1994) is applied to anEuler equation model of firm investment behaviourwith imperfectly competitive…