1. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Skill Heterogeneity in Startups and its Development over Time

    We study how startup teams are assembled in terms of team member human capital characteristics. To this end, we derive a statistically motivated benchmark for new venture team heterogeneity in terms of observed…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Dynamic Properties of Energy Affordability Measures

    Measures of affordability and of fuel poverty are applied in practice to assess the affordability of energy services, for example, or of water or housing. The extensive body of literature on affordability…

  3. ZEW Newsletter // 2015

    2015-06

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • IAB/ZEW Workshop Assessing the Impact of Human Resource Management Practices
    3. Staff
      • Visiting Researchers
    4. Press Releases
    5. Recent Publications
      IN ENGLISH
      • ZEW policy brief
      • ZEWnews English Edition
      • Financial…
  4. JUNGE UNTERNEHMEN // 2015

    Jahrgang 15, Nr. 3, Juni 2015

    • Gründungsgeschehen: Ist die Talsohle erreicht?
    • Insolvenzen nur kleiner Teil aller Schließungen
    • Gründungen in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-042 // 2015

    Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: More Employment and more Inequality

    This paper investigates the effect of shifting taxes from labor income to consumption on labor supply and the distribution of income in Germany. We simulate stepwise increases in the value-added tax (VAT) rate,…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-040 // 2015

    Spillover Effects of Labour Market Reforms in a Three-Country World

    I extend the model-based literature on spillover effects of labour market reforms on foreign (un-)employment by allowing for third-country effects. When the workhorse two-country model is enlarged to include a…