1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-011 // 2007

    Exploring the Relationship Between Scientist Human Capital and Firm Performance: The Case of Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurs in the SBIR Program

    Do academic scientists bring valuable human capital to the companies they found or join? If so, what are the particular skills that compose their human capital and how are these skills related to firm…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-009 // 2007

    Long-Run Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in East Germany

    Public sector sponsored training was implemented at a large scale during the transition process in East Germany. Based on new administrative data, we estimate the differential effects of three different programs…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-010 // 2007

    Educational Expansion and its Heterogeneous Returns for Wage Workers

    The paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion in the sixties and…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-008 // 2007

    Still Searching for the Wage Curve: Evidence from Germany and Italy

    This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the…

  5. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2007

    März 2007

    • Stimmung entspannt sich zusehends
    • EZB: "Starke Wachsamkeit" signalisiert Zinserhöhung
    • USA: Expertenmehrheit glaubt nicht an Zinssenkungen
    • Japan: Niedrige Zinsen erfreuen Experten
    • Großbritannien: Experten korrigieren…
  6. Refereed Journal // 2007

    Integrated Product Policy and Environmental Product Innovations: An Empirical Analysis

    In recent times, the European Commission has been placing an emphasis on promoting the so-called Integrated Product Policy (IPP) that aims to support the realisation of environmental product innovations in order…

  7. Financial Market Report Switzerland // 2007

    February 2007

    • Slight Dampening of Economic Momentum at a High Level Expected to Continue
    • Eurozone: Greater Expectations for Additional Interest-Rate Hikes
    • USA: Brightening Assessment of the Current Economic Situation and…