The fact that women generally earn less than men has stimulated much discussion in industrialized countries since the 1970th. Therefore, the level as well as the sources of the gender wage gap are in the focus…

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• Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe Decline
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Increasing Inflation Expected
• Croatia, Hungary, and Romania: Cautious Economic Outlook
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Although information and communication technologies (ICT) have diffused into all economic and private sectors during the last decade, large disparities still exist. The disparities between individuals with…

This study examines to which extent the quality of mother-child interaction during infancy can predict cognitive (IQ) and noncognitive skills (persistence) until pre-school age using data from the Mannheim Study…

• Erholung schwächt sich ab
• EZB: Baldige Zinswende nicht in Sicht
• USA: Konjunkturerwartungen trüben sich ein
• Japan: Einschätzung der Konjunkturlage deutlich verbessert
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In times of the global financial and economic crisis, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim continued to have stable profits in the business year 2009. The Annual Report 2009 indicates that…