1. ZEW policy brief No. 18-05 // 2018

    How the Digital Transformation of the Economy Can Succeed

    The digital transformation is one of the greatest challenges of our time. High-speed internet, mobile devices, intelligent software algorithms as well as data storage and processing are changing economic and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-023 // 2018

    Unemployment and Online Labor

    We analyze the relationship between unemployment and the supply of online labor for microtasking. Using detailed US data from a large microtasking platform between 2011 and 2015, we study the participation and…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-022 // 2018

    The Distribution of Material Footprints in Germany

    This study investigates the within-country heterogeneity of material footprints implied by households' consumption in Germany. Material footprints are defined as the amount of biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Syndication, Interconnectedness, and Systemic Risk

    Syndication increases the overlap of bank loan portfolios and makes them more vulnerable to contagious effects. We develop a novel measure of bank interconnectedness using syndicated corporate loan portfolios,…

  5. China Economic Panel (CEP) // 2018

    May 2018

    • Expectations Remain Almost Unchanged
    • 40 analysts participated in the May survey, which was conducted during the period 18 April till 3 May 2018
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-021 // 2018

    Inequality of Educational Opportunities and the Role of Learning Intensity: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Germany

    Over the 2000s, many federal states in Germany shortened the duration of secondary school by one year while keeping the curriculum unchanged. Exploiting quasi-experimental variation due to the staggered…

  7. ZEW Newsletter // 2018

    2018-04

    1. News
    2. Call for Papers
      • Workshop on Families in Macroeconomics
      • Tenth ReCapNet Conference on Price Formation, Liquidity and Transparency in Real Estate Markets
    3. Personalia
      • Guests at ZEW
    4. Press…
  8. ZEW policy brief No. 18-04 // 2018

    Falling Productivity Growth, Widening Productivity Gaps

    Germany, in common with other industrial nations, has in recent years witnessed a decline in productivity growth despite sustained economic growth, falling unemployment and strong technological dynamics. A…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-020 // 2018

    Go for Gigabit? First Evidence on Economic Benefits of (Ultra-)Fast Broadband Technologies in Europe

    The literature on the effects of telecommunications infrastructure investments find positive macroeconomic effects, however, it is severely constrained because it could hitherto only analyze investment up to…

  10. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2018

    Mai 2018

    • Konjunkturerwartungen gehen wegen US-Handelskonflikt erneut stark zurück
    • Eurozone: Konjunkturerwartungen verschlechtern sich weiter deutlich
    • USA: Rückgang der Konjunkturerwartungen setzt sich fort
    • Japan:…