1. ZEW-Wirtschaftsanalysen Bd. 84 // 2007

    Öffentlich geförderte Vermittlung von Arbeitslosen

    Die Vermittlung von Bewerbern und offenen Stellen hat in der Diskussion um die Reduktion der Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland einen hohen Stellenwert eingenommen. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei der Reformkurs der…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-074 // 2007

    Determinants of Child Care Participation

    When estimating the determinants of child care participation, the simultaneity in mothers' decision to work and in the decision to use child care is a major challenge. In this study, we provide evidence on the…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-073 // 2007

    Spillovers of Innovation Activities and Their Profitability

    Knowledge spillovers to competitors are regarded as an important aspect of the innovation process. While a company possibly benefits from incoming information on successful R&D conducted by other companies, a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-072 // 2007

    Life Scientist Mobility from Academe to Industry: Does Academic Entrepreneurship Induce a Costly

    When academic researchers participate in commercialization using for-profit firms there is a potentially costly trade-off – their time and effort are diverted away from academic knowledge creation. This is a…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-071 // 2007

    The Effects of Multinationals' Profit Shifting Activities on Real Investments

    This paper investigates whether the size of multinationals' real investments in a high-tax country is affected by profit shifting activities. A simple theoretical analysis shows that tax rates abroad impact the…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-070 // 2007

    The Phillips Curve and NAIRU Revisited: New Estimates for Germany

    This paper provides new estimates of a time–varying NAIRU for Germany taking account of the structural break caused by German unification based on the Kalman Filter and on a partially linear model as two…

  7. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2007

    3. Quartal 2007

    Bei Frachtkosten werden Preissteigerungen erwartet

    Im deutschen Strassen- und Schienengüterverkehr, bei interkontinentaler Luftfracht nach Europa, Nordamerika und in Richtung Asien/Pazifik sowie bei den…

  8. ZEW-Dokumentation Nr. 07-02 // 2007

    The Role of Demand in Innovation - A Lead Market Analysis for High-tech Industries in the EU-25

    A Lead Market approach is used for each of 25 European Union member states (EU-25) to assess the likelihood that locally preferred innovation designs become successful in other countries. The analyses are…

  9. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2007

    The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany: New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators

    The present paper examines the wage effects of continuous training programs using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). In order to account for selectivity in training participation…