1. ZEW-Kurzexpertise Nr. 20-10 // 2020

    Covid-19 und die sozialen Folgen für Arbeitslose

    Als Folge der Covid-19 Krise ist mit einer weiteren Zunahme der Arbeitslosigkeit zu rechnen. Neben den materiellen drohen soziale Einbußen. Erfahrungen aus der jüngeren Vergangenheit können dabei helfen, das…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-034 // 2020

    The Effectiveness of School Closures and Other Pre-Lockdown COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Argentina, Italy, and South Korea

    The rapid spread of COVID-19 forced policy-makers to swiftly find solutions to reduce infection rates and keep mortality as low as possible. Empirical analyses on the effectiveness of control measures are hereby…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-033 // 2020

    Unemployment Benefit Duration and Startup Success

    Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI)…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-032 // 2020

    What Happens when Separate and Unequal School Districts Merge?

    We study the welfare effects of school district consolidation, i.e. the integration of disjoint school districts into a centralised clearinghouse. We show theoretically that, in the worst-case scenario, district…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-031 // 2020

    Trade Liberalization and SO2 Emissions: Firm-Level Evidence from China’s WTO Entry

    Is trade liberalization contributing to cleaner production amongst manufacturing firms? Theoretical predictions and empirical evidences are mixed. This study utilizes China’s dual trade regime and China’s…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-030 // 2020

    A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany

    In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U.S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and…

  7. #ZEWPodcast // 2020

    Folge 1 mit Prof. Friedrich Heinemann: Die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft

    Im #ZEWPodcast „Wirtschaft · Forschung · Debatten“ beleuchtet ZEW-Ökonom Prof. Friedrich Heinemann die Erwartungen an Deutschland als guten europäischen Moderator und betont, dass ein solcher „nicht zu jeder…