1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-31 // 2000

    Substitution Elasticities between Capital, Labour, Material, Electricity and Fossil Fuels in German Producing and Service Sectors

    In this paper, substitutional relationships between capital, labour, material, electricity, and fossil fuels in German producing and service sectors are estimated using a translog cost function. Estimates are…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-29 // 2000

    Savings, Expectations and Technological Unemployment. A Generalization of Assumptions for the Hicksian Fixwage Traverse

    This paper examines the role of alternative assumptions on savings and expectations for the fixwage traverse with strong forward biased technological change. After briefly outlining the model, some peculiarities…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-28 // 2000

    Training and Individual Performance in Europe: Evidence from Microeconometric Studies

    Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 00-26 // 2000

    Leaving Unemployment for Self-employment. A Discrete Duration Analysis of Determinants and Stability of Self-Employment among Former Unemployed

    The paper investigates the determinants and the success of self-employment among former unemployed. Self-employment has become an important re-employment opportunity during the last decade due to increasing…