1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-079 // 2007

    Educational Effects of Early or Later Secondary School Tracking in Germany

    This paper examines educational outcomes of pupils selected to secondary school types by different tracking regimes in a German state: Pupils are alternatively streamed after fourth grade or after sixth grade.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-078 // 2007

    Inventors' Response to Firm Acquisitions

    Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) constitute a disruption to the working environment of the inventive labor force of the acquired company. If inventors would respond with a decline of their patent productivity or…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-077 // 2007

    How to Limit Discrimination? Analyzing the Effects of Innovative Workplace Practices on Intra-Firm Gender Wage Gaps Using Linked Employer-Employee Data

    This paper provides a new approach to assess the impact of organisational changes fostering employee involvement, performance related pay schemes and other relevant trends in personnel policy on the gender wage…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-076 // 2007

    What Explains the Spread Between the Euro Overnight Rate and the ECB's Policy Rate?

    In this paper we employ a time series econometric framework to explore the structural determinants of the spread between the euro overnight rate and the ECB's policy rate (EONIA spread) aiming to explain the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 07-075 // 2007

    Mitarbeiteranreizsysteme und Innovationserfolg

    Wir diskutieren die Faktoren für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung eines Systems des betrieblichen Vorschlagswesens und anderer Maßnahmen zur Stimulierung des Innovationserfolgs. Im Anschluss wird die Wirkung des…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…