Recent developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and the growth of emerging economies such as China and India have not only increased international trade but have also led to offshoring of activities away from Europe. A firm's decision to move production away from Europe...

We know that euro-area member countries have absorbed asymmetric shocks in ways that are inconsistent with a common nominal anchor. Based on a reformulation of the gravity model that allows for such bilateral misalignment, we disentangle the conventional trade cost channel and trade effects...

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms’ actual use of advanced information technology...

Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre, besonders jedoch seit der Jahrtausendwende, ist in Deutschland ein stetiger Rückgang der Arbeitseinkommensquote (AEQ) zu beobachten. Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht analysiert die dieser Dynamik zugrunde liegenden Ursachen und charakterisiert sie in ihrer...

Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie hat das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, und das Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI, Karlsruhe, mit der Durchführung des Monitoring der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Deutschland...

Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie hat das Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, und das Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI, Karlsruhe, mit der Durchführung des Monitoring der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft in Deutschland...

The aim of this paper is to take a structured approach at estimating the coefficients of factors explaining movements of the labour share across countries. In particular, we focus on proper dynamic specification and test the validity of the homogeneity assumption of slope coefficients frequently...

We know that euro-area member countries have absorbed asymmetric shocks in ways that are inconsistent with a common nominal anchor. Based on a reformulation of the gravity model that allows for such bilateral misalignment, we disentangle the conventional trade cost channel and trade effects...