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Due to a extraordinary evaluation result, the Leibniz Association Senate has recommended to the German government to promote the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim in the future as institute of national significance and macroeconomic policy interest. The senate stated that “ZEW is a extraordinary successful and promising institute of empiric economic research”. According to the senate, ZEW is well visible in Germany and abroad and is one of the leading economic research institutes in Europe. ZEW also sets scientific standards for economic policy advice in Germany. read more
Non-cognitive skills such as persistence when solving a problem, discipline, concentration or the capacity for motivation are relevant to success or failure at school, the vocational training or the job. The first years of life are crucial for conveying these skills. "In German society, there are numerous children who do not have the chance to fully develop their non-cognitive skills due to unfavourable family circumstances and are thus likely to encounter problems at school and, later on, at the job market. Educational expenditure needs to be re-directed in favour of higher investment in early childhood education to counteract this shortcoming, for which, otherwise, the German economy will have to pay dearly," explained Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, economic expert and president of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), in today’s opening speech at the first conference of the research network "Non-Cognitive Skills - Acquisition and Economic Consequences", which is funded by the Leibniz Association. read more