How much has the German government spent on digital policy initiatives in recent years? This question cannot be answered ad hoc on the basis of the available data. The need for a centralised digital budget has…
The current German government aims to make the 2020s "a decade of investment into the future”. In their coalition agreement, the coalition parties promise a significant increase in investment in climate …
Overview Many digital platforms operate as two-sided markets, facilitating the matching between sellers and buyers. Due to ICT developments, online marketplaces such as Amazon are increasingly relevant in our…
In today's digitalized economy, data is considered a central resource and offers enormous innovation potential for operational value creation. Nevertheless, data is still insufficiently used and…
In diesem Projekt soll die mögliche Einführung einer Zukunftsquote für den Bundeshaushalt untersucht werden. Das Ziel einer Zukunftsquote ist es, zukunftsträchtige Ausgaben im Bundeshaushalt zu…
The aim of the study is to identify the opportunities and challenges of digitalisation for the State Baden-Württemberg, focusing in particular on developments since the first meta-study was published by ZEW in…
Numerous new regulatory frameworks and policy initiatives demand checks of machine learning algorithms. We argue that algorithm checking procedures have to be understood as information production processes…
The project provides short reports and dialogue formats on labor market and social policy issues to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The purpose is to inform the current debate and the political…
In the course of the digital transformation, business models, production processes and activities will be changed permanently. The economic literature and public discussion on the "future of work" is largely…