Lack of qualified IT personnel is at the centre of public and scientific interest. One cause for lack of qualified personnel is that the extent of the strong dynamism in the area of information and communications…
Die Arbeitsgruppe, an der alle Forschungsbereiche des ZEW beteiligt sind, setzt sich hauptsächlich mit mikroökonomischen Fragen der Digitalen Ökonomie auseinander, welche durch die zunehmende Entwicklung und…
The development of traditional Regional Economics into what has been called New Economic Geography meant uniting all of the ZEW´s research departments into a collaborating team. Despite its clear roots in the…
The number of empirical studies on the relationship between innovation and employment is still growing. But, the results of these studies are ambigous. Two important aspects are most of all neglected in existing…
The goal of this project is to examine the determinants and employment impact of firm foundations and self-employment from theoretical and empirical viewpoints. In the theoretical part we will devise a model in…