The aim of the project was the organisation and conduct of the inaugural meeting of the scientific area programme "The Economics of Science", issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn,…
The project evaluates the impact of family policy and other determinants on the fertility rate. Based on an extensive review of the relevant literature in several disciplines, a behavioural microsimulation model…
Since many years the analysis of labour market policies in Germany is of high interest for researchers and politicians alike. Results are, however, in several cases contradictory or ignore important aspects. This…
The means test in the German system of social and unemployment assistance (“Arbeitslosengeld II”) was recently reformed; currently, several propositions for further changes in the means test are being discussed.…
The project investigated the relationship between education and social progress in Germany in cooperation with the Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim and the OECD, Paris. Data from the Mannheim Study of…
The political debate on the introduction of a national minimum wages is typically concerned about its employment effect on those who are directly affected by a binding minimum wage. Other non-intended effects of…
Demographic ageing in Europe has raised concerns that an ageing population weakens the competitiveness of knowledge-based economies by diminishing the economy’s capacity to generate technological advances. Our…
The project aims at developing a coherent research and consulting strategy for the research area Personnel Economics within the department Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy. The existing …
Performing causal analyses in the field of Economics of Education has been constrained by the lack of large panel datasets. With some exceptions, mostly in the UK and the US, most available datasets are…