Currently, the automotive parts and services industry in the state of Baden-Württemberg is much adapted to providing for conventional motor (i.e. diesel and gasoline fuel) technology. For components necessitated…
Ten Eastern European countries are currently conducting negotiations with the EU with the aim of becoming a member of the European Union as soon as possible. When joining the EU, these Eastern European countries…
According to the European Parliament, unemployment, social disintegration, the lack of an integrative policy, and the worsening of urban services and living conditions cause frustration and despair, especially…
The primary objective of the IMPRESS project is to establish a Europe-wide methodological framework for analysing the impact of clean production on employment. In addition, the project will produce empirical…
The issues addressed here were advanced as part of a project group on integrated sustainable development policy commissioned by the Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gesellschaft. This meant a unification of environmental,…
Typically, students are assumed to decide on their optimal investment in education by weighing the costs arising from the acquisition of education with the expected benefit in terms of wages, in other words, by…
Working hours flexibility is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. However, there is almost no empirical evidence for the potential employment effects of increasing flexibility of…
The aim of this study was to undertake a European comparative analysis of the determinants and the effects of educational investments on the individual level. The focus of the study was laid on secondary…
This project which started in October 1998 is part of the DFG main topic “Interdisciplinary Research into Firm Foundation”. The main objective of the project is the evaluation of the post entry performance of…
In 1998 Prognos (Basle), formerly ProgTrans AG, and ZEW (Mannheim) developed a kind of economic indicator for the transport industry. The panel comprised of approx. 300 selected experts from the transport industry…