In the context of a growing international economic integration, taxation becomes a more and more central factor in the competition of regions and countries for international investment and skilled employees. From…
Study on alternative design of National Allocation Plans (NAPs). The economic impact of various allocation procedures for tradable emissions rights are investigated.
The project aim is the progression of the IAB/ZEW model PACE-L, which has been developed as model instrument for the macroeconomic analysis of labour market policies. The extension now supports the disaggregation…
The importance of lifelong learning was stressed in the conclusions of the Lisbon summit in 2000. Particular emphasis was placed on the need to increase the level and the efficiency of investment in lifelong…
The employment share of women increases in Germany while the fertility rate decreases. These patterns are often interpreted as indicating the difficulty of balancing work and family life. This project evaluates…
The public funding of research and development is an integral function carried out by the governments of most OECD countries. The primary objective of this policy is to increase innovation potential as well as…
The aim of the project was to analyse a new instrument for development finance. The so called "Venture Development Bonds" are sovereign bonds that are linked to major macroeconomic variables (particularly the GDP;…
This research project compares the present R&D and innovation behaviour of firms located in the German federal state Lower Saxony with national level. The analysis is based on data from the Mannheim Innovation…
This project investigates the factors determining the allocation of expenditure and revenue cempetences between different levels of government. In the theoretical part of the analysis hypotheses concerning the…