The opening and expansion of higher education institutions are often considered by decision-makers as promising place-based policies to decrease disparities between regions. This project investigated how the…
The objective of this research project – which is financed by the Leibniz-ScienceCampus MannheimTaxation – is to study the causal effect of unemployment insurance benefit levels on the probability to become…
If companies make losses, for tax purposes they can be carried forward and set off against future profits. The majority of European countries limit the use of loss carry forwards in case of a sale of the company…
It is widely accepted that new ventures – particularly in the high-technology industry – spur growth of national economies. In these firms, founders are perceived to be eminently influential…
The project’s objective is to sustainably improve the research data infrastructure in Germany by using existing databases to generate new Scientific-Use-Files by means of linkage, on the one part. These databases…
The project (coordination: Prognos AG) evaluates a large-scale research programme of the Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) called „ICT 2020 – Research for Innovation“. Between 2007-2017, the…
Pursuing the goals of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Commission addresses the malfunctioning of the Internal Market due to corporate tax obstacles. In this context, effective tax burdens reveal possible…
In the course of the project, economic data will be collected and structured for the cluster ICT, media, cultural economy for the purpose of statistical analyses. The cluster ICT, media, cultural economy includes…
The recording of technological capabilities through a comprehensive system of indicators is a central part of the annual report on the conditions of research, technology and innovation of the German…
The policy question analysed in this project was how the incentives of public decision-makers may impede the implementation of admissions rules that are both fair and efficient, reduce social segregation and…
The project develops a manual for logic models for the Ministry of Economy, Work and Housing of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The manual should help to implement logic models for all major funding activities of…
The project aims to study the role of new information and communication technology (ICT) in the evolution of wage inequality and labour shares in Germany using micro-level data on employees and employers.…