Projects

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2020

    College Openings and Local Economic Development

    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…

  2. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.10.2020

    MannheimTaxation – Payroll Taxes, Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurial Activity

    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…

  3. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2020

    Distortive Effects of Tax Loss Restrictions on Venture Capital Funding of Start-Ups

    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…

  4. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2023

    The Originality of Entrepreneurs Along the Life Cycle of Firms: Understanding the Attributes of Entrepreneurial Decision Making

    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…

  5. Project // 01.07.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Business and Economic Research Data Center (BERD-Center)

    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…

  6. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.03.2021

    Evaluation of BMBF's Research Programme "ICT 2020 - Research for Innovation"

    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…

  7. Project // 04.06.2019 – 04.06.2020

    Effective Levels of Company Taxation within an Enlarged European Union and Related Supporting Services – Update 2019

    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…

  8. Project // 01.06. – 31.12.2019

    Analysis of Economic Data for the Cluster ICT, Media, Cultural Economy 2019

    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…

  9. Project // 01.06.2019 – 31.03.2020

    Firm Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy – Indicator Study 2020

    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…

  10. Project // 01.06.2019 – 30.11.2023

    Improving School Admissions for Diversity and Better Learning Outcomes

    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…

  11. Project // 01.06. – 31.10.2019

    Developing a Monitoring Tool for Future Support Programmes of the Ministry of Economy, Work and Housing of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg

    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…

  12. Project // 01.05.2019 – 31.03.2021

    SEEK Project 2019: Wage Inequality, Labour Shares and ICT

    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.…