In this project, ZEW offers expertise with respect to the basic income scheme which should be modernized in Liechtenstein. The challenge is to combine the existing social insurance system with a modern…
The study aims at analysing and evaluating goals, measures, successes and obstacles regarding the internationalisation of German research and science. This covers international activities of individual…
Inventors are of key importance for the success of the research and development activities of companies. This is reflected in the high share of nearly 70% of personnel costs in total R&D expenditures. As a…
The project is concerned with so-called restarts, i.e. the firm foundations of previously failed entrepreneurs. The data base is comprised by the ZEW Start-Up Panels. On the one hand the typical characteristics of…
The availability of external capital is of central importance for German small and medium-sized enterprises. In the bank-based financial system of Germany bank loans have an important role for the financial…
This project examined aspects related to the transformation of the German college sector towards more competition. The project had two phases. In the first phase the differences in graduate school programmes were…
The project had the purpose to develop a ranking of investment locations from the point of view of family controlled companies.The resulting ranking among 14 locations shows a discomforting 11th rank for Germany…
In this project the knowledge of employer and worker heterogeneity shall be deepened and especially the effects of heterogeneity on wages, productivity, employment changes and labour demand are to be examined. The…
The IVU Traffic Technologies AG has expanded the tax data base of the Ministry of Finance. The data base hosts data on tax revenue developments and estimates of tax revenue changes due to new laws.In the project,…