MONROE aims at developing a modelling toolkit that would allow a broad range of stakeholders such as European and national governments, academia, regional and local bodies to quantitatively evaluate the impacts of…
The rise of the internet and the easy access to information is often seen as a chance for citizen involvement and information. In this perspective, democracies should benefit as well from more mature voters…
Digital technologies are widely recognized as the key factor of aggregate and sectoral increases of productivity in recent times. While the potential of digitisation to substitute for jobs has been widely studied,…
In 2014, The European Commission defined in different Communications its vision for climate and energy policies in the medium and long term, setting ambitious targets for 2030. In its Communication on a policy…
The project analyses the state of regional innovation systems in Baden-Wuerttemberg distinguishing twelve planning regions. One focus is on the role of intermediaries for promoting regional innovation processes,…
The German Inheritance Tax Reform in 2016 came along with a lot of modifications compared to the previous regulations. Some of the new regulations as a lower valuation factor for the determination of the …
The dynamics of the European energy system is increasingly being shaped by regulatory interventions, the expansion of renewable energies and the interaction between all players of society. The broad range of…
The research project analyzed the long-run adjustments of firms and workers in response to the introduction of a minimum wage. The project was motivated by recent technological advances which allow firms to…
The “Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau” (KfW) has been establishing a firm panel on the basis of paper-and-pencil interviews which is representative of medium-sized and large companies since 2002. Companies of all…
Die Bundestagsfraktion der Grünen hat im Dezember 2015 das ZEW beauftragt, mithilfe von Simulationsrechnungen Reformoptionen für eine verbesserte materielle Absicherung von Kindern zu untersuchen. Der …
The project provides short reports and dialogue formats on labor market and social policy issues to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The purpose is to inform the current debate and the political…
With the Energy Transition, Germany has set itself the goal of transforming the current energy system into a largely CO2-free system based on renewable energy sources. Developing an economically feasible, …