Insufficient adaptability of the labour markets is frequently given as explanation for sustained employment problems in Germany and Europe. The lack of flexibility may be caused by regulations on employment…
The research project was concerned with the growing field of online banking and internet-usage in the credit sector. The first main objective was to elaborate the most important characteristics of internet…
The most recent survey of international companies conducted by BAK Konjunkturforschung Basel AG concludes that taxation is one of the most important considerations for companies when deciding where to locate. …
The project investigates interactions between science and industry, taking into account the influence of institutional parameters, incentives and barriers, R&D structures in firms and research establishments,…
The European Commission has received a mandate from the Council for a study on taxation in the EU. This study should illuminate, among other things and taking into account the results of the Ruding-Report (1992),…
This project is intended to stimulate research co-operation on the topic how employment growth of low qualified and badly paid can be reached without inducing a working poor effect. In this project, 5 topics are…
This project concerns the study of policy issues in the energy/environment domain with the help of the GEM-E3 model, a full scale general equilibrium model for the 15 EU-countries that represents…
Lack of qualified IT personnel is at the centre of public and scientific interest. One cause for lack of qualified personnel is that the extent of the strong dynamism in the area of information and communications…
Die Arbeitsgruppe, an der alle Forschungsbereiche des ZEW beteiligt sind, setzt sich hauptsächlich mit mikroökonomischen Fragen der Digitalen Ökonomie auseinander, welche durch die zunehmende Entwicklung und…