Unemployment in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg has reached the lowest level in years. Firms find it increasingly difficult to hire skilled workers. Skill shortages are expected to increase further due to…
While experts and politicians pay considerable attention to efficiency considerations when they design reform strategies for the tax system and the welfare state, the public debate is dominated often by…
In Germany, families currently benefit from more than 150 different public transfers. The established complex scheme of family related transfers comprises direct money transfers, favourable tax treatment,…
The aim of this project in cooperation with the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) is to estimate returns to education on the labour market in Germany. We consider developments over…
Representing a chapter within the European Competitiveness Report 2008, this research project assesses the economic impacts of the 2008 renewables and climate change policies until 2020 and beyond, particularly…
Representing one research project within the European Competitiveness Report 2008, this research project has assessed the competitiveness effects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Within the project, it…
Within the scope of this project, the ZEW conducted a survey with roughly 200 IT-experts and persons in charge from the information systems of companies of the manufacturing industry and selected service…
In the debate on the consolidation of the (local) German budgets (states and municipalities) considerations aiming either at the consolidation of the revenue side (taxes) or expenditure side (transfer payments)…
Just as large-scale enterprises are facing the upcoming challenges and chances of globalization, so are medium-sized enterprises. The internationalization of research and development (R&D) and innovation activity…
Buy-and-build strategies (leveraged build-up, strategic roll-up) are part of the active portfolio management of private equity companies. Thereby the financial investors frequently focus on a certain fragmented…
The project was thematically and in the editing closely linked to the research network “Non-Cognitive Skills: Acquisition and Economic Consequences”. The focus of the project was the evaluation of measures,…
Today the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) has reached almost any sector. It has led companies to adapt their business organization and to restructure business processes. The fact that…