In this project we support the development of specific questions which will be included in the questionnaire of the "National Education Panel Study" (NEPS). The focus of these questions is on topics which are key…
The aim of the entire accompanying research was the synthesis and dissemination of the scientific work within the research programme "Economics of climate change" of the Federal Ministry of Education and…
The project analyses human resource strategies of German establishments which are applied to cope with skill shortages. Furthermore, the question is answered whether these strategies are in line with the…
The emergence of Internet commerce was expected to bring the markets closer towards perfect competition. On the demand side, using search engines consumers can process information on products at online and…
The project analyzes the economic importance of family enterprises in Germany and updates the results of the correspondent research project of the years 2009 and 2011. It uses the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP)…
The project aims to establish innovation indicators for firms located in rural and urban areas in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany for the years 2014 to 2023. For this purpose, the sample of firms…
The Austrian Report on Research and Technology summarises state and development of research and technology in Austria and presents government activities to promote scientific research and innovation in Austria. As…
In the year 2006 ZEW had developed the Country Index for Family Enterprises on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen. The objective of this index was an international comparison of investment locations…
In this project we provide a contribution to the CERRE project “Regulating Smart Metering in Europe: Technical, Economic and Legal Challenges”, where cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) in different countries are being…
The quality of the public administration is an important driver of EU competitiveness and influences firms' growth prospects through a number of channels. During their lifetime, firms interact with public…
In the context of the worrying development of youth unemployment in the European Union, the project aims to describe and compare the development of the labour market perspectives for persons under 25 over the last…
The SPINTAN project aims at discovering the theoretical and empirical underpins of public intangible policies. It widens previous work carried out by Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2005, 2009) including the public…