This project illustrates recruitment and personnel strategies in the care sector against the background of recent skills shortages. One focus lies on the chances and problems of recruitment and integration of…
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…
The on-going demographic change increases the importance for firms to retain the most able and motivated employees. Firms will aim to influence employees’ propensity to stay with his or her current employer, by…
This project investigates the economic effects of two reforms of the insolvency law in Germany (1999 and 2012). The reforms aim to improve chances for restructuring and continuation of insolvent, though long-term…
VDI Technology Centre Düsseldorf and ZEW compose the Saxon Technology Report 2015. VDI Technology Centre is leader of the project. Tasks of ZEW are to investigate and to assess indicators on
This project conducts a number of analyses on likely impacts of survey design and respondent characteristics on the results of the Mannheim Innovation Panel (MIP), the ZEW’s annual innovation survey. The project…
The German Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG) of the year 2010 has been one of the most important reform acts in Germany in the last years and has constituted a change in paradigm with regard to the …
The central purpose of the proposed Priority Programme is to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges facing labour markets in Germany in particular and throughout Europe in a global context. The programme…
The increasing importance of knowledge in the economy leads to a higher demand for high qualified employees in German enterprises. The shift of the qualification structure in the labor force is ongoing. In the…
Cloud computing, the use of information technology (IT) services via a network e.g. software, calculating capacity, storage, etc., is not only seen as a megatrend in the area of information and communication…
The goal of the European Single Market has led to standardization in several areas within the European Union during the last years. However, this is not true for the tax systems that remain part of the…
The idea of enhanced fiscal integration in Europe is a key concept in overcoming the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and stabilising the European Currency Union. Various ideas regarding the design of a fiscal…