The process of Impact Assessment (IA) aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation by providing policy makers with information on likely costs and benefits, stimulating early interdepartmental…
This project intends to measure the effects of health care policies and the need for health care of one of the spouses on the intra-household allocation of resources. Our analysis is based on a micro-economic…
The main aim of this interdisciplinary project was to present a comprehensive analysis of the determinants and effects of the use of IT consulting. The project, which was split into three modules based on three…
In Germany and other EU countries it occurs that reforms which are regarded by many experts as wealth augmenting are not necessarily accepted by voters.The project looks into these phenomena of reform resistance…
In its study from 2001 the European Commission highlighted the main tax obstacles to cross border business activities in the European Union which hamper companies from exploiting the full benefits of the…
The EU enlargement with ten new Member States considerably widens the Internal Market and opens it to participants with very different levels of economic development. In this context, this study analyses the…
In this project the technology of skill formation in early childhood has been investigated. It was the aim to integrate recent findings from childhood research (neuroscience, developmental psychology) into…
The Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB), provided by the IAB, can be supposed to become one of the most important data sources for labour market research in Germany: The IEB link process data information of…
In order to stimulate the competitiveness the EU council invoked the Lisbon-Process. In addition, the crucial importance of R&D for future competitiveness is highlighted by the Barcelona objectives which hold that…
Investigation of the number and development of firm foundations in the high-tech sector with special emphasis on the field of information and communication…
IST (Information Society Technologies) reside among the European Commisions priorities within the Framework Programme structuring European research activities. The project is aimed at an assessment of existing…