This research project aims to address two important issues for OECD countries, namely persistently low fertility rates leading to aging societies and gender inequality in the labour market. Recent work has shown…
The aim of this research was to collect data on innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the State of Saxony in the years 2017 to 2019 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2020 and…
The project aimed at evaluating the R&D programme "Photonics Research Germany", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research between 2012 and 2019, in terms of results, effectiveness and efficiency.…
The cultural and creative industries have a long tradition in Baden-Württemberg and are an important pillar of the economy. To support it, the state government has agreed in its coalition agreement of 2016 to…
Financial Literacy plays a central role for individual financial well-being and inclusion. It can also play an important role for the stability of financial markets and the effectiveness of central bank…
This research project aims to study supply-side competition in the public procurement market by assessing firms’ choices to participate in public tenders. While competition in general has been shown to have…
In the coalition agreement of 2018, the federal government set the goal to provide a pension information covering all three pillars of retirement income. This means that the public pension entitlements as well…
The study aims at improving the evidence on start-ups by researchers from public research institutions and universities in Germany in order to enable analyses on their number, success and economic relevance. The…
The EU integration process has a significant impact on labor markets in EU Member States as cross-border employment regulations are being liberalized and mobility among workers…
The neoclassical Devereux/Griffith (1999) investment model that has been applied for over twenty years at the ZEW takes into account the most important rules of the national tax laws and the international tax…
Following pension reforms aiming to reduce the demographic burden on pay-as-you-go pension schemes, Germany and many other countries introduced substantial tax benefits to set incentives for third pillar…
Why are some countries perpetually trapped in poverty while others develop and make the leap? An influential literature in political economics suggests that an important cause…