This project aims on a comprehensive ex-post evaluation of selected environmental regulations. It addresses costs and benefits on the level of individual firms as well as in terms of environmental effects. To this…
Jointly with a team around Professor Dirk Sliwka, University of Cologne, and Prof. Patrick Kampkötter, University of Tübingen, and on behalf of the Institute for Labour Market Research (IAB), this project develops…
The aim of this study is to update a report on key innovation indicators for the chemical industry for the year 2018. In a concise way, the study offers an overview on the state and recent developments in research…
The project examines individual and fiscal returns to education. The project has two sections. Section one analyses the relationship between educational background and unemployment, employment, and hours of…
This project studies to what extent children benefit from (unconditional) cash transfers to families. In a first step, theoretical arguments for and against cash transfers (vs. in-kind benefits) and the existing…
The aim of this research is to determine the extent and scope of innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the city of Berlin in the years 2015 to 2017 as well as the planned innovation activities…
As recent contributions to consumer research and social psychology demonstrate, it would clearly not suffice to analyze the rebound effect exclusively from an economic perspective. Rather, psychological factors…
The aim of this study is to examine whether issues related to the regulatory framework of the digital economy differ among industrialised, emerging and developing countries. As a result, the study should provide a…
In the context of a growing international economic integration, taxation becomes a more and more central factor in the competition of regions and countries for international investment and skilled employees.…
The recording of technological capabilities through a comprehensive system of indicators is a central part of the annual report on the conditions of research, technology and innovation in Germany of the German…
Aim of the project is to create a sound database on the innovation behaviour of Saxony’s economy. Methodical the survey of the Mannheim Innovation Panel MIP will be advanced by an additive sample of Saxony…