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…
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…
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 sample for the IAB/ZEW Start-up Panel will be extended so that the start-ups in NRW are representated. The NRW.BANK is interested in having a micro database at its disposal that enables analyzing the…
Climate change mitigation and air pollution control are timely and important challenges that are strongly intertwined. Climate change mitigation efforts often bring along co-benefits such as local air quality…
Against the background of the strong immigration to Germany in recent years, the role of the welfare state and its legitimacy are discussed controversially. On the one hand, social policy supports the integration…
Country-by-country reporting aims at improving tax transparency by requiring multinational firms to disclose certain tax-related data on a per-country basis. The reports are supposed to help tax authorities in…
The Kopernikus project SynErgie addresses the challenge of harmonizing the generation with the consumption of electricity in a future with a high proportion of wind and solar power. The focus is on the design…
The project evaluated the programme "ERP Digitalisation and Innovation Loan" which is run by the state-owned banking group KfW. The Evaluation focused on programme activities during the years 2017 and 2019. The…
With their decisions on production, regulation and consumption, business, politics and society have a strong influence on how climate change will develop in the future. At the same time, we lack knowledge in…