Due to several societal and economic trends, the importance of financial education is increasing as financial decisions become more complex and riskier. At the same time, financial education in Germany is still in…
In Germany, women currently obtain 40 percent less pension income than men. In collaboration with media companies, corporate partners and financial institutions, the project aims to create a communication toolbox…
This project assesses the impact of social insurance on informal Long-Term-Care (LTC) provision by family members in Germany. Family members are the most important providers of informal outpatient LTC. While…
The aim of this research is to collect data on innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the State of Berlin in the years 2020 to 2022 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2023 and…
The study aims at developing a master plan for the "Mittelstand" (i.e., the group of small, medium-sized or family-owned businesses) in Baden-Wuerttemberg that can guide economic policy in supporting this group of…
In this project, I focus on the potential impairment of the bank lending channel of monetary policy easing for weakly capitalized banks. I show this in two steps. First, I show through a theoretical model how…
The purpose of the project is (a) to develop a measurement roadmap for green innovation, and (b) to draft a short report on green innovation indicators. The measurement roadmap will focus on the business…
The project aims at preparing the European innovation survey for the reference year 2024 (Community Innovation Survey – CIS 2024) and the production of a methodological manual for conducting the CIS.
The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and…
Fiscal policy in Germany and the EU has responded to the succession of crises over the past few years with a whole arsenal of new fiscal instruments. At the European level, the debt-financed Next Generation EU…
Communication between doctors and patients is the key factor for good healthcare, especially in the primary care sector. In order to understand a comprehensive medical history, to accurately make diagnoses and…
Social media have lately become one of the primary information channels for many individuals, which was exacerbated during the recent pandemic. As such, social media is a major example of the ambivalence of…