Business founding activity in high-tech sectors: High-tech foundations in Germany are observed with respect to their numbers, their share of the total number of foundations and…
The monopoly rights represented by patents have classically been viewed as a short-run sacrifice of consumer surplus for the sake of long-run increases in economic growth through the promotion of investment in…
The European residential mortgage markets are characterised by a high degree of heterogeneity and cannot be called an integrated market. Within the project, the characteristics of the different national…
Policy makers and societies at large are facing increasingly pressing trade-offs between socio-economic and environmental developments. Increases in production induce growth in the use of non-renewable resources…
This ZEW report on behalf of the BMBF summarizes recent research and research units on the economics of science (research and teaching at university) in Germany, and in an international comparative perspective…
ICT have been regarded in the literature as general purpose technologies (GPT). These technologies are drastic innovations characterized by their pervasive use in a wide range of economic sectors, as well as by…
Although Europe has seen major growth in defined contribution (DC) plans, there has not been a uniform development across countries. The importance, form, regulation and product requirements of DC differ…
Due to substantial international interdependence, economic activity for specific countries cannot be analyzed without a close look on the development of the world economy. However, indicators that reflect …
The project aims at a specific proposal for an instrument to measure current and prospective skill needs on the German labor market, differentiated according to qualification leve, sectors, and preferably…
The project analyzes the economic importance of family enterprises in Germany. It uses the firm data by the “Verband der Vereine Creditreform” which almost completely represent the whole population of German…
Vast efforts have recently been devoted to represent the family in a realistic fashion and develop strategies for the identification of both the individual preferences and the bargaining position of each member…
In this project, we study the evolution of earnings mobility in Germany. Particular attention will be given to the dynamics of earnings in the low-wage sector, by providing a descriptive analysis how the…