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US Debt Ceiling Ensures Greater Prudence

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Start-up Founders Struggle amid Energy Crisis

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ZEW Is Part of THE LÄND

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ECB Inflation Target Remains a Long Way Off

Conferences

Public Finance Conference: Fiscal Policy in Times of Crisis

Call for Papers // 26.05.2023

MIFE Annual Conference and Early Career Workshop on the future of financial education (20.–22.11.2023) // Aiming for effectivity, sustainability, and inclusion

Pensions and Sustainable Financial... Education
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Research // 25.05.2023

Fluctuating Pensions: Germans Generally Interested But Still Cautious // ZEW Study: Germans Willing to Accept Fluctuations in Pension Income

Pensions and Sustainable Financial... Pension finance
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Research // 24.05.2023

Perception of Productivity Influences Prevalence of Work-from-Home Offers // ZEW Study: Experiences with Work-from-Home Productivity

Digital Economy Digitisation
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Research // 23.05.2023

Subsidisation of the Electricity Price: Reliefs Jeopardise Transformation // German Electricity Price Subsidisation Weakens Incentives for Energy Conservation and Makes Innovations Less Attractive

Environmental and Climate Economics Energy transition
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Research // 22.05.2023

Making Climate Protection Fair Across the Generations // Climate Protection Through Technology Policy Increases Approval of Today’s Generations, but Unnecessarily Burdens Future Generations

Environmental and Climate Economics European science and technology policy
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Dates and News

“Rat der Arbeitswelt” Expert Council Releases World of Work Report

In Focus

Digitalisation

Digital Technologies in Economy and Society

Digitalisation is everywhere – just think of cloud systems in which our data is stored, software that controls production processes or online platforms we use to book hotels, to name but a few examples. At the same time, technological transformation brings with it many changes that offer new opportunities but also require adjustments to existing processes. How can digital technologies be used in the best possible way for the benefit of society and the economy?

Digital Economy Digitisation

ZEW-EviSTA

Evaluation Model for Integrated Tax and Transfer Policy Analyses

The ZEW-EviSTA, Evaluation Model for Integrated Tax and Transfer Policy Analyses, has been advising public clients on the distributional effects and design of taxes and transfers for many years. Our topic page presents the functioning of the model, current research results as well as facts and figures on the German tax-transfer system.

Tax Policy

Ukraine

War in Ukraine – What Follows Now for Politics and the Economy

The war in Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 24 February 2022, has global repercussions on many levels. Our researchers at ZEW are investigating the economic consequences of the crisis for Germany and Europe as well as its impact on migration.

Ukraine

COVID19

Analysis of the Impact of the Corona Crisis

Coronavirus

Europe

European Integration

Refugee and debt crisis, Brexit, climate change – Europe is facing numerous challenges. National solo efforts to solve these problems are not enough. What could an intelligent harmonisation of European tax policy look like? And how should the European budget be designed in the future to create real European added value in areas such as climate protection, migration policy or security?

Europe