Various measures aimed at encouraging direly needed skilled workers to immigrate to Germany have not been successful to date. Dr. Holger Bonin, a labour market expert at ZEW, explains…
Prof. Dr. Axel Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) gave a speech at the Mannheim Discussions on Economic…
On April 23, 2012, ZEW President Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz and Minister of Finance and Economics of the State of Baden-Württemberg Dr. Nils Schmid met in Stuttgart…
The EU's heads of state have agreed on a fiscal stability treaty for Europe. One aim of the treaty is to stem the excessive public debt levels in many eurozone countries. We spoke…
The term of "social" is provided for most people with a sense of well-being or at least with positive connotations. So many institutions use this adjective in various contexts…
Regarding the effective tax burden of companies, Germany ranks 21st among the 27 EU countries. Only six EU member states raise higher corporate taxes than Germany. Even though fiscal…