The German Federal Government appointed Prof. Dr. Lars Feld to the German Council of Economic Experts. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wiegard from the University of Regensburg, who is leaving the council. Prof.…
Prof. Dr. Michael Schröder, head of ZEW's International Finance and Financial Management research department, has accepted a professorship in asset management at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.…
The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) is pleased to announce the kick-off conference of the research programme "Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies"…
December 2010 saw the course on “Strengthening Macroeconomic Policies” at ZEW in Mannheim come to an end. Over the course of ten weeks, participants from government institutions in China and Vietnam had…
In 2010 ZEW took part for the very first time in a campaign to share knowledge in economics with students at a school in a socially disadvantaged area of Chicago. Eighth-grade students were introduced to key…
In October, the number of people unemployed in Germany dipped below the 3-million mark for the first time in a long while. In the face of a healthy labour market, firms are increasingly calling for more skilled…