ZEW-FDZ Data User Workshop Provides Opportunity for Exchange of Experience

On 16 and 17 November 2016 the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) hosted a workshop for users of the ZEW Research Data Centre (FDZ) in Mannheim. About 40 national and international researchers attended the event to present and discuss their studies based on ZEW survey data.

The presentations featured econometric and policy-oriented studies on various aspects of entrepreneurship, firm dynamics and innovation activities. A number of lectures focused on the performance effects of environmental innovations in companies, i.e. product and process innovations which are designed to reduce environmental pollution considerably. At the end of the workshop the participants had the opportunity to put forward critical comments and suggestions on how ZEW could improve and extend its data.

The ZEW Research Data Centre allows researchers access to ZEW data

External scientists have the opportunity to work with ZEW data within FDZ premises at ZEW in Mannheim. The majority of the research data supplied by the ZEW-FDZ is micro-level data sourced from ZEW firm surveys. The available data provide information on a variety of topics, including innovation activities, the development of start-ups, as well as the use of information and communication technologies. Furthermore, ZEW offers data collected through ZEW expert surveys, e.g. the ZEW Financial Market Survey, as well as through individual-level surveys.