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  1. Research // 11.09.2014

    Investments in Education Are Money well Spent for the German State

    German State revenues generated by taxes and duties of employees with a vocational training or a university degree are considerably higher than the public expenditures invested in their education. On average,…
  2. Research // 26.08.2014

    Youth Unemployment in Southern Europe: Experts Warn About Ill-Designed Policies

    Without substantial reforms of the education systems and labour markets in Southern Europe, youths will continue to be much more affected by unemployment than the older generation of workers, even after the…
  3. Research // 25.08.2014

    German Family Policy Has a Positive Effect on Birth Rates

    Without the existing government-funded support for families, the number of births in Germany would be notably smaller. This is the result of a recently published study conducted by the Centre for European…
  4. Research // 18.07.2014

    VIPS – Proposal for a Viable Insolvency Procedure for Sovereign States in the Eurozone

    The government debt crisis unleashed a wave of reforms in 2010 – some of which were implemented in an overly hasty manner – to stabilise the euro and the heavily indebted European countries. Even though the…
  5. Research // 10.07.2014

    ZEW Among the Top Five Climate Policy Think Tanks in the World

    The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim ranks fourth among the approximately 200 institutes evaluated for the recently published "2013 Climate Think Tank Ranking" by the renowned…
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