Energy experts assume that natural gas will become considerably more expensive over the next six months, whereas coal and crude oil prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in this period of time. The…
Dagmar Wöhrl, MP, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology, was appointed member of the supervisory board at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in…
Integration subsidies granted by the Federal Employment Agency help the older unemployed to find a job. Statistical proof of this effect, however, is available for eastern Germany only. There, particularly…
About 45 per cent of service providers of the information society react to cyclical and seasonal fluctuations in demand by working extra hours and/or hiring short-time workers. In the IT sector, these…
IT-related service providers concluded the year 2005 with a favourable business outlook. For the first time, positive effects on the job market can be seen as well.
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany increases significantly by +9.4 points in January. Compared with +61.6 points in December, the indicator's current level of +71 points is far above its…
In 2005, the German share index DAX grew by 1,000 points, which corresponds to a relative increase of 23 per cent. By contrast, the 2006 gains of the DAX will turn out rather moderate. These are the findings of…
The sixth issue of the ZEW Stock Option Watch focusses on the payment of investment fund managers. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim publishes the Stock Option Watch as a supplement to…
Start-ups out of unemployment create far fewer jobs than other business start-ups. These are the findings of a joint study by KfW Bankengruppe and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim,…