During the last two decades many countries have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of shifting labor market policies from passive benefit receipt towards increased job search and work requirements. As…

European mobile communication markets are two-stage markets which are composed of the infrastructure (the network and its components) and the service markets (telephony, mobile internet, SMS). In contrast to…

Within the KfW/ZEW CO2 Indicator carbon market experts has been asked in early June about their assessment of the state and trends in the carbon market. Questions like price expectations for European Emission…

In this paper we investigate the prevalence of "disconnectedness" among German youth. Youth disconnectedness can have several dimensions. Unemployment, failure in school, the lack of an intimate relationship and…

In this study, we use an experimental dataset collected in the framework of the longitudinal German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study to investigate possible determinants of delayed gratification in children…

This report on behalf of the EU Commission presents estimates of the effective tax rates on investment in the EU member states over the period 1998 to 2009. Furthermore, the EU candidate countries Croatia,…

• Switzerland: Economic Expectations Continue to Brighten up
• Eurozone: Improving Economic Situation
• USA: Slightly Better Expectations
• Great Britain: Brightening Expectations
• Japan: Economic Outlook Improving Only…