1. ZEW expert brief No. 22-04 // 2022

    Representing the Future in Aging Societies: Policy Implications of the Voting Age Reform in Germany

    Aging societies face a fundamental challenge: How to represent future oriented policies in the politics of today? Voting age reforms and, more generally, policies that encourage the participation of the youth in…

  2. ZEW Newsletter // 2022

    2022-04

    1. News
    2. Calls for Papers
      • Second Workshop on Immigration, Integration and Attitudes at ZEW (22–23 September 2022)
      • Fifth Workshop on Spatial Dimensions of the Labour Market (5–6 October 2022)
      • Ninth…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-012 // 2022

    Are the Supporters of Socialism the Losers of Capitalism? Conformism in East Germany and Transition Success

    The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country’s democratization has a long-lasting impact on former supporters or opponents of the bygone regime. With newly available individual-level data of…

  4. ZEW Annual Report // 2022

    2021

    The ZEW Annual Report 2021 is all about climate change and the energy transition: The flood disaster in the summer of 2021 caused devastating damage in several river basins in Central Europe, once again putting…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Green start-ups and the role of founder personality

    Green start-ups play a vital role in the needed transition towards more environmentally sustainable economies. Yet our understanding of why some founders start green ventures and others do not remains…

  6. ZEW-Finanzmarktreport // 2022

    Mai 2022

    • Konjunkturerwartungen verharren auf niedrigem Niveau
    • Euroraum: Erneuter Rückgang der Inflationserwartungen
    • USA: Konjunkturerwartungen verweilen auf niedrigem Niveau
    • China: Nach wie vor eingetrübter…