In line with the persistence of the gender wage gap and the high political relevance of the topic, the empirical literature on this subject is substantial. Particular emphasis has been placed on the role of…
One goal of German politics is to increase public expenditures for education and research up to a share of 10% of German GDP. From the perspective of rational fiscal policy, public expenditures for…
The goal of the project is to analyse firm-specific employment adjustments on macro and micro shocks. This will be done with a new German linked employer-employee data set. The data is composed of the IFO…
It is the aim of this project to evaluate the impact of the subsidies for vocational training on the market for vocational training. It is the aim of the study to investigate if the subsidy facilitates the…
This ZEW report on behalf of the BMBF summarizes recent research and research units on the economics of science (research and teaching at university) in Germany, and in an international comparative perspective…
Vast efforts have recently been devoted to represent the family in a realistic fashion and develop strategies for the identification of both the individual preferences and the bargaining position of each member…
The project aims at a specific proposal for an instrument to measure current and prospective skill needs on the German labor market, differentiated according to qualification leve, sectors, and preferably…
In this project, we study the evolution of earnings mobility in Germany. Particular attention will be given to the dynamics of earnings in the low-wage sector, by providing a descriptive analysis how the…
The aim of this research project is to estimate the effect of pre-school institutional child care on child outcomes at school entry. In particular, we are interested in evaluating how the duration of child…