Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models have become a standard tool to quantify the macroeconomic effects of political measures. Most models assume a representative agent and often abstract from the…
In a far-ranging reform to German social legislation, unemployment and social assistance have been joined into a common framework in 2005. In this project, the impacts of this reform for persons with migration…
The research unit "Neuropsychology of Childhood and Adolescence" at the Central Institute of Mental Health and the educational group at the ZEW cooperated to study different development and environmental risks…
In the research project "Economic Analysis of Pre-School Investments in Skills" we started to examine the technology of skill formation and the nature of the skill multiplier from early childhood. The …
In Germany, about 45 percentage of all employees are women. However, only one third of all skilled employees and executive managers are females and only one of ten jobs in the highest hierarchy level in the…
Main aim of the project ist the calculation of a Social Return on Investment (SROI), following the corresponding concept of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (RDF). This concept intends to quantify economic,…
In a far-ranging reform to German social legislation, unemployment and social assistance have been joined into a common framework in 2005. This has brought about major organisational changes. In most cases,…
The project considers the social integration of low-skilled young people under the conditions of a knowledge-based economy. An essential factor of social integration in Germany is the transition from school to…
The core of the project consists in the development of strategies to regulate the labour market. These concepts are not aimed at a single regulation field, but they regard the system of regulations as a whole, and…