The goal of this project is to analyse human resource developments and their determinants using administrative, internal personnel data of two firms, one active in the service and the other active in the…
Our research group, Growth and Business Cycles, aims specifically to analyse and forecast short and long term macroeconomic variables. This particular emphasis makes the standard instruments of econometric…
In this project we support the development of specific questions which will be included in the questionnaire of the "National Education Panel Study" (NEPS). The focus of these questions is on topics which are key…
The project studied the robustness of research results on productivity effects of ICT. Particular emphasis was put on the decomposition of growth into the effects of investment and productivity growth and on the…
In connection with a program to expand publicly provided daycare for small children in Germany, the government has suggested to introduce a new benefit for mothers of children younger than 3 years who decide to…
Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are the main pillar of the innovation activity in Germany. Around 95% of all innovating companies in the manufacturing industry have less than 500 employees. In the…
In 2000 the European Council agreed upon the Lisbon Agenda which has put forward as its main objective to make the EU "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable…
In making key decisions for future phases of EU ETS, Government needs to fullyunderstand the competitiveness implications of these decisions on industrialsectors. Key areas include the ability of firms to pass…
There is broad evidence indicating that the adoption of ICT has significantly contributed to the productivity growth of industrialized economies. In general, the use of ICT allows firms to reshape their internal…
Expectations play a fundamental role in economic theory. Survey based expectations carry economically important and timely information on the current and future development of economy. The main aim of…
Does it pay for a firm to be green or “responsible” in other ways? And what are the effects of environmental or social policy on the economic success of companies? These questions are central for our understanding…
In the project technology specific information from the product oriented model CEDA EU 25 was integrated into the computable general equilibrium (CGE) models as they are available at ZEW.This improved the sectoral…