Since many years the analysis of the determinants for the length of individual unemployment durations is subject to scientific and political discussion in Germany. However, the results of the existing scientific…
ZEW-Foundation Panels are a main data base for a lot of research topics within the department. Micro data are aggregated to indicators about firm foundation activities. Some standardizied proofs and analyses are…
Technological progress is a central determinant of international competitiveness and sustained, ecologically sound development. However, economic modelling of technological innovation and its impact in…
The EU Commission is planning the introduction of a system for the trading of emissions in implementing the commitments set by the Kyoto Protocol. The draft directive allows the individual states a considerable…
In the last decade, European Science and Technology Policy was much concerned with the so-called "European Paradox". While the EU countries performed rather well in terms of scientific output, there was a…
The objective of this project was to provide IPTS with a powerful and transparent model system that accommodates rigorous and comprehensive quantitative assessment of the economic impacts induced by energy,…
The aim of our study is to contribute to explaining the difference in male and female labour market performance in different countries of the European Union. The main contribution of this research is the use of a…
This project has dealt with the question why the European market for asset management and investment funds is still characterised by a large relevance of national borders. The empirical work was based on two…
The aim of the project is to undertake an in-depth analysis of the interplay between educational expansion and wage inequality in Europe over the past few decades. The novelty of the research is that it analyses…
The general objective of this project was to improve the modelling of the dynamics of innovation and investment in an applied general equilibrium model and to evaluate its impact on the design of energy and…