Offshoring affects European labour markets. The increase of offshoring to China and Eastern Europe has reduced wage growth for low qualified in Western Europe. While in some regions, it has led to an increase of…
In order to realize the growth, innovation and productivity potential related to (new) communications infrastructure, the European Commission´s “Digital Agenda for Europe” specifies ambitious goals in terms of…
"The 'Innovation Indicator' is an initiative that has been initiated by Deutsche Telekom Stiftung and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) in 2005 and which has been continued as a joint activity of the…
The purpose of this project is to analyse the positioning of the German digital economy in international comparison with its competitors and to analyse the development of the digitalisation of economy and society…
Pursuing the goals of the Lisbon Strategy, the European Commission addresses the malfunctioning of the Internal Market due to corporate tax obstacles. In this context, effective tax burdens reveal possible…
As a consequence of the financial crisis, the taxation of multinationals is back high on the political agenda. The European Commission came up with an Action Plan in 2012 setting out over 30 measures to combat…
The project evaluates the support programme „ERP Capital for start-up“ which supports persons setting up their own businesses with long-term subordinated loan up to the amount of 500,000 Euro. The programme…
Purpose of this project is to link the firm-level data of the ZEW ICT-survey with the employee data of the Institute for Labour Market and Employment Research and thus to generate a linked employer-employee…
The recording of technological capabilities through a comprehensive system of indicators is a central part of the annual report on the conditions of research, technology and innovation in Germany of the German…
It is explored if there is a sufficient high supply for capital at risk for firms in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The actors on the supply side for capital at risk are identified and the volume of their investments in…
The aim of this study is to update a report on key innovation indicators for the chemical industry for the year 2015. In a concise way, the study offers an overview on the state and recent developments in research…
This project investigates the impact of competition intensity on the incidence of gasoline taxes to consumers. It aims in providing contributions to the empirical relationship between competition and tax…