Projects

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.10. – 30.11.2019

    Distributional Effects of Family Policy Measures: Empirical Evidence Based on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

    The project analyzes the distributional impact of family policy measures based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). 

  2. Project // 01.10.2019 – 31.10.2022

    Economics of Climate Change – topic coordination: Climate protection: Instruments and policies after COP21

    With their decisions on production, regulation and consumption, business, politics and society have a strong influence on how climate change will develop in the future. At the same time, we lack knowledge in…

  3. Project // 01.10.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Networks of Innovative Firms (NETINU)

    The project aims at developing new indicators for measuring networks of innovative firms, using different data sources and employing different methods:

    1. Interactions among firms and between firms and other…
  4. Project // 01.09. – 30.11.2019

    R&D in the Mechanical Engineering Industry and the Planned R&D Tax Incentive

    The project aims at analysing three issues related to the definition of research and development (R&D) with respect to a planned R&D tax incentive in Germany:

    • Evaluating the practicality of the R&D definition of…
  5. Project // 01.09. – 30.11.2019

    Detailed Analysis of Potential Demand for Existing and Future Sites for Technology Parks of the L-Bank in Baden-Wuerttemberg

    The project (coordination: Prognos AG)analyses the significance of three demand components for technology parks in Baden-Wuerttemberg, considering both existing parks (Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Göppingen,…

  6. Project // 01.08.2019 – 31.07.2020

    Mannheim in the Competition for Talent - An Analysis of Factors to Increase the Local Supply of Highly Qualified Employees

    The population share of high-skilled workers has a positive effect on regional development. The higher the qualification in a region, the higher the value added, productivity and wages.  Although the proportion of…

  7. Project // 01.08.2019 – 30.04.2020

    Contributions to Innovation Monitoring of Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region

    The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (MRN) is funded within the framework of the Baden-Württemberg state programme „Förderung von regionalem Innovationsmanagement in Baden-Württemberg ". Part of this project was…

  8. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2020

    Distortive Effects of Tax Loss Restrictions on Venture Capital Funding of Start-Ups

    If companies make losses, for tax purposes they can be carried forward and set off against future profits. The majority of European countries limit the use of loss carry forwards in case of a sale of the company…

  9. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.10.2020

    MannheimTaxation – Payroll Taxes, Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurial Activity

    The objective of this research project – which is financed by the Leibniz-ScienceCampus MannheimTaxation – is to study the causal effect of unemployment insurance benefit levels on the probability to become…

  10. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.03.2021

    SEEK Project 2019: Social Mobility and Economic Performance

    Many countries in Europe and other parts of the world are characterized by increasing income inequality and low, often stagnating levels of upward mobility. This often goes hand in hand with lower economic…

  11. Project // 01.07.2019 – 31.12.2023

    The Originality of Entrepreneurs Along the Life Cycle of Firms: Understanding the Attributes of Entrepreneurial Decision Making

    It is widely accepted that new ventures – particularly in the high-technology industry – spur growth of national economies. In these firms, founders are perceived to be eminently influential…

  12. Project // 01.07.2019 – 30.06.2022

    Business and Economic Research Data Center (BERD-Center)

    The project’s objective is to sustainably improve the research data infrastructure in Germany by using existing databases to generate new Scientific-Use-Files by means of linkage, on the one part. These databases…