The social market economy in Germany has long been associated with ensuring prosperity and social inclusion. Given growing income and wealth inequality, the question of sustainability of this economic role model…
The majority of companies in Germany are family companies. They are not only represented in the SME sector, but a significant portion also among the large companies with more than 50 million Euro in annual sales.…
The goal of the project is to collect and to structure economic data for the cluster ICT, media, cultural economy for the purpose of statistical analyses. The cluster ICT, media, cultural economy includes…
In contrast to the German tax law there are no child allowances in the social insurance. In this project we analyze their introduction, limited to the statutory pension insurance, using the ZEW tax-transfer…
This research project analyses ways and implications of increasing the R&D to GDP ratio in Germany to 3.5% by 2025. Using microeconomic, sector-level and macroeconomic approaches, the research focuses on
BREATHE will analyse the interactions between urban form, economic welfare, energy use and emissions by households and firms. Increasing urban density and increasing city size tend to reduce households’ average…
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…
Sales taxation is under high pressure and faces several challenges due to the increased globalization of cross-border trade and due to the digitalization of sales channels. What seems especially …
We provide a microsimulation modelling tool to estimate household responses to changes in the tax and transfer system. While our study focuses on the effects on the supply side, we also provide an extension …
The aim of this study is to update a report on key innovation indicators for the chemical industry for the year 2016. In a concise way, the study offers an overview on the state and recent developments in research…
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…