Concerning the upcoming EU budget negotiations, what has been said on the subject in the recent past makes one suspect that once again everything will boil down to “juste retour” thinking. There is little sign…
Since 2010, only students are admitted to engineering in Germany who finish their studies with a Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree. In this project, we cooperate with VDI nachrichten (weekly newspaper of…
The current incentive system for the payment of scientists is being put to test more than ever. The 2005 salary reform for university teachers has paved the way for performance-oriented payment but has yet…
The research project empirically investigates the effect of a tax incentive regime for research and development on tax revenue for Germany. The research project considers various possibilities of an…
This research project aims at comparing effective company tax burdens of different industries in 13 European states as well as the US and Japan. Moreover, this project precisely examines differences in…
This project is part of a broader activity to prepare a compendium of evidence on the effectiveness of innovation policy intervention funded by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)…
German family policy increasingly aims at setting incentives for an increase in the fertility rate and for reconciling family life and work. While demographic change makes these objectives highly desirable, it…
This project aims to analyze the connection between employees, entry strategies and innovation performance in newly established firms. Two analyses will be conducted. The first analyzes the influence of firm…
The aim of this study is a close analysis of interdependencies between certain energy markets (e.g. the markets for crude oil, coal, gas or electricity) and the market for European emissions allowances. The…
The project analyzes the economic importance of family enterprises in Germany and updates the results of the correspondent research project of the year 2009. It uses the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP) which draws…
Governments of many OECD countries heavily support R&D and innovation activities in order to improve competitiveness and long-term growth. It is argued that public R&D funding is necessary because of market…
In this project, we study how earnings mobility in the low-wage sector has changed over the last two decades in Germany. The objective is to quantify the extent to which a potential decline in the probability…