The project provides short reports and dialogue formats on labor market and social policy issues to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The purpose is to inform the current debate and the political…
The traffic sector represents a major source of pollutant emissions and of greenhouse gases in particular. As carbon emissions from transportation services are not covered by the European Emissions Trading Scheme…
Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from space heating are considered as key to achieving climate policy goals. National measures to increase energy efficiency and support diffusion of renewable energy…
Retail investors often shy away from risky investments due to a lack of financial knowledge or a lack of access to unbiased advice. Computer-based decision support systems have the potential to be useful…
Recent years have seen to an increasing socio-political discussion on the dangers of old-age poverty. This expected trend is most importantly driven by pension reforms implemented in previous years and…
With the Energy Transition, Germany has set itself the goal of transforming the current energy system into a largely CO2-free system based on renewable energy sources. Developing an economically feasible, …
Online platforms facilitate market entry for firms by providing an online presence and by giving access to clients and market information. Especially for smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SME) they provide…
The sustained low interest rate environment provides consumers and banks in Germany with challenges and, at the same time, opportunities. Opportunities of the low interest rates could, for example, be that private…
This project examined the midterm effects of additional career assistance and alternative transition paths after German lower track secondary school.We used a control group approach for the impact evaluation of…
In the Science4KMU research project, cooperation partners investigate the obstacles to technology transfer. The goal is to develop a model for the cooperation between research organisations and R&D-intensive small…
ZEW researchers provided research support to the independent advisory board of the German stability council. They assist the council organizationally and contentwise with the preparation of its biannual…
The project will deal with institutional reforms for a more resistant euro area. In particular, the potential and the detailed construction of independent economic policy advisory boards for euro countries will be…