Dieter Althaus - the Minister President of Thuringia - proposed a so-called unconditional basic income scheme. A study of Opielka/Strengmann-Kuhn (2006) on this proposal is analysed in this project.
The project mainly tackles two questions. On the one hand, the incidence of seniority wages in Germany is calculated. We look if wages increase stronger in Germany with seniority than in other countries. On the…
The main task of this project is to provide a comprehensive overview of the derivatives markets in CEECs with a particular focus on Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The study of the derivatives markets in…
The Research Network on Innovation and Competition Policy (RNIC) brings together eight research institutes and universities to establish an international and interdisciplinary research network on European …
The project's aim is to analyse empirically the inflow of employees into unemployment assistance scheme (Arbeitslosengeld 2) and the factors affecting it using the process data of the Federal Labor Office…
The integrated Project PLUREL will develop new strategies and innovative planning and forecasting tools that are essential for developing sustainable rural-urban land use relationships. These strategies and tools,…
The project work is related to the activities of the Federal Environmental Ministry (BMU) especially in the context of the German G8 presidency in the subject area of increasing energy efficiency in important…
This project analyzed the effect of kindergarten attendance on school attainment in Germany. School attainment was measured as secondary school track choice and school grades at age 16. Using longitudinal data…
Representing one research project within the European Competitiveness Report 2007, this research project assessed the competitiveness effects of trading emissions and fostering technologies to meet the EU emission…
The aim of the project is to measure and analyse the innovation behaviour of companies in the metropolitan region of Bremen-Oldenburg in the reference period from 2004 to 2006 with a future outlook on 2008. It is…
In this project we analyze the situation and the reform potential of non-profit-organizations with regard to the modernization of the welfare state from an economic perspective and compare it internationally.…