On January 1, 2015, Germany introduced a statutory minimum wage of € 8.50 per hour. As the generally positive employment trend in Germany changed little in 2015, proponents of the minimum wage draw a positive…
Equality of opportunity (EOp, or IOp for inequality of opportunity) is said to hold if individual positions in an outcome distribution are independent of individual circumstances (e.g. parents’…
Fighting child poverty in Germany requires both a sufficiently supportive infrastructure for families and effective financial support.In this project, we analyze possible reforms of the child supplement as …
Analysis of the demand for ultra-fast broadband. This stuty should consider demand perspectives from the point of view of technology and from the point of view of economics (willingness to pay and access…
Eurostars is a multilateral support program for SMEs which is conducted by 34 EUREKA member states together with the European Commission. Eurostars ran from 2008 to 2013 and is continued under the name „Eurostars…
In May 2013, the aid program „INVEST – Zuschuss für Wagniskapital“ was implemented by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi) with the aim to mobilize more private venture capital of private investors…
Within this project, we provide scientific support for the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature…
Corporate tax systems in Europe usually discriminate between debt and equity by treating interest payments as a deductible expense and equity returns as a reward for company's owners. This is called the…
In recent years, there has been a revival of concerns that automation and digitization might result in a jobless future. The debate has been fueled by studies for the US and Europe arguing that a substantial share…
The proposed research project aims at investigating market integration in European electricity markets with a focus on Switzerland. We identify current market integration empirically based on econometric models.…
The brief report updates the ZEW Microsimulation Model used in the overall evaluation of marriage- and family-related benefits and measures with regard to data and legal status. Furthermore distributional effects…
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…