Public spending on healthcare makes up a substantial part of government expenditure in developed countries. Even though the gradient between income and measures of health is well known most studies on inequality…
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is not only a humanitarian crisis, but also a drastic economic crisis. While the course can hardly be predicted, it is already foreseeable today that the economic and…
The German government's energy concept envisages the expansion of renewable energy sources to more than 80 % of gross electric power consumption by 2050. This expansion will lead to an increase in the fluctuation…
The project aims to shed light on the impact of market entry on the economy’s growth and innovation capacity as well as aggregate productivity development.
The impact of market entry on aggregate productivity is…
The project comprises 4 modules: Module 1 contains the preparation of data of the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP) and its provision for a Survey of German companies conducted by Kantar. In module 2 we analyse the…
In 2017, healthcare expenditure in Germany amounted to €380 billion, or €4,544 per inhabitant, increasing by 4.7% compared to 2016 (Statistisches Bundesamt, 2019). Part of this expenditure comes from the…
Upon German reunification, the East German states adopted the West German health insurance system, although some special regulations applied. In particular, the official fee schedule for private health insurance…
The aim of this study was to update a report on key innovation indicators for the chemical industry for the year 2020. In a concise way, the study offers an overview on the state and recent developments in…
During the debate on base erosion and profit shifting of multinational firms, the claim for the disclosure of certain tax-related information on a per-country basis, the so called country-by-country reporting…
The aim of this research was to collect data on innovation activities of the business enterprise sector in the State of Brandenburg in the years 2017 to 2019 as well as the planned innovation activities in 2020…
Global environmental problems, like climate change or the depletion of the ozone layer, are due to stock pollutants (e.g. CO2). As solving them requires multilateral action, international environmental agreements…
CEP services (courier, express and parcel services) currently show a strong growth trend both in Germany and in other European countries such as Poland. As the demand for CEP services increases, so does the…