The goal of this project is to provide a systematic and methodologically comprehensive analysis of the link between regional inequality and political discontent and increasing populism for the case of Germany. We…
In recent years, the share of firms that engage in digitalisation activities has been rising whereas the share of firms with product or process innovations has been gradually declining. The aim of the study was to…
The recording of technological capabilities through a comprehensive system of indicators is a central part of the annual report on the conditions of research, technology and innovation of the German…
The 2001 pension reform in Germany substantially altered the public DI system, by changing the job-related eligibility criterion from “own-occupation” insurance to “any-occupation” insurance as well as reducing…
The German government's climate protection concept 2030 includes the goal of an European, comprehensive certificate trading system for greenhouse gas emissions for all sectors. In addition, the European…
In the year 2006, ZEW had developed the Country Index for Family Enterprises on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen. The objective of this index is an international comparison of investment locations…
The goal of this project is to develop an expertise which, based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of the challenges arising from the current Corona-Crisis for German local communities, shall propose…
In the course of the digital transformation, business models, production processes and activities will be changed permanently. The economic literature and public discussion on the "future of work" is largely…
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…
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…
While the magnitude and length of the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be reliably evaluated at this early stage, it is certain that the wide-ranging countermeasures to the pandemic…