Arvid Hoffmann, PhD, was a visiting researcher at ZEW's Research Department "International Finance and Financial Management" from November 8 to 21, 2014. He is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Maastricht…
Bruno Rodrigues was a visiting researcher at ZEW’s Research Group “International Distribution and Redistribution” from November 13 to 14, 2014. He is a PhD candidate at the Bureau d’Economie Théorique et…
In the EU there are currently more than 7.5 million young people who are neither in employment nor in any form of vocational training. The EU’s latest response to this issue is the so-called “Youth Guarantee”.…
The German cultural and creative industries continue to expand. In 2013, total sales of the sector climbed to EUR 145 billion. The number of regular employees paying into the social insurance system increased…
Increasing energy efficiency is an important step on our way to a more climate- and resource-friendly building stock. In reality though, energy savings generated through energy efficiency measures tend to be…
Germany is still in a good shape when it comes to innovation strength. In an international comparison of 35 industrial nations, Germany ranked sixth. The leading countries, Switzerland and Singapore, remain…
