1. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    06/2024 — Öffentliche Finanzen

    Selten gab ein Bundeshaushalt so viel Anlass zu Kontroversen wie der des kommenden Jahres. Spätestens seit dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom November 2023 zum Nachtragshaushalt der Bundesregierung…

  2. #ZEWPodcast // 2024

    Atomkraft? Jein danke! Über das ökonomische Für und Wider

    Atomkraft spaltet nicht nur Atomkerne, sondern auch die Gesellschaft. Obwohl der deutsche Atomausstieg im Jahr 2000 beschlossen wurde, dauerte es fast ein Vierteljahrhundert, bis er 2023 endgültig vollzogen…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-045 // 2024

    Not as Good as It Used to Be: Do Streaming Platforms Penalize Quality?

    In this study, we analyze the incentives of a streaming platform to bias consumption when products are vertically differentiated. The platform offers mixed bundles of content to monetize consumer interest in…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-037 // 2024

    Evidence-Based Policy or Beauty Contest? An LLM-Based Meta-Analysis of EU Cohesion Policy Evaluations

    Independent and high-quality evaluations of government policies are an important input for designing evidence-based policy. Lack of incentives and institutions to write such evaluations, on the other hand, carry…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-044 // 2024

    Expertise at Work: New Technologies, New Skills, and Worker Impacts

    We study how new digital technology reshapes vocational training and skill acquisition and its impact on workers’ careers. We construct a novel database of legally binding training curricula and changes therein,…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-043 // 2024

    News Media Bargaining Codes

    We build a model of the news market where advertisers allocate their ads between a social media platform and a news website. Our objective is to evaluate policy interventions aimed at fostering news creation by…

  7. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2024

    Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance

    We estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal caregiving to study short and long-term costs of informal caregiving in Germany. Incorporating labor market frictions and the…

  8. ZEW policy brief Nr. 24-08 // 2024

    How to Make Evaluations of EU Cohesion Policy More Credible

    The EU’s Cohesion Policy (CP) intends to promote European economic, social, and territorial cohesion. The policy occupies about a third of the EU budget and it is the most evaluated of all EU policies. With the…

  9. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-042 // 2024

    Cohesion Policy and the Principle of Subsidiarity – A Legal Analysis

    This report addresses the legal aspects of how the EU’s Cohesion Policy has changed over the past decade, exploring the legal argumentation behind its transformation. Cohesion Policy used to be understood as a…

  10. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-041 // 2024

    The Importance of EU Cohesion Policy for Economic Growth and Convergence

    This chapter discusses factors that contributed to different economic dynamics across European regions and the prevailing disparities. The impact of EU Cohesion Policy in reducing disparities is studied based on…