A dynamic random effects probit model is estimated on the first six waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to test for state dependence effects in male unemployment behaviour. Estimation of the model is based on the marginal likelihood approach. In the model an individual's unemployment...

We test the assimilation hypothesis as initially proposed by Chiswick (1978) by making. use of a rich panel dataset for Germany which allows us to control for unobserved population heterogeneity and potential selectivity bias arising from an individual's re-migration decision and employment...

Die Bundesregierung hat sich immer wieder dazu bekannt, eine steuerliche Förderung von Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in Unternehmen in Deutschland einzuführen. Ende Februar 2019 hat das Bundesfinanzministerium erstmals konkrete Vorschläge veröffentlicht. Das ZEW-Leibniz-Zentrum für...

In dieser ZEW-Kurzanalyse analysieren die Autoren/-innen die Webseiten von circa 1,1 Millionen deutschen Unternehmen zwei Mal wöchentlich auf die Nennung des Wortes "Corona" und entsprechender Synonyme. Anschließend werden die identifizierten Textstellen mittels KI-Textanalysemodellen...

In this ZEW short report, the authors analyze the websites of approximately 1.1 million German companies twice a week for references of the word "Corona" and corresponding synonyms. The identified text passages are then evaluated using AI text analysis models to determine the context of the...

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the number of insolvency filings has reached a record low in 2020. However, industry sectors are affected differently. In the early phase of the COVID-19 crisis, the number of insolvencies in the service sector decreased most substantially. In the third...

In 2020, firms expected their innovation expenditures to decrease by about 2% in 2020 compared to 2019. This decline is much smaller than that in 2009 following the financial crisis, when innovation expenditures fell by 11%. However, smaller firms with 5 to 99 employees planned to cut their...

High-quality company data is crucial for state-of-the-art empirical research and competition, as well as for evidence-based policy advice, reliable forecasts and policy evaluations. In Germany, however, there are striking deficits in the availability of and access to company data compared to...

Der zeitnahe Zugang zu qualitativ hochwertigen Unternehmensdaten ist für Wirtschaftsforscher*innen von entscheidender Bedeutung für empirische Spitzenforschung und dem Wettbewerb um die besten Köpfe sowie für evidenzbasierte Politikberatung, zuverlässige Prognosen und...