The following synthesis report presents an overview of the important challenges faced by national authorities in EU Member States and Norway in their efforts to establish and verify the identity of third-country nationals within the context of various migration procedures and of national...

Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function, augmented to account for technology use and...

Im Aufsatz wird das Informationssystem WIDAB (Wirtschaftsinformation- und Datenbank), das vom Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin und dem ifo Institut, München, entwickelt wurde vorgestellt. Es soll vor allem kleine und mittlere Unternehmen durch eine benutzerfreundliche...