Seit 2020 berechnet das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) die Zahl der in Deutschland fehlenden Fachkräfte auf Basis einer eigens dafür entwickelten Methodik (Burstedde et al., 2020). Sie ermöglicht eine Bestimmung des Fachkräftebedarfs in den 1.300 Berufsgattungen. Eine Bestimmung der...

Seit 2020 berechnet das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) die Zahl der in Deutschland fehlenden Fachkräfte auf Basis einer eigens dafür entwickelten Methodik (Burstedde et al., 2020). Sie ermöglicht eine Bestimmung des Fachkräftebedarfs in den 1.300 Berufsgattungen. Eine Bestimmung der...

The report presents the Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database compiled by a team of World Bank experts. The database offers novel information on laws and regulations on digital trade for 121 economies around the world, out of which 95 are developing countries. The database reflects...

Bestehende Quellen länderübergreifender makroökonomischer Daten beinhalten oft nur kurze Zeitreihen, systematische Fehler und weisen eine inkonsistente Datenverfügbarkeit auf. Die Global Macro Database - ein neuer, kontinuierlich aktualisierter Open-Source-Datensatz - will diese Mängel...

Supplier quality evaluation in industrial sectors is well-recognized due to its direct impact on quality assurance and improvement. This task is challenging due to the need to process extensive qualitative and quantitative data, multi-dimensional attributes, and numerous suppliers. Traditional...

This document describes the EU Database of registered EHR systems and wellness applications from a user perspective. It helps users to familiarise themselves with the EU Database and can also serve as a reference manual. It aims to explain the main concepts and functionalities of the EU...

The Global Findex 2025 reveals how mobile technology is equipping more adults around the world to own and use financial accounts to save formally, access credit, make and receive digital payments, and pursue opportunities. Including the inaugural Global Findex Digital Connectivity Tracker, this...

This note presents the methodology behind the IMF's World Revenue Longitudinal Database, a comprehensive data set that tracks government revenue trends since the early 1990s. With data for 193 countries, including 190 IMF member countries, the World Revenue Longitudinal Database provides...

This paper introduces the new module of the European Commission's Territorial Economic Data viewer (TEDv) namely, the Industrial Module. The aim is to present the data sources and the methodological approach employed to generate the various dashboards included in this new module. Its usefulness...

Regional databases (RDBs) are recognized under the 2017 Data Collection Framework (DCF) Regulation as essential tools for coordinating regional fisheries data management. RDBs consolidate fisheries data at a low aggregation level, centralizing storage and reducing the administrative burden on...

Economic and social scientists are increasingly interested in historical data, but many relevant sources are still available in analog form, limiting accessibility and research potential. This article introduces the WBdigital database, which aims to improve this situation. The database provides...

Long-term care is a comparatively young but increasingly important social policy field. However, international comparative data on the topic are (still) scarce. Addressing this gap, this paper introduces a comprehensive framework for gauging LTC system generosity and presents our corresponding...

This final report compiles the results of the work done in the first part of the public procurement "Development of Life Cycle Information" launched in 2022 by the European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation. In this report, a framework for a publicly available...

FamData is a database covering family businesses and non-family businesses across various size classes and branches containing structural and financial information. The ifo institute assembled a business panel with executives from almost 4000 companies. In addition to the "hard" business data...

Background: Accurate, real-time data about response technologies, capabilities, and availabilities are key to effective emergency response logistics; this is particularly important in remote settings, such as in the Arctic, where limited infrastructure, logistics, and technologies occasion the...

The World Bank Investment Climate Unit, in collaboration with the Global Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Unit, developed a Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Incentives Database to address data gaps and meet emerging needs for more information on the prevalence and role of incentives. The Database...

Background: Ongoing challenges such as geopolitical conflicts, trade disruptions, economic sanctions, and political instability have underscored the urgent need for large manufacturing enterprises to improve resilience and reduce dependence on global supply chains. Integrating regional and local...

The book begins with cellular automata and their role in improving the strategic alignment of business and IT. It also presents research and practical insights for database designers and developers looking to utilise AI, insights into the societal dynamics shaping the adoption of microchip...

As digital content continues to evolve, enhancing Information Retrieval (IR) systems is crucial to improve their performance, relevance, and ability to handle increasingly large datasets. This systematic review examines current advancements in IR optimization strategies, with a focus on the...

Despite the growing interest in income inequality, cross-country evidence often shows variation between measures and databases, which complicates research and policy evaluation. The objective of the article is to compere the consistency of data on income inequality in postsocialist countries...

Quantitative indicators at the local level play an increasingly important role in the formulation and evaluation of regional policies. Regional statistical indicators are available from several sources, but comparability of their time-series is often affected by breaks caused by boundary changes...

The utilization of the social network analysis (SNA) approach dates back to 1928, and since then, it has shown a notable increase and has contributed to a body of research significantly. However, recent years have seen limited bibliometric analyses focusing on the SNA approach. This study seeks...

DeFi blockchain technology, known as decentralized finance today, separates from the traditional financial ecosystem and ushers the new financial landscape onto digital platforms. In decentralized financial applications, all digital assets are safeguarded by blockchain technology. Thanks to this...

Over the last decade, human resource (HR) analytics has been widely discussed in the landscape of human resource management due to its dynamic capacity to transform into a data-driven decision-making system for optimizing workforce management. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive...

This report presents a collection of EUROPLEXUS [1] numerical models developed at JRC for the simulation of experiments conducted in the SIMLab Shock Tube Facility (SSTF) or in other similar test facilities of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. The...

CICED is a unique, tailor-made judicial database set up by Eurojust to preserve, store and analyse evidence of core international crimes. CICED's centralised approach supports national and international investigations by shedding light not only on individual offences but also on the systemic...

CICED is a unique, tailor-made judicial database set up by Eurojust to preserve, store and analyse evidence of core international crimes. CICED's centralised approach supports national and international investigations by shedding light not only on individual offences but also on the systemic...

The Joint Research Centre's Integrated Database of the European Energy System (JRC-IDEES) incorporates in a single database a rich set of information allowing for highly granular analyses of the dynamics of the European energy system, so as to better understand the past and create a robust basis...

Fish stomach content is a compelling data source, as stomachs can provide information about diet of predators, distribution of prey fish, predator-prey preference or changes in diet over time. For instance, stomach samples have historically been used to inform the natural mortality of stock...

We analyse the development of labour productivity in five service industries in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Vis-à-vis a group of peer countries, labour productivity in service industries is relatively low in Finland. We further find that the respective gap in capital intensity...