As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), we analyze what role individual characteristics of entrepreneurs play in sustainable job creation. ...
Wer nicht gut verdient, hat häufig keine Gelegenheit, sein Einkommen durch Mehrarbeit zu verbessern. Politik und Wirtschaft schränken die Arbeitszeiten zu sehr ein. Kolumne Dieser Beitrag ist am 29. November 2019 der ZEIT ONLINE–Kolumne Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen erschienen. Hier finden Sie alle Beiträge von Marcel Fratzscher. Trotz Wirtschaftsbooms und steigender Löhne ...
In einer ersten Zwischenbilanz wurde das „Gute-KiTa-Gesetz“ und die bisher erfolgten Schritte seiner Umsetzung diskutiert. Inwiefern werden die unterschiedlichen Verträge mit den Ländern dazu beitragen, dass die Kita-Qualität in Deutschland steigt? Ist zu erwarten, dass allen Kindern eine bessere frühe Bildung und Betreuung zur Verfügung steht? In die Diskussion ...
Over recent decades, European societies have witnessed increasing social inequalities. Faced with more flexible labor markets, open trade, and technological as well as ongoing demographic changes, European welfare models have been unable to effectively address this issue. Recent developments such as the yellow vest movement in France and the rise of populist parties across Europe have renewed...
Leibniz ScienceCampusBerlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) Forum The Forum will bring together all BCCP fellows in law and economics who are engaged in the activities of the science campus. We will have the opportunity to learn about each other’s research during short presentations by the different partner institutions followed by open discussion. The objective of the meeting is to...
Abstract: The rise of dominant firms in data driven industries is often credited to their alleged data advantage. Empirical evidence lending support to this conjecture is lacking. In this paper, we show that data as an input into machine learning tasks displays features that favor the hypothesis that data is a source of market power. We study the search result quality for search keywords on...
In January 2019, the European Commission (“Commission”) launched the evaluation of its State aid rules that were adopted as part of the State aid Modernisation. The evaluation aims to verify if the rules delivered the desired results to European citizens and businesses at a minimum cost and if they are still fit for purpose. Within this process, the Commission entrusted a consortium of...
