Im Rahmen des ExWoSt-Forschungsfelds „Quartiers-Impulse“ wurden über einen zweijährigen Untersuchungszeitraum (2006-2008) stadtteilbezogene Ansätze der Wirtschaftsförderung erprobt und umgesetzt, um ihre Eignung als neue Bestandteile der Stadtentwicklungspolitik zu prüfen. Die Akteure...

The evaluation of interventions such as active labor market policies or medical programs by means of a randomized controlled trial is often considered the gold standard. However, randomized experiments might face severe shortcomings especially if performed at the group level. One such problem is...

The evaluation of interventions such as active labor market policies or medical programs by means of a randomized controlled trial is often considered the gold standard. However, randomized experiments might face severe shortcomings especially if performed at the group level. One such problem is...

Numerous studies have focused on the role of EU regional policy in fostering growth and convergence among European regions, why conducting another one? We argue that two facts are still lacking in the actual academic debate in order to get a sound empirical identification strategy and reliable...