Der Europäische Sozialfonds (ESF) soll die Tätigkeiten der EU-Mitgliedstaaten zur Entwicklung des Arbeitsmarktes und der Humanressourcen unterstützen und ergänzen. Im Rahmen des ESF-Förderprogramms ist eine Halbzeitbewertung vorgesehen, um die ersten Ergebnisse der arbeitsmarktpolitischen...

Der Bericht der Regierungskommission für die Nachhaltigkeit in der Finanzierung der Sozialen Sicherungssysteme ("Rürup-Kommission") stellt zwei Modelle zur Finanzierung der Krankenversicherung gegenüber: die sog. Bürgerversicherung und das Modell der pauschalen Gesundheitsprämien mit...

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...

This article contributes to the debate on the systemic effects of technology policy by investigating knowledge spillovers of pre-competitive publicly funded Industrial Collective Research (ICR) in Germany. The ICR aims to compensate for obstacles faced by SME in carrying out research and...

This paper evaluates the R&D enhancing effects of two large public grant schemes for the German biotechnology industry (BioRegio, BioProfile). Both grant schemes are organized in the form of contents for cooperation with the goal to foster the performance of innovative firms by their...