Das ifo Geschäftsklima ist ein viel beachteter Indikator für die konjunkturelle Entwicklung in Deutschland. Es ist daher auch immer wieder Gegenstand von wissenschaftlichen Analysen, in denen verschiedene Eigenschaften des Geschäftsklimas untersucht werden. Im Zentrum des Interesses steht...

Seit über zehn Jahren veröffentlicht das ifo Institut Prognosen zur Entwicklung der Erwerbstätigkeit in Ostdeutschland und Sachsen. Über die Jahre hat sich die Prognosegüte durch eine Weiterentwicklung des Prognoseinstrumentariums kontinuierlich verbessert. Am aktuellen Rand wurde die...

Many authors have studied the influence exerted by tourism on the economy. Today, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are an important factor influencing competitiveness in the tourism sector and consumers' decision-making concerning tourism purchases. Along with the expansion of...

The cost of children is a critical parameter used in determining many economic policies. For instance, correctly setting the tax deduction for families with children requires assessing the true household cost of children. Evaluating child poverty at the individual level requires making a clear...

Using administrative records data and survey data to enhance each other offers huge potential for scientific and policy-related research. Two recent changes have expanded the potential for creating such linked data: the improved availability of data sources and progress in data-matching...

This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast potential for research in labor economics. The data have been part of a unique IZA project to connect administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency with innovative...

Item non-response occurs when respondents fail to provide answers to some or all of the questions posed during survey interviews. The standard procedure is to exclude such responses from the econometric analysis. This may be appropriate if the sample included does not differ significantly from...