Munich (dpa / lby) – According to a new study, Bavaria offers family businesses the best location conditions among the 13 non-city states. In an index by the Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim (ZEW), the Free State is ahead of Saxony with 52.31 points with 56.17 points. Rhineland-Palatinate brings up the rear with 37.70 points. For the study published on Thursday, the ZEW compared five main factors in the 16 countries: tax burden, labor market including education, financing, infrastructure and the quality of public administration.
The client was the Munich-based Foundation for Family Businesses. Bavaria performed well in all five main areas, but the authors criticize the poorer childcare offerings compared to eastern Germany. Among other things, the Bavarian tax administration is rated particularly well. The ZEW evaluated the 13 non-city states and the three city states separately, so there was no direct comparison between Bavaria and Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen.
