The ZEW Sponsors' Association for Science and Practice awards outstanding academic performances and economic policy advising projects at ZEW Mannheim. The price for this year in the category for best scientific performance went to Dr. Guido Neidhöfer and Prof. Corneo for their study "Income redistribution and self-selection of immigrants".

The paper analyses a dataset of Italian migrants worldwide to investigate how income redistribution systems in destination countries affect the migration pattern of skilled workers. The work was published in the Journal of Public Economics.