Johann Fuchs,Doris Söhnlein,Birgit Weber
Johann Fuchs
The demographic development in Germany will lead to a declining number of people of working age and thus potentially in the labour force. The age structure is shifting towards older cohorts. The labour force will decline by 16 million worke...
Heinz Handler
Heinz Handler
Based on an insufficiently consolidated "European identity", the European Union has recently been exposed to the challenges of globalisation, financial disturbances, migration and populistic nationalism, Brexit, and the COVID 19 virus. The ...
Jürgen Matthes
Jürgen Matthes
The Italian banking system has come through the coronavirus crisis quite well so far. Extensive government aid measures have contributed to this as well as pre-crisis reforms intended to eliminate legacy burdens from the euro debt crisis. T...
[Vaccinated, Recovered and Tested in the Workplace: Situation in Firms in Lower Saxony at the End of 2021] [0.03%]
[已接种、曾感染和新冠检测的企业内情况：下萨克森州2021年末的状况]
Stephan L Thomsen,Johannes Trunzer
Stephan L Thomsen
The amendment of the Infection Protection Act at the end of November 2021 made it possible to map vaccinated, recovered and tested employees at the firm-level for the first time after the start of vaccinations in Germany. The Employers' Ass...
[Introducing the Citizen's Income (Bürgergeld): Making Bold Changes] [0.03%]
[介绍公民收入（Bürgergeld）：大胆的变革]
Alexander Herzog-Stein
Alexander Herzog-Stein
The new German federal government wants to replace the unemployment benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II) with a so-called citizen's income ("Bürgergeld"). In doing so, it needs to make major changes. Measures outlined in the coalition agreemen...
[Citizen's Income ("Bürgergeld") or Social Welfare ("Hartz IV")?] [0.03%]
《公民收入(" Bürgergeld")还是社会福利保障(Hartz IV)?》
Holger Schäfer
Holger Schäfer
Germany's new government attempts once again to get rid of the infamous "Hartz IV" name for the country's basic income support. The new "Bürgergeld" not only sports a new name, it also formulates new rules for sanctions and for considering...
[The Rise of Inequality and Poverty in Germany During the Pandemic: False Alarm?] [0.03%]
疫情之下德国的贫富差距和贫困问题：假警报吗？
Michael Dauderstädt
Michael Dauderstädt
Recent data from EU-SILC and Destatis seemed to indicate a dramatic increase in German inequality and poverty in the pandemic year 2020. But Destatis had changed its data collection method. Based on several studies, it is likely that the ac...
Katja Rietzler
Katja Rietzler
In the coalition agreement, the new federal government holds out the prospect of a "decade of investment for the future". It thus recognises that considerable additional investment-related government spending is necessary to overcome the in...
[Debt Brake or Breach of the Rules? Building Budget Reserves in Times of Crisis] [0.03%]
[财政纪律还是违规操作？疫情期间的预算储备政策]
Thiess Büttner
Thiess Büttner
The German federal government is facing criticism for using the exemption from the national debt brake due to the coronavirus crisis to expand the fiscal leeway for its future energy and climate policies. The budget dispute is taking place ...
Monika Schnitzer,Achim Truger
Monika Schnitzer
Since the new German federal government has imposed tight fiscal policy restrictions on itself, a pragmatic approach is needed to finance the spending requirements of the transformation. The financing instruments mentioned in the coalition ...