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DIW Weekly Report 20/21 / 2025
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered an energy crisis in Germany, with consumer energy prices skyrocketing over the course of the year. Due to concerns about gas shortages, various programs aimed at reducing consumption were set up and the German Federal Government and numerous organizations appealed to consumers to save as much energy as possible. This Weekly Report investigates how much ...
2025| Sophie M. Behr, Till Köveker
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DIW Weekly Report 20/21 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 18/19 / 2025
The average gender pay gap in Germany is 16 percent according to the most recent data. On the occasion of the 2025 Equal Pay Day, this Weekly Report using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data shows that considerable differences according to age and level of education are hiding behind this average gap. For example, the gender pay gap increases significantly with age for people of all educational backgrounds ...
2025| Fiona Herrmann, Katharina Wrohlich
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DIW Weekly Report 18/19 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 16/17 / 2025
For central banks, official communications serve as essential monetary policy instruments: In press releases, speeches, and interviews, central banks explain their decisions, manage expectations, and promote confidence in their strategy. This Weekly Report analyzes European Central Bank (ECB) communications from January 2019 to March 2025 using a specially trained artificial intelligence (AI) text ...
2025| Kerstin Bernoth
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DIW Weekly Report 16/17 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 14/15 / 2025
Research into nuclear fusion for military purposes has been regularly conducted since the 1940s. However, the idea of being able to use nuclear power for power generation within mere decades has not come to fruition. While some successes have been highlighted by the media, such as the experiments at the National Ignition Facility in California at the end of 2022, the main problems remain as challenging ...
2025| Alexander Wimmers, Fanny Böse, Alexander Buschner, Claudia Kemfert, Johanna Krauss, Julia Rechlitz, Björn Steigerwald, Christian von Hirschhausen
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DIW Weekly Report 14/15 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 12/13 / 2025
The gender pension gap, the difference in pension entitlements between men and women, is 32 percent for 60-yearolds according to data from the German Pension Insurance (Deutsche Rentenversicherung). In addition, there is a considerable motherhood pension gap: Statutory pension entitlements for mothers and childless women differ greatly. Pension-related childcare credits, which were introduced in 1986 ...
2025| Peter Haan, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Sarah Schmauk, Tatjana Mika
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DIW Weekly Report 12/13 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 10/11 / 2025
The German economy is stuck in a period of stagnation: Following two years of consecutive slight declines in GDP, growth is not expected for 2025 either. Weak exports, rising unemployment worries, and the resulting reserved private consumption and economic policy uncertainty are slowing the economy. Structural adjustment processes and the erratic trade policy of the Trump administration are weighing ...
2025| Geraldine Dany-Knedlik, Guido Baldi, Nina Maria Brehl, Hella Engerer, Angelina Hackmann, Pia Hüttl, Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Frederik Kurcz, Laura Pagenhardt, Jan-Christopher Scherer, Teresa Schildmann, Hannah Magdalena Seidl, Ruben Staffa, Kristin Trautmann
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DIW Weekly Report 10/11 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 9 / 2025
The price of cryptocurrency Bitcoin has risen sharply over the past ten years, with many investors adding Bitcoin to their portfolios, benefitting from price increases and diversifying their investments. But is Bitcoin suitable for this purpose? This Weekly Report examines the extent to which Bitcoin, like gold, can contribute to the diversification of an investment portfolio. To achieve this, we have ...
2025| Alexander Kriwoluzky, Christoph Schneider
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DIW Weekly Report 9 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 7/8 / 2025
Despite high inflation, the real gross hourly wages of employees grew by around 15 percent from 1995 to 2022. In particular, the lowest wage decile caught back up to all other deciles following a sharp drop in real wages. At the same time, the low-wage sector has shrunk by nearly five percentage points since 2007, and by even more in the east of Germany (14 percent). In 2022, 18.5 percent of employees ...
2025| Markus M. Grabka
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DIW Weekly Report 7/8 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 5/6 / 2025
Loneliness poses a serious health risk: Along with negatively impacting life quality, it can even shorten the life span. This Weekly Report investigates loneliness in Germany using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data from 2021 on loneliness. The analyses highlight the prevalence of three facets of loneliness (aloneness, isolation, exclusion) as well as regional differences and high-risk groups. The results ...
2025| Theresa Entringer, Linda Kumrow, Barbara Stacherl
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DIW Weekly Report 5/6 / 2025
2025
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DIW Weekly Report 3/4 / 2025
In 2024, the share of women on the top decision-making boards of the largest companies in Germany increased. A solid 19 percent of all executive board members at the 200 largest companies are now women, and almost 26 percent of members at the 40 largest listed companies are women. The financial sector is also catching up in this regard. Moreover, legal requirements, such as the inclusion requirement ...
2025| Virginia Sondergeld, Katharina Wrohlich, Anja Kirsch
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DIW Weekly Report 3/4 / 2025
2025