Following the construction boom of recent years in Germany, inflation and supply bottlenecks hit the industry hard in 2022. While nominal construction volume increased by nearly 14 percent, it decreased by two percent when adjusted for inflation. Residential construction, which is urgently needed, was particularly affected. In 2023 and 2024, it is expected that investors will show restraint and that ...
Based on various data sources, the workshop will examine the economic and psychological situation of the self-employed three years after the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Next to analyzing the immediate impact of the crisis, the workshop will address the adjustment measures taken by the self-employed and the long-term consequences. Possible research questions include what strategies the self...
Der Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung Marcel Fratzscher war zu Gast bei Markus Lanz am 2. Mai 2023. Themen waren diw Sicherheits- und Migrationspolitik, die arbeitsmarktpolitischen Herausforderungen Deutschlands sowie die Inflations- und Konjunkturerwartungen für 2023. Die Sendung kann in der ZDF-Mediathek angesehen werden.
This project will create a methodological framework for embedding a transition model with free (unknown) parameters in a dynamic, small-scale microsimulation. A transition model of this kind will also enable latent and/or only partially observed processes to be represented in a microsimulation. The key element for embedding a transition model with free parameters is a metamodel (or statistical...
The annual summer workshop will take place from June 22nd to June 23rd this year! During those two days, doctoral students of the cohort years 2019 - 2021 will present their current research. We are very much looking forward to it.
