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Carbon Contracts for Differences und effektive CO2-Bepreisung entlang der Wertschöpfungskette in der Industrie

Im ersten CFM-Traction Workshop wurden neben Ausgestaltungsoptionen für CCfDs auch vorläufige Ergebnisse zum Umfang von Einsparungen, die CCfDs erreichen könnten, sowie eine erste Abschätzung der Höhe der öffentlichen Fördermittel für CCfDs in Deutschland diskutiert. Darüber hinaus wurden Verteilungswirkungen durch eine CO2-Bepreisung entlang der...

Carbon Contracts for Differences and effective CO2 pricing along the value chain in industry

In the first CFM-Traction Workshop, preliminary results on the scale of savings that CCfDs could achieve and a first estimate of the amount of public funding required for CCfDs in Germany were discussed, in addition to design options for CCfDs. Furthermore, estimated distributional effects of CO2 pricing along the value chain were discussed. In this second workshop, follow-up analysis on these...

Global Economy Returning to Its Recovery Course after Summer Setbacks: DIW Economic Outlook Autumn 2021

Recently, the coronavirus pandemic has caused economic developments in major economies to drift apart: While infection rates were declining and production was experiencing strong growth in places such as Europe and the United States in the second quarter of 2021, emerging economies were experiencing strict economic restrictions due to high case numbers. In some of these countries, the economy declined. ...

German Economy Only Slowly Emerging from the Pandemic: DIW Economic Outlook Autumn 2021

The German economy is taking longer than expected to overcome the pandemic: It is likely to increase by only 2.1 percent in 2021 and capacities remain markedly underutilized. In addition, global supply bottlenecks are affecting German industry, resulting in stalled domestic production despite high demand. Following a profitable summer due to low case numbers and progress in the vaccination campaign, ...

Wieso ein Fachkräftemangel auch gut für Deutschland sein kann

Viele Unternehmen suchen händeringend Personal. Ein Problem? Nicht unbedingt – der Mangel an Arbeitskräften kann die deutsche Wirtschaft modernisieren. Dieser Beitrag erschien erstmals am 17. September 2021 bei Zeit Online als Teil der Reihe Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen. Immer wieder warnen Wirtschaft und Politik vor einem Fachkräftemangel: Die Zukunftsfähigkeit der deutschen ...

Die Betriebsbefragung des Sozio-oekonomisches Panels (Linked Employer Employee) Vers. 2 (SOEP-LEE 2)

Bitte beachten Sie unseren Call for Papers für den Workshop zum Thema „Firms, Workers, and Households in Times of Crisis and Digital Transformation“ vom 26.-27. November 2026 am DIW Berlin. Die Betriebsbefragung des SOEP – erstmalig im Jahr 2012 durchgeführt – geht in die zweite Runde. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die längerfristigen Veränderungen der Arbeitsbeziehungen im Kontext der fortlaufenden...

The Linked Employer-Employee Study of the Socio-Economic Panel, Vers. 2 (SOEP-LEE 2)

Please consider our Call for Papers for the workshop on "Firms, Workers, and Households in Times of Crisis and Digital Transformation" (November 26-27, 2026 at DIW Berlin). The Linked Employer-Employee Study of the Socio-Economic Panel was first conducted in 2012 and is now entering its second round. The focus of SOEP-LEE2 is on longer-term changes in labor relations in the context of ongoing...

Wieso ein Fachkräftemangel auch gut für Deutschland sein kann

Modeling Flexibility in Energy Systems - A Scenario-Based Comparison of Power Sector Model

Model-based scenario analyses of future energy systems often come to deviating results and conclusions when different models are used. This may be caused by heterogeneous input data and by inherent differences in model formulations. The representation of technologies for the conversion, storage, use, and transport of energy is usually stylized in comprehensive system models in order to limit the size ...

Effects of Decarbonization on the Energy System and Related Employment Effects in South Africa

This paper assesses the impact of decarbonization on the energy system and related employment in South Africa. The cost-minimizing, global energy system model (GENeSYS-MOD) is utilized to project two energy mix scenarios and their associated employment implications at provincial level. While the business as usual (BAU) scenario shows a continuous use of coal capacity in the South African power sector ...