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 ...
Housing markets are affected by a large variety of factors. Among them, governmental regulations play an important role. Besides desired effects, all these policies exert a number of side effects, some of which can even offset the desired effects. In addition, different policies can cancel out each other. Therefore, it is important to be aware of the effects of individual policies and the composite ...
US-Präsident Donald Trump hat massive Zollerhöhungen angekündigt. Auf Importe aus der EU sollen künftig Zölle in Höhe von 20 Prozent erhoben werden. Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), kommentiert dies wie folgt:
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the suitability of nuclear power as an option to combat the escalating climate emergency. Summarizing and evaluating key arguments, we elucidate why nuclear power is unsuitable for addressing climate change. The primary argument centers around the unresolved technical and human risks of accidents and proliferation, which are unlikely to be e????ectively ...
Climate change and biodiversity loss trigger policies targeting and impacting local communities worldwide. However, research and policy implementation often fail to sufficiently consider community responses and to involve them. We present the results of a collective self-assessment exercise for eight case studies of communications with regard to climate change or biodiversity loss between project teams ...
Auf dem Weg zu Deutschlands Klimaneutralität werden Wind- und Solarenergie eine zentrale Rolle einnehmen. Eine Herausforderung wird sein, mit den täglichen und saisonalen Schwankungen des Stromangebotes und des Energiebedarfes umzugehen. Deutschland braucht Strategien, um Angebot und Nachfrage in Einklang zu bringen. Stichwort: Flexibilität. Welche Technologien gibt es dafür bereits, welche Einsatzbereiche ...
