Whether trade can achieve societal change is a contested topic and difficult to investigate. This round-up aims at summarizing recent empirical research on this topic while focusing on democracy and democratization as an important part of societal change. No robust results for change arising from trade can be found, but there exists an inverse causality, i.e., democratization leading to more trade...
The war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine since February 24, 2022, has triggered the largest displacement of people in Europe since the Second World War. By the end of January 2023, more than one million people had fled from Ukraine to Germany. Displacement migration from Ukraine differs from previous waves of displacement due to specific institutional frameworks: (1) open EU borders...
Social mobility and equal opportunity are key to thriving societies and economies. In the aftermath of the pandemic and in the context of increasing prices, calls for policymakers to address social and economic inequalities are intensifying. The recently launched Observatory on Social Mobility and Equal Opportunity not only brings together all OECD data points, but also displays the impact of...
Scenarios for financing an unconditional basic income are being developed in the project. Furthermore, the revenue and distribution effects of basic income and financing options are analyzed.
Im Projekt werden mögliche Szenarien zur Finanzierung eines bedinungslosen Grundeinkommens entwickelt. Ferner werden Aufkommen und Verteilungswirkungen von Grundeinkommen und Finanzierungsoptionen analysiert.
Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), zur angespannten Lage im Bankensektor:
Whether trade can achieve societal change is a contested topic and difficult to investigate. This round-up aims at summarizing recent empirical research on this topic while focusing on democracy and democratization as an important part of societal change. No robust results for change arising from trade can be found, but there exists an inverse causality, i.e., democratization leading to more trade. ...
Der Gender Pay Gap, also die Verdienstlücke zwischen Frauen und Männern, beträgt in Deutschland nach wie vor 18 Prozent. Dieser Durchschnittswert ist allerdings nicht für alle Beschäftigten gleich. Große Unterschiede finden sich insbesondere nach dem Alter: Ab einem Alter von 30 Jahren steigt der Gender Pay Gap stark an und bleibt bis zum Ende des Erwerbslebens mit über 20 Prozent konstant hoch. Damit ...
