Informal childcare care by grandparents, other relatives or friends is an important source of support in many Western countries, including Germany. Yet the role of this type of care is often overlooked in accounts of social policies supporting families with children, which tend to focus on formal childcare. This article examines whether the large formal childcare expansion occurring in Germany in the ...
High-growth firms (HGFs) are important for job creation and productivity growth. We investigate the relationship between product and labour market regulations, as well as the quality of regional governments that implement these regulations, and the development of HGFs across European regions. Using data from Eurostat, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Economic ...
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Andreas Leibing, who works at the Public Economics Department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Education, Expectations, and the Economy: Four Essays in Education and Labor Economics" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Katharina Spieß and Prof. Dr. Jan Marcus. We congratulate Andreas on his success and wish him all the best for his future ...
Andreas Leibing, who works at the Public Economics Department, has successfully The dissertation with the title "Education, Expectations, and the Economy: Four Essays in Education and Labor Economics" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Katharina Spieß and Prof. Dr. Jan Marcus. We congratulate Andreas on his success and wish him all the best for his future career.
Das Konjunkturbarometer des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) ist im Juli deutlich gesunken und liegt nun bei 87,0 Punkten – ein Minus von fünfeinhalb Punkten im Vergleich zum Juni. Damit entfernt sich der Barometerwert wieder von der neutralen 100-Punkte-Marke, die ein durchschnittliches Wachstum der deutschen Wirtschaft anzeigt. „Nach dem leichten Rückgang der Wirtschaftsleistung ...
DIW-Studie untersucht Verteilungseffekte bei Wegfall der Mütterrente – Einkommen der einkommensschwächsten Rentnerinnen würden um durchschnittlich acht Prozent sinken – Armutsrisiko würde um 14,4 Prozent und Gender Pension Gap um mehr als 20 Prozent steigen – Statt Mütterrente rückgängig zu machen, sollten Maßnahmen für höhere Frauenerwerbstätigkeit ergriffen werden Fiele die vor zehn Jahren eingeführte ...
