Menschen in Minijobs haben keinerlei Anspruch auf Kurzarbeitergeld oder Arbeitslosenhilfe. Hunderttausende verlieren ihre Arbeit, die für viele der Haupterwerb ist. Dieser Beitrag ist am 10. Dezember 2020 in der ZEIT ONLINE–Kolumne Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen erschienen. Hier finden Sie alle Beiträge von Marcel Fratzscher. Mit der zweiten Corona-Welle werden viele Beschäftigte ...
The global economy recovered more quickly than expected in the third quarter of 2020. Following the coronavirus-related slumps, economic output increased by seven percent. A decrease in infection rates and thus an easing of containment measures contributed to re-normalizing production processes and trade. Private households also began demanding more consumer goods again, especially personal services. ...
The coronavirus pandemic is once again slowing down the German economy: Following a strong and unexpected economic recovery over summer 2020, which compensated for large parts of the losses from the spring, the second wave has resulted in renewed restrictions affecting both social and economic life. Therefore, the German economy is likely to shrink again in the final quarter of 2020. If the second ...
Die EU-Staaten haben ihr Ziel zur Begrenzung des Ausstoßes von Treibhausgasen deutlich verschärft. Dazu ein Statement von Karsten Neuhoff, Leiter der Abteilung Klimapolitik am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):
We study the willingness to get vaccinated and the acceptance of a policy of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 in June and July 2020 in Germany based on a representative real time survey, a random sub-sample (SOEP-CoV) of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). About 70 percent of adults in Germany would voluntarily get vaccinated against the corona virus if a vaccine without side effects was ...
