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Active Pension Mainly Relieves Higher-Earning Pensioners; Employment Effects Are Uncertain

The new German federal government coalition is planning a significant tax break for workers of retirement age: the active pension (Aktivrente). With the active pension, workers who have reached the statutory retirement age may earn up to 2,000 euros a month tax-free, a move that the government is hoping will motivate more pensioners to work longer to counteract the skilled worker shortage. Microsimulation ...

Inflationsgefahren lauern weiterhin

Das Statistische Bundesamt hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass die Verbraucherpreise in Deutschland im Juni um voraussichtlich 2,0 Prozent gestiegen sind. Dazu eine Einschätzung von Geraldine Dany-Knedlik, Konjunkturchefin des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):

Policy Change and Women’s and Men’s Earnings around Divorce: Evidence from the German Maintenance Reform

This paper examines the gendered impact of divorce on earnings and the role of the social policy context in shaping this relationship. In particular, it focuses on a policy reform enacted in Germany in 2008 that overturned previous ex-spousal support rules. Data come from the administrative records of the German Public Pension Fund. Drawing on a fixed- effects model, we study the behaviour of women ...

Laura Pagenhardt has successfully defended her dissertation

Laura Pagenhardt, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Policy in Practice: Communication, Rules, and Income Inequality - Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics” on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Alexander Kriwoluzky and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!

Laura Pagenhardt has successfully defended her dissertation

Laura Pagenhardt, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Policy in Practice: Communication, Rules, and Income Inequality - Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics” on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Alexander Kriwoluzky and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!

Hannah Seidl has successfully defended her dissertation

Hannah Seidl, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays in Macroeconomics” with summa cum laude on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Lutz Weinke and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!

Hannah Seidl has successfully defended her dissertation

Hannah Seidl, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays in Macroeconomics” with summa cum laude on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Lutz Weinke and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!

Die fünf größten Irrtümer über den Mindestlohn

Die fünf größten Irrtümer über den Mindestlohn

Ein Mindestlohn von 15 Euro gefährdet Arbeitsplätze, treibt die Inflation und schwächt die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit? Wer diese Mythen über den Mindestlohn glaubt, irrt sich. Die Mindestlohnkommission hat sich am heutigen Freitag gegen eine Erhöhung des Mindestlohns auf 15 Euro entschieden und bleibt mit 13,90 Euro für 2026 und 14,60 Euro für 2027 deutlich unter der im Koalitionsvertrag festgelegten Zielmarke ...

Mindestlohnkommission hat Chance zum Wohle Millionen Beschäftigter verpasst

Die Mindestlohnkommission hat heute verkündet, dass die gesetzliche Lohnuntergrenze in zwei Schritten auf 14,60 Euro pro Stunde steigen soll. Dazu eine Einschätzung von Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):