We contribute to the research on gender representation in economics by documenting the share of women among economists in a variety of leadership positions in the academic, but also in the private and public sectors, both globally and by region. For the years 2019 to 2023, we find women economists’ representation overall to be low in all sectors and no clear-cut trends over time. In academia, we find ...
Das Statistische Bundesamt hat heute die vorläufige Inflationsrate für März 2024 veröffentlicht. Dies kommentiert DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher:
Am Ende trifft es die Tafeln: Die Angriffe auf den Sozialstaat erhöhen den Druck auf all jene, die sich engagieren. Die gesellschaftlichen Folgen könnten verheerend sein. Eine der größten Stärken Deutschlands ist der soziale Zusammenhalt. Das Engagement der Zivilgesellschaft, mit gemeinnützigen Einrichtungen, Vereinen und vielen Millionen Ehrenamtlichen, wirkt wie ein Kitt für die Gesellschaft. Werden ...
Large parts of the existing natural gas distribution networks must be decommissioned due to the decarbonization of the heat supply. However, there are neither regulatory nor economic incentives for the gas network operators to do so and delaying the decommissioning could be expensive for the remaining customers. This Weekly Report analyzes to what extent municipalities can partially decommission the ...
levelsof all goods in the US and Europe rose surprisingly quickly and persistently. TheFED began in March 2022 and the ECB in July 2022 with historically unique interestrate increases to combat the wage-price spiral that had not yet begun. In this article weshow that energy, commodities and food were the main drivers of inflation. For this reason,central banks’ goal of weakening demand for labor through ...
