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Poverty and Inequality in the Federal Republic of Germany

Why is the Federal Republic of Germany a case of interest at all to be considered in a handbook on poverty and inequality? Three reasons come foremost to mind. First, Germany holds a dominant economic and political position within the European Union, making changes in poverty and inequality highly significant beyond its borders. Second, Germany is often considered a prime example of a "coordinated ...

Für einen neuen Generationenvertrag

Support for Everyone or Selection of Some? Self-Selection and Assignment Into a Large-Scale Refugee Mentoring Program in Germany

Mentoring has become a popular support strategy for recently arrived immigrants and refugees, offering access to valuable information and resources. However, little is known about selection processes into mentoring programs—who chooses to enrol, who receives support, and whether these patterns are systematic. Such selection affects not only program evaluations but also broader issues of refugee integration ...

Wettbewerbspolitik und Industriepolitik unter einem Hut

Handelskonflikte, geopolitische Spannungen, digitale Disruption und Klimakrise stellen Deutschland und Europa vor große Herausforderungen. Wie beispielsweise im Draghi-Bericht gefordert, können die Staaten in Reaktion darauf industriepolitische Maßnahmen ergreifen, um die Ökonomie neu auszurichten und damit die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu steigern und die Resilienz zu stärken. In diesem Beitrag weisen ...

Boomer-Soli

Boomer-Soli

Wettbewerb und Monopole: „Der Staat muss Marktmacht begrenzen“

Ob Bier, Züge oder Big Tech – Tomaso Duso kennt die Mechanismen, die Märkte zum Kippen bringen. Als Leiter der Abteilung Unternehmen und Märkte am DIW Berlin und Vorsitzender der Monopolkommission erklärt er, warum freier Wettbewerb klare Regeln braucht, wie Kartelle Verbraucher*innen schädigen und weshalb starke Regulierung nicht Gegner, sondern Garant wirtschaftlicher Innovation ist. „Der Markt ...

Entrepreneurship und Organisation

Das DIW Berlin freut sich, am 17. und 18. November 2025 den Workshop „Entrepreneurship and Organisation” auszurichten. Der Workshop bringt Wissenschaftler*innen aus den Bereichen Wirtschaft, Management und Organisationsforschung zusammen, um zu diskutieren, wie organisatorische Entscheidungen die Leistung und Entwicklung von unternehmerischen Vorhaben und kleinen Unternehmen beeinflussen.

Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Organization

DIW Berlin is pleased to host the Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Organization on November 17–18, 2025. The workshop will bring together scholars from economics, management, and organizational studies to discuss how organizational choices shape the performance and evolution of entrepreneurial ventures and small businesses.

Refugees Are Feeling Increasingly Unwelcome and Perceiving Discrimination in the Labor and Housing Markets

The sentiment among refugees in Germany has changed significantly: Using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data from 2016 to 2023, it can be seen that refugees have been feeling increasingly unwelcome since 2018, while their concerns about xenophobia have grown since 2019. In addition, cross-sectional data from 2022 refugees’ subjective experiences of discrimination in the workplace and when searching for ...

Refugees are feeling increasingly unwelcome and becoming more concerned about xenophobia