Publikationen des Vorstandsbereichs

Berlin: a Hub for Startups but Not (Yet) for Fast-Growing Companies

Over the last 20 years, Berlin has developed into Germany’sself-employment capital and into a startup hub. A large number ofinnovative companies have been launched.The city has become aninternationally renowned magnet for creative startups. Mainly usingofficial statistical data, the present report shows that the startuptrendin Berlin is above average compared to other major cities inGermany while it ...

The Berlin Labor Market since 2005: Strong Employment Growth yet Unemployment Remains High, Incomes Low

Over the past ten years, the number of employed in Berlin has increased more dynamically than it has anywhere else in the country, resulting in a decrease in unemployment. But because the city’s potential labor force has also experienced considerable growth, Berlin’s unemployment rate remains well above the national average. Since jobs requiring intermediate qualifications have become more prevalent, ...

Transforming Berlin from a Startup Hub into an Economically Thriving Metropolis: Editorial

German Economy on a Stable Growth Path

Supported by dynamic domestic demand, the German economy is expected to grow by 1.7 percent this year. As consumption and investment in construction are likely to weaken in the coming year, is hardly contributing to growth 2017 should amount to roughly 1.4 percent. Foreign trade is contributing relatively little to growth. In both years of the forecast period, capacities will be at more or less normal ...

Employment Subject to Mandatory Social Security Contributions Is Anything but Outdated: Eight Questions to Gert G. Wagner

Typical Employment Subject to Mandatory Social Security Contributions Remains the Norm

Since the 1980s, in West Germany has been a substantial decline in the number of people of working age who are not in paid employment. Accordingly, the share of 18- to 67-year-olds without a job has also fallen. This increase in employment figures primarily benefited those in marginal employment or solo entrepreneurs and had less of an impact on those in typical employment. In fact, the present analysis ...

In an International Comparison, Too Little Is Being Invested in German Industry: Six Questions to Marcel Fratzscher

Weak Corporate Investment Requires Immediate Action

Although the federal government has been taking steps to strengthen investment in Germany, it remains considerably low. This includes private investment, on which thepresent study focuses. German companies are barely investing more than they did before the crisis, but this is not the case elsewhere: in the US, for example, the level of investment is nearly 14 percent higher than it was in 2007. One ...

German Economy Back on Track, Despite Weak Global Economy

The global economy is stalling. Global production increased by only 3.3 percent last year—the lowest growth rate since the financial crisis—and is expected to rise by only 3.3 percent in 2016 as well, which is lower than originally predicted. The reason for the sluggish growth lies primarily in the changes taking place in the emerging countries: the Chinese economy continues to lose momentum, and low ...

Working from Home: Germany Lagging Behind Other European Countries: Six Questions to Karl Brenke