Not least due to time and capacity constraints, management tasks such as monitoring competitors are often neglected in small businesses – DIW study shows that this results in untapped productivity potential – Trade associations and chambers of commerce should provide more targeted training and support services Small business owners who devote more time to central management activities measurably increase ...
Chapter 2 examines Germany's financial package, highlighting its potential to modernize public capital stock and stimulate economic recovery through expanded fiscal flexibility. The GCEE emphasizes that the package's effectiveness is contingent on its investment-oriented application and adherence to EU fiscal rules. Chapter 3 addresses the significant burden of bureaucracy on German businesses....
This paper provides a systematic analysis of peoples’ decision to purchase the Deutschlandticket, identifying primary customer groups and the role of public transport irregularities such as delays and cancellations. It builds on a panel dataset covering survey answers from almost 3000 participants between March and December 2023 and applies a series of binary logit models. The results confirm that ...
How does the arrival of a new immigrant group affect earlier generations of immigrants? Do group relations and self-identification change? Previous research on ethnic boundaries is usually restricted to a two-group paradigm and primarily focuses on the majority group’s perspective. In contrast, this study analyzes how the arrival of refugees in Germany influenced previous immigrants of Turkish and ...
[English subtitles, German language video] The Socio-Economic Panel is one of the most extensive and longest-running social science panel studies worldwide. Every year, the SOEP team currently surveys around 30,000 people in almost 22,000 households. “We want to understand human life,” says SOEP Director Sabine Zinn. “We want to know how social groups live together and find the connection between...
Increasing the employment rate of older people has the potential to significantly counteract the skills shortage and strengthen the financial basis of social security. Empirical analyses show that this potential is particularly high among women nearing retirement, who often work part-time or in mini-jobs, or are unemployed. The aim of this project is to investigate: a) why employment rates are...
Increasing the employment rate of older people has the potential to significantly counteract the skills shortage and strengthen the financial basis of social security. Empirical analyses show that the potential is high among retirees after reaching the regular retirement age, as they continue to work only to a limited extent. Increasing the employment rate of older people has the potential to...
Labor shortages and skills mismatches pose significant challenges for Germany and other advanced economies, which are further exacerbated by the retirement of the baby boomer generation, the digital transformation and the ecological transformation of the economy. These developments are fundamentally changing labor demand, task structures and skill requirements, leading to a growing mismatch...
