After two years of significant price declines, the German real, estate market is showing signs of slight stabilization. Once, again, building plots and single-family homes have become, slightly cheaper – nominally by one percent compared to, 2024. In 2024, the declines were four and seven percent, respectively. Prices for row houses and apartments, on the other hand, rose slightly by 0.5 percent. Price ...
German economy in the starting blocks—global economy holds its own German Economy Global Economy Links und Downloads The German economy has stabilized in the current year and is looking ahead to a fiscal policysupported upturn starting next year High public investment and strong government consumption are key factors—structural problems of the German economy likely to remain unresolved for the ...
Sascha dos Santos and his co-authors were honored for their contribution to the European Sociological Review entitled "Does training beget training over the life course? Cumulative advantage in work-related non-formal training participation in Germany and the UK" by the interdisciplinary jury of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) as one of this year's two winning teams of the ...
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This paper analyses determinants of pass-through for Germany’s 2022 temporary fuel discount at its implementation and subsequent termination. Based on a unique dataset of fuel station characteristics and prices, we employ a two-stage Regression Discontinuity in Time (RDiT) methodology to estimate spatial pass-through variation. Our findings indicate that horizontal and vertical market structures exert ...
In diesem Paper analysieren wir den Einfluss des Anlagevermögens und des Zustands von Verkehrsinfrastruktur auf die regionale wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Hierzu nutzen wir einen Paneldatensatz der deutschen Landkreise (N=401) über die Jahre 2007 bis2016 und eine räumlich adaptierte Translog-Produktionsfunktion. Wir schätzen verschiedene SLX- und SDEM-Modelle mithilfe von FGLS- und GMM-Schätzern, um ...
Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but to decrease their wages in case of extended leave duration. In view of these potential trade-offs, many countries are discussing the optimal design of parental leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major parental leave reform on mothers' long-term earnings. The 2007 German parental leave reform replaced a means-tested ...
The Society of Friends of DIW Berlin (VdF) has provided support to DIW Berlin since 1951. Its objectives include developing partnerships with national and international enterprises and establishing cooperation between researchers and entrepreneurs. Members of the Society of Friends represent companies from all industry and service sector branches as well as the main business associations. Society members ...
The German economy has stabilized in the current year and is looking ahead to a fiscal policy-supported upturn starting next year. Since the fall, an expansion in public demand has been providing important economic impetus. The private sector, on the other hand, has so far been more subdued. Trade policy uncertainties, high production costs, and structural weaknesses are causing particular concern ...
