Die Gesellschaft kann Ungeimpfte nicht wie Menschen zweiter Klasse behandeln. Eine Impfpflicht wird uns genau davor bewahren. Dieser Text erschien erstmals am 28. Januar 2022 bei Zeit Online in der Reihe Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen. Das Thema Impfpflicht spaltet Gesellschaft und Politik, doch wir können uns davor nicht wegducken. Die Frage, ob und wann grundlegende, individuelle Freiheiten eingeschränkt ...
Adequate immunity to COVID-19 apparently cannot be attained in Germany by voluntary vaccination alone, and therefore the introduction of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination is still under consideration. We present findings on the potential acceptance of such a requirement by the German population, and we report on the reasons given for accepting or rejecting it and how these reasons vary according to population ...
We quantify the value of data for the prediction policy problem of reducing antibiotic prescribing to curb antibiotic resistance. Using varying combinations of administrative data, we evaluate machine learning predictions for diagnosing bacterial urinary tract infections and the outcomes of prescription rules based on these predictions. Simple patient demographics improve prediction quality substantially ...
Sales in the construction industry will continue to increase strongly in 2022 and 2023. Overall, DIW Berlin estimates a nominal increase in construction volume of almost 13 percent in 2022 and six percent in 2023 to 585 billion euros. In 2021, construction volume increased by ten percent to 488 billion euros, which is around 15 percent of GDP. This shows that construction demand remains at a high level ...