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IW-Analyse No. 155 9. January 2024

A Macroeconomic Analysis of Wage-Price Spirals

Thomas Obst / Maximilian Stockhausen

The subject of this Analysis is the forms that wage-price spirals can take and how they influence macroeconomic stability and inflationary trends in Germany.

IW-Analyse No. 154 5. December 2023

The Influence of the Minimum Wage on Collective Bargaining

Carolin Fulda / Hagen Lesch / Christoph Schröder / Sandra Vogel

This analysis examines the connection between collective wage bargaining in Germany and the adjustments to the statutory minimum wage determined by the Minimum Wage Commission since June 2020.

IW-Analyse No. 153 2. June 2023

Innovation Atlas 2023: The innovative strength of the German regions

Maike Haag / Hanno Kempermann / Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel

All indicators of innovative strength in Germany – from research intensity and scientific and technical employment structures to patent successes – point to a strong south-north, west-east and urban-rural divide.

IW-Analyse No. 152 12. January 2023

EU Enlargement? Alternative concepts to full membership

Berthold Busch / Samina Sultan

Debate on whether the European Union (EU) should accept new members has recently gained momentum. In June 2022, just months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Council granted both the latter nation and the Republic of Moldova the status of candidate country, and Georgia the status of potential candidate.

IW-Analyse No. 151 11. October 2022

The importance of immigration for the German economy

Wido Geis-Thöne

As a result of demographic change, Germany will become increasingly dependent on immigration to secure its pool of skilled labour and stabilise its economic performance.

IW-Analyse No. 150 28. July 2022

After Brexit: An initial assessment of the economic and political consequences for the UK

Berthold Busch

The British hopes for a high Brexit dividend as a result of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union have not been fulfilled.

IW-Analyse No. 149 27. July 2022

Labour turnover in Germany

Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes

Labour turnover in Germany tends to be relatively constant over time but decreases slightly in times of economic crisis, such as the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-2009 or the Covid-19 pandemic.

IW-Analyse 19. December 2017

Expanding collective bargaining coverage

Hagen Lesch / Sandra Vogel / Hannah Busshoff / Adam Giza

Declining collective bargaining coverage in Germany has prompted a debate on how the trend could be reversed. However, this debate makes no distinction between the coverage and the autonomy of collective bargaining.

IW-Analyse No. 117 24. July 2017

Innovationsatlas 2017

Sarah Berger / Hanno Kempermann / Oliver Koppel / Anja Katrin Orth / Enno Röben

In Germany, there is a close link between R & D expenditures and employment of STEM graduates to successful patent applications. This chain of effects can be shown to exist both at the federal and regional level. Furthermore, virtually every indicator of innovation-related power exhibits a considerable southnorth, west-east, and urban-rural divide.

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