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2019: The year for a fresh start in Europe?!
  • Michael Hüther ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 4 ·
  • 25 June 2019

2019: The year for a fresh start in Europe?!

The good news is that Europe will not be dominated by populist parties. For big tent parties, i.e. the conservative EPP and the social democratic PES, however, results still aren’t rosy – they are looking at heavy losses, including the loss of their joint majority.

  • Michael Hüther ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 4 ·
  • 25 June 2019

2019: The year for a fresh start in Europe?!

The good news is that Europe will not be dominated by populist parties. For big tent parties, i.e. the conservative EPP and the social democratic PES, however, results still aren’t rosy – they are looking at heavy losses, including the loss of their joint majority.

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An International Comparison of Industrial Labour Costs
  • Christoph Schröder ·
  • IW-Trends No. 2 ·
  • 21 June 2019

An International Comparison of Industrial Labour Costs

In 2018, labour costs in German manufacturing were running at 41.0 euros per employee hour. This puts Germany in fifth place in the German Economic Institute’s comparison of labour costs in 42 countries and means that its costs are almost one-third higher than the average for industrialised countries.

The Living Conditions and Competence Development of Primary School Children
  • Wido Geis-Thöne / Ruth Maria Schüler ·
  • IW-Trends No. 2 ·
  • 18 June 2019

The Living Conditions and Competence Development of Primary School Children

How children develop is strongly influenced by the circumstances in which they grow up. However, it is not clear which factors play a role in this process. To tackle this question, the present paper looks at a broad range of indicators on family structure and the time parents spend with their children, on children’s socio-economic background and on their leisure activities.

An important contribution to economic and social cohesion
  • Manuel Fritsch / Roman Bertenrath ·
  • Expertise ·
  • 12 June 2019

Cross border services in the internal market: An important contribution to economic and social cohesion

Over the years, European value chains have become increasingly relevant to employment in the EU. While research on industrial value chains is broadly covered in recent years, the effects of valuechains in European service sectors still needs to be quantified.

The influence of public investment on the German current account surplus
  • Sonja Jovicic / Galina Kolev ·
  • IW-Kurzbericht No. 37 ·
  • 12 June 2019

The influence of public investment on the German current account surplus

The current account surplus in Germany has grown rapidly especially since the early 2000s and this development has been widely criticised. One of the recommendations of the European Commission and other institutions is to increase public invest­ment as a means to reduce the current account surplus. Indeed, Germany needs a broad invest­ment programme in the field of infrastructure, digitalisation and education, and considering the low interest rate there cannot be better times for it.

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