Alexander Burstedde / Regina Flake / Anika Jansen / Lydia Malin / Paula Risius / Susanne Seyda / Sebastian Schirner / Dirk Werner ·
IW-Report No. 59 ·
21 November 2020

Measuring the shortage of skilled workers

The present IW-Report introduces a new methodology for measuring the shortage of skilled workers and thus makes a central contribution to mapping the skilled worker situation in Germany. First, a definition of the term "shortage of skilled workers" is presented. Afterwards its operationalization is discussed.

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How Dependent Is the Industry on Foreign Sources?

Michael Grömling / Jasmina Kirchhoff ·
IW-Trends No. 4 ·
10 November 2020

Production Structures and Supply Chains in the German Pharmaceutical Sector

The corona pandemic has reinforced earlier calls for national sovereignty over critical technologies, with policymakers, the business world and society as a whole focusing their attention particularly on the pharmaceutical industry.

Michael Hüther / Jens Südekum in Forum New Economy Working Papers ·
External Publication ·
17 November 2020

How to re-design German fiscal policy rules after the COVID19 pandemic

The study will first outline the way in which Germany’s fiscal policy was driven for several decades by a paradigm that centered on deficit control and reduced state involvement in the economy.

Michael Hüther / Jens Südekum ·
IW-Policy Paper No. 25 ·
17 November 2020

How to re‐design German fiscal policy rules after the COVID19 pandemic

The study will first outline the way in which Germany’s fiscal policy was driven for several decades by a paradigm that centered on deficit control and reduced state involvement in the economy.

Michael Hüther / Markus Vogel ·
IW-Policy Paper No. 24 ·
2 November 2020

Sovereignty and responsibility in a multi-level system: Federalism as an orientation for a sustainable EU?

At the beginning of the year 2020 the European Union stands just ahead the new institutional cycle. The results of the elections to the European Parliament have not fulfilled the fears about Euroscepticism characterizing the following period.

Dominik Enste / Jennifer Potthoff ·
IW-Report No. 55 ·
28 October 2020

The Business Ethics of the Corona Crisis

This research work is intended to analyze the economic consequences and ethical challenges that are caused by the coronavirus pandemic and to predict whether one can find a balance within the arising conflict of interest between economy, health and ethics. The solution strategies of Germany, Sweden and South Korea will be compared in order to evaluate different types of crisis management and to finally derive possible lessons from the crisis.

Jürgen Matthes ·
External Publication ·
27 October 2020

GTIPA Perspectives: Nations’ Trade Policy Priorities for the Year Ahead

As Germany has delegated trade policy to the European Union, the focus is put on highlighting strengths and weaknesses of EU trade and investment policy. Where possible, German policy positions are included.

Hubertus Bardt / Michael Grömling ·
External Publication ·
27 October 2020

GTIPA Perspectives: Germany’s Economic Response to the Coronavirus Crisis

After several quarters with shrinking production in the manufacturing sector, the COVID-19 crisis has hit the German economy with unprecedented force. The simultaneity of multiple supply and
demand shocks is likely to be unique compared to previous economic crises.

The Importance of E-Commerce, Digital Trade, and Maintaining the WTO E-Commerce Customs Duty Moratorium

Hubertus Bardt / Aljoscha Nau ·
External Publication ·
27 October 2020

GTIPA Perspectives: The Importance of E-Commerce, Digital Trade

Digital trade can be divided into three different elements, all of which are highly relevant for the German economy: Electronic commerce is becoming more and more important in international distributed value chains; exchange of data is critical for future industrial processes; and trade of information and communication technologies is essential to purchasing necessary technologies and export respective products.

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