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The opening of Berlin's new major airport is overshadowed by the Corona pandemic and financial problems
  • Klaus-Heiner Röhl ·
  • IW-Report No. 52 ·
  • 19 October 2020

Your flight has a nine year delay

Only four weeks before the planned date in June 2012, the opening of Berlin's major airport BER, which had already been postponed from autumn 2011, was cancelled. This was followed by years of announcements, ever new lists of construction deficiencies and further delays.

  • Klaus-Heiner Röhl ·
  • IW-Report No. 52 ·
  • 19 October 2020

The opening of Berlin's new major airport is overshadowed by the Corona pandemic and financial problems

Only four weeks before the planned date in June 2012, the opening of Berlin's major airport BER, which had already been postponed from autumn 2011, was cancelled. This was followed by years of announcements, ever new lists of construction deficiencies and further delays.

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Regulations for school and kindergarten attendance in the pandemic in comparison to other German states
  • Susanna Kochskämper / Christine Arentz ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 23 ·
  • 21 October 2020

You little children are coming?

In addition to the goals of infection prevention and the avoidance of overloading the capacities of the health care system, the avoidance of daycare, kindergarden and school closures is another goal of the current German policy in the corona pandemic.

COVID-19 and the Growth Potential
  • Michael Grömling ·
  • IW-Report No. 53 ·
  • 20 October 2020

COVID-19 and the Growth Potential

The lasting economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will become apparent in the development of the macroeconomic factors of production – labour, capital, human capital as well as the stock of technical knowledge.

Causes and consequences of trust at the individual level
  • Dominik Enste / Lena Suling / Inga Schwarz ·
  • IW-Report No. 51 ·
  • 16 October 2020

Causes and consequences of trust at the individual level

Generalized trust in other people is especially important in times of crisis. If there is a lack of trust, more control and sanctions are necessary, which result in transaction costs. In addition, all people suffer from control measures, even if only a few show wrongdoings.

Open data and data sharing
  • Alevtina Krotova / Armin Mertens / Marc Scheufen ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 21 ·
  • 13 October 2020

An Economic Analysis: Open data and data sharing

Data is an important business resource. It forms the basis for various digital technologies such as artificial intelligence or smart services. However, access to data is unequally distributed in the market. Hence, some business ideas fail due to a lack of data sources.

An employment policy classification
  • Hans-Peter Klös / Holger Schäfer ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 20 ·
  • 30 September 2020

Labor market policy: Corona effects and options for action: An employment policy classification

The German labor market is being affected by the consequences of the corona crisis. This also threatens labor market outcomes, for example income distribution. In particular because of the strong use of short-time work, the increase in registered unemployment has so far been relatively low compared to the collapse in demand and production.

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