Wido Geis-Thöne ·
IW-Report No. 30 ·
26 June 2020

Motivation to learn and pleasure in school

With the sharp reduction in classroom teaching in the context of the Corona pandemic, students' own initiative in practising the school material has become much more important for their competence development.

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Thomas Puls ·
Expertise ·
25 June 2020

For better CO2 regulation of motor vehicles in Europe

The transportation sector faces special challenges in the process of decarbonisation, since the need for mobility – both for people and goods – is rapidly increasing around the world, especially in the emerging economies. Because of road traffic’s key position in mobility, the future CO2 regulation of cars and trucks will play a substantial role in climate policy.

Wido Geis-Thöne ·
IW-Trends No. 2 ·
24 June 2020

The Contribution of Immigration to Stabilising Demographic Trends

The high level of immigration in recent years has led to a significant shift in Germany’s demographic structure. Without the immigrants and their children born in Germany since 2007, the share of 20-to29-year-olds in the total population in 2017 would have been 11.1 per cent - with them it was 12.0 per cent.

Wido Geis-Thöne ·
IW-Report No. 29 ·
22 June 2020

Over one million working-oriented immigrants in 10 years

Since 2017, the microcensus records the motives of persons born abroad for moving to Germany. This provides new insights into the contexts in which immigration takes place.

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Events

18June

Sandra Parthie ·
Event ·
18 June 2020

KAS-IW-Webinar: Reshoring of supply- and value-chain

Time to adapt the EU’s economic policy post-COVID19? The COVID-19 pandemic and its detrimental effects on public health, global supply- and value chains and industrial production, have brought back national export restrictions and stopped the free flow of goods and people.

Haushalt und Wiederaufbauplan: Die Stunde Europas?

26June

Sandra Parthie ·
Event ·
26 June 2020

Haushalt und Wiederaufbauplan: Die Stunde Europas?

Ein historischer Vorschlag für den Mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen der Jahre 2021-2027, verknüpft mit dem Wiederaufbauplan „NextGenerationEU“ liegt derzeit auf dem europäischen Verhandlungstisch. Bereits im Vorfeld der nun anstehenden Verhandlungen von Mitgliedstaaten und Europäischem Parlament mehren sich kritische Stimmen; viele Fragen zu Einnahmen und Ausgaben sind noch ungeklärt.

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In the Media

One day before the end of his term of office, Andreas Voßkuhle announced the ECB's decision.

Peter Bofinger/ Martin Hellwig / Michael Hüther / Monika Schnitzer / Moritz Schularick / Guntram Wolff in Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung ·
Contribution ·
29 May 2020

The Independence of the Central Bank at Risk

The ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) on 5th May on the monetary policy of the ECB not only affects Germany's relationship with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) but also the constitution of monetary policy, leading economists, including IW Director Michael Hüther, write in a joint guest article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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