Quality of Work Job Satisfaction in Europe

The interactive graphic shows the share of participants of the survey who are satisfied with their work in percent and how it changes when the employees are dissatisfied with certain working conditions.

Andrea Hammermann / Oliver Stettes ·
Interactive Graphic ·
5 September 2017

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Galina Kolev ·
IW-Report No. 9 ·
22 March 2019

Understanding Protectionism: Empirical Analysis of Protectionist Attitudes in the EU

A changing landscape in trade policy in recent years is undoubtedly related to changing voter preferences. Based on Eurobarometer survey data, the present paper investigates both the factors determining the level of support for protectionism and the striking inconsistency of responses to questions related to free trade and protectionism.

Galina Kolev ·
IW News ·
28 March 2019

Protectionism: Puzzling attitudes towards protectionism related to lacking knowledge

The changing course of US trade policy since the election of Donald Trump has strengthened the image of free trade in the EU. However, almost 40 percent of EU citizens also support protectionism.This is puzzling, yet lacking knowledge is an important explanation, a new IW study shows. An information campaign is inevitable in order to secure the sustainability of EU Trade policy.

Michael Hüther in The Zeitgeist ·
Audio ·
8 March 2019

Competing Visions for a New Era of Globalization

In this episode of The Zeitgeist, Michael Hüther, Director of the German Economic Institute, joined AICGS President Jeff Rathke and Senior Fellow Peter Rashish to talk about what Hüther calls the end of the second era of globalization and the challenges of shaping the third era of globalization, creating a European and an international framework that is politically sustainable and economically effective.