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How digitisation can be used to educate the low-skilled
  • Susanne Seyda ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 7 ·
  • 18 September 2019

How digitisation can be used to educate the low-skilled

The training participation of the low-skilled has increased significantly in recent decades. The main reasons are higher requirements and technical changes, which also affect the activities of low-skilled workers.
Status quo and trends in e-commerce in Germany
  • Barbara Engels / Christian Rusche ·
  • IW-Report No. 33 ·
  • 4 September 2019

Status quo and trends in e-commerce in Germany

However, e-commerce is not equally important in the individual product groups. Above all, food is still largely sold offline. In the near future, the importance of e-commerce is expected to increase further.
Industrial competitiveness, digitisation and vocational training
  • Hans-Peter Klös / David B. Meinhard ·
  • IW-Policy Paper No. 6 ·
  • 27 August 2019

world of employment: Industrial competitiveness, digitisation and vocational training

The digital transformation in Germany's economy and society is in full swing. Not all of the indicators of Germany's technological performance show a pioneering role in digitization. The technological trends will therefore not remain without effects on the business models of companies operating in Germany.
Data Governance as the Enabler of the Data Economy
  • Barbara Engels in Intereconomics ·
  • External Publications ·
  • 31 July 2019

Data Governance as the Enabler of the Data Economy

In the era of digitalisation, data has emerged as a highly valuable business resource. However, it is rarely treated as consistently and transparently as other business assets.
Progress to Date and Companies’ Ongoing Need for Modernisation and Support
  • Regina Flake / David B. Meinhard / Dirk Werner ·
  • IW-Trends No. 2 ·
  • 23 April 2019

Digitalisation in Dual Vocational Training

This paper analyses the impact of the digital transformation on training activities in German enterprises.
Do mixed teams of old and experienced and young and restless employees foster companies innovativeness?
  • Andrea Hammermann / Matthias Niendorf / Jörg Schmidt at IAB Discussion Paper ·
  • External Publications ·
  • 7 March 2019

Age Diversity and Innovation: Do mixed teams of old and experienced and young and restless employees foster companies innovativeness?

In Germany, the labour force is ageing rapidly. At the same time, age heterogeneity within companies is rising. The literature on diversity argues that heterogeneity can have a positive as well as a detrimental effect on team outputs.
How Do Companies in Germany Evaluate their Data?
  • Barbara Engels ·
  • IW-Trends No. 4 ·
  • 25 February 2019

An Unknown Treasure: How Do Companies in Germany Evaluate their Data?

The collection, analysis and exploitation of data are key drivers of the digital economy. But the importance of data for corporate success is also increasing in industries that are not primarily associated with the digital economy.
Dwindling Growth, Rising Tensions
17 January
  • Dominik Enste ·
  • Event ·
  • 17 January 2019

The Exhausted Globalization: Dwindling Growth, Rising Tensions

Signs of crisis dominate current debates: Social cohesion is said to be dwindling, po-litical structures and multilateralism are eroding and the sustainability of economic conditions is questioned.
Homesharing in the German federal state of North Rhine - Westphalia
  • Vera Demary ·
  • IW-Report No. 3 ·
  • 14 January 2019

Homesharing in the German federal state of North Rhine - Westphalia

A professional, continuous short term letting of accommodation via home sharing platforms like Airbnb can lead to a reduction of housing space and therefore intensify housing shortages.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon checks her Twitter feed.
  • Andrew Bassilakis / Matthias Diermeier / Henry Goecke at the CESifo Forum ·
  • External Publications ·
  • 3 January 2019

Converging Media versus Diverging Politics - the Brexit Twitter on Debate

Even after two years of Brexit negotiations no deal between the EU and the UK has been settled. Today, the negotiation’s outcome seems as unpredictable as ever. This paper analyses twitter content as a proxy for the political and public debate with respect to Brexit.
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