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The digitization of public administration is making almost no progress in Germany. In a European comparison, the country continues to rank in the lower midfield in terms of e-government.
Europe must take the dare to take the next step:
Delors Plan 2.0
Michael Hüther / Simon Gerards Iglesias / Melinda Fremerey / Sandra Parthie
In the coming years, the world order of exchange and multilateralism, which has so far been shaped by the West, will lose power, and global institutions will find it increasingly difficult to fulfil their mission of balancing interests and promoting international cooperation and development.
Michael Hüther / Simon Gerards Iglesias / Melinda Fremerey / Sandra Parthie
IW
This time is different but still risky:
Banking crisis instead of financial crisis
Michael Hüther
The current crisis of some American and European banks inevitably triggers fears that an international banking crisis could lead to a new financial crisis. But things in 2023 are very different from those in 2007.
How Stereotyping the Rich and the Poor Impacts Redistributive Preferences in Germany
External Publication
20. March 2023
Punching up or Punching down?:
How Stereotyping the Rich and the Poor Impacts Redistributive Preferences in Germany
Matthias Diermeier / Madeleine F. Fischer / Judith Niehues in SOEP papers
Redistribution and the welfare state have been linked by academic discourse to narratives that portray specific societal groups as ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’. The present analysis contributes to this scholarship in a twofold manner.
Matthias Diermeier / Madeleine F. Fischer / Judith Niehues in SOEP papers
IW
Findings from the Global Tax Expenditures Database
External Publication
15. March 2023
Tax expenditures in OECD countries:
Findings from the Global Tax Expenditures Database
Beznoska, Martin / Christian von Haldenwang / Ruth Maria Schüler in IDOS (Hrsg.) Discussion Paper
The Global Tax Expenditures Database (https://GTED.net/) collects national reports on tax expenditures for 101 countries for the period from 1990 to the present. Based on these data, the development of tax expenditures in the 38 OECD countries between 1999 and today is examined.
Beznoska, Martin / Christian von Haldenwang / Ruth Maria Schüler in IDOS (Hrsg.) Discussion Paper
IW
The 9-Euro-Ticket, which provided a month’s unlimited travel on local and regional trains, trams and buses throughout Germany, was available from June to August 2022.
The Focus of Research in Germany’s Automotive Industry
Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Malte Küper / Thomas Puls
The automotive industry in Germany is currently facing several challenges. Car production had already fallen significantly before the Covid19 pandemic and in 2020 and 2021 suffered two slumps of historic proportions.
Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Malte Küper / Thomas Puls
IW
China's dependence on the West for imports and technologies
Simon Gerards Iglesias / Jürgen Matthes
There are mutual dependencies between China and the West that have the potential to result in high economic costs for both sides in the event of a geopolitical conflict. Should China actually plan an invasion of Taiwan, the West would be considerably affected by likely reciprocal sanctions, but due to its important position as a supplier of important goods for China, it would by no means be unable to act.
Immigration from North Africa:
Initial successes and further potential for securing skilled labor
Wido Geis-Thöne
With the baby boomers retiring from the labour market, Germany will be increasingly dependent on skilled workers from abroad in the coming years in order to avoid massive bottlenecks in the labour market and to secure growth and prosperity.
Does Nudging Help in the crisis?:
Behavioral economic measures for freedom-preserving energy conservation
Dominik Enste / Julia Hensen / Jennifer Potthoff
In view of the impending gas shortage, private households are called upon to reduce their gas and energy consumption. The moral appeals of those in power harbor the danger that people will react with reactance instead of the desired change in behavior.
Dominik Enste / Julia Hensen / Jennifer Potthoff
IW
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