Economic Consequences of Authoritarian Governance as Illustrated by Hungary
This report analyzes Hungary’s economic development since the return of the FIDESZ government in 2010, benchmarking its trajectory against the Visegrád countries and Romania.
IW-Report No. 39 13. August 2025 Susanne Seyda / Thomas Schleiermacher
The new federal government's 100-day program
In the wake of the 2025 federal elections, 1,071 HR managers and HR experts were surveyed in the IW Personnel Panel in spring 2025 to find out which HR policy-related issues the new federal government should tackle in the first 100 days and what it should do to create better framework conditions for companies in Germany.
IW-Policy Paper No. 6 22. March 2025 Tobias Hentze in cooperation with Hubertus Bardt et al.
Economic restrictions for the implementation of the financial package
With three central adjustments, Bundestag and Bundesrat have fundamentally changed the architecture of state finances.
Tobias Hentze in cooperation with Hubertus Bardt / Martin Beznoska / Markus Demary / Michael Grömling / Jochen Pimpertz / Axel Plünnecke / Thomas Puls / Thilo Schaefer / Oliver Stettes / Michael Voigtländer IW
The German Economic Institute (IW) and Frontier Economics are pleased to invite you to a rapporteur & stakeholder workshop on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) in Brussels.
Event
28. September 2026
Sandra Parthie / Alexander Radunz
Online-Veranstaltungsreihe „Von Brüssel nach Berlin”: Regionalentwicklung und Industriepolitik
Wir laden Sie herzlich zu einer weiteren Online-Veranstaltung unserer Veranstaltungsreihe „Von Brüssel nach Berlin“ ein. Mit ihr wollen wir in loser Folge Themen aus der europäischen in die deutsche Hauptstadt tragen.
Making Apprenticeships a Success: From Marketing to Hiring
Paula Risius / Dirk Werner / Philip Herzer / Fritz Orange / Regina Flake / Franziska Arndt / Yasin Küçükyavuz / Edgar Schmitz
In-company vocational training is a key factor in securing skilled labour. The first step in investing in future employees is to approach and recruit new apprentices. For many companies, filling the apprenticeship positions they offer is a challenge.
GTIPA Perspectives: Making AI Policy to Drive Innovation
Vera Demary
Germany’s federal structure leads to a diverse landscape of AI policies across the country. While
the EU AI Act establishes a general framework for AI policy throughout the continent, Germany’s
federal government is responsible for national AI policies.
More and more companies in Europe are using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. In 2025, one in five companies in the EU with 10 employees or more used at least one major AI technology, up from 8% in 2023 (Eurostat, 2026a).
Contribution
31. August 2026
Samina Sultan in the Financial Times
Letter: Expanded EU carbon border tax is not a reaction to US tariffs
In his op-ed (August 12) Andrew Puzder, the US ambassador to the EU, accused the EU of double standards. He argued that criticising US tariffs on steel and aluminium derivatives while simultaneously imposing Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism charges on the same products, is hypocritical.
European Minimum Wage Directive and Strengthening Collective Bargaining Coverage
Hagen Lesch / Lennart Eckle / Sandra Vogel
The EU Minimum Wage Directive recommends that EU Member States achieve a collective bargaining coverage of 80 per cent to ensure adequate minimum wages.
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