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The impact of broadband on jobs and the German economy

Katz, Raúl L.; Vaterlaus, Stephan; Zenhäusern, Patrick; … - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 45 (2010) 1, pp. 26-34

This study calculates the impact of investment in broadband technology on German employment and economic output. Two sequential investment scenarios are analysed: the first one reflects the government's National Broadband Strategy that extends through 2014, and the second covers the...

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Labour mobility in the EU : dynamics, patterns and policies

In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 49 (2014) 3, pp. 116-158

The continued economic crisis has become a major test for the labour markets of individual member states. Labour mobility within the European Union has the potential to help to reduce labour market pressures and ease economic imbalances. However, a long-term loss of working age population can be...

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Wage inequality in Germany and the bumpy road to a minimum wage

Bosch, Gerhard - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 48 (2013) 6, pp. 339-344

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Youth unemployment

In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 48 (2013) 4, pp. 196-235

Youth unemployment has been on the rise since the beginning of the crisis in 2008. Even more troublesome is the … impact on social cohesion and fears of a “lost generation”. Given the extreme differences in youth unemployment levels among … opportunities for mutual learning on how to combat youth unemployment. This Forum explores youth unemployment in the EU via case …

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The euro : a story of misunderstanding

Flassbeck, Heiner; Spiecker, Friederike - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 46 (2011) 4, pp. 180-187

From the very beginning of the European Monetary Union the crucial institutions, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, led by mainstream economic thinking, were not up to their task of controlling the core of the system effectively. A huge gap in competitiveness among the member...

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Fiscal consolidation in Germany

Röger, Werner; Veld, Jan in 't; Vogel, Lukas - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 45 (2010) 6, pp. 364-371

The German federal government's fiscal consolidation package, announced in June, is designed to permanently reduce the federal deficit to a new target level. This article uses a three-region version of the European Commission's QUEST model to gauge the impact of the package on Germany and the...

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Lisbon Treaty - Karlsruhe rules

Best, Edward - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 44 (2009) 4, pp. 194-195

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Inter-temporal savings, current account trends and asymmetric shocks in a heterogeneous European Monetary Union

Schnabl, Gunther; Zemanek, Holger - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 46 (2011) 3, pp. 153-160

This paper contributes to the discussion on the European current account imbalances by analysing the intra-European trends since 1990 based on the theory of optimum currency areas. The authors show that German unification was the origin of not only the 1992-93 EMS crisis but also rising...

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Europe under Merkel’s third term

Pelkmans, Jacques - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 48 (2013) 5, pp. 266-267

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Germany's debt brake : pulling the EU out of its debt trap?

Hishow, Ognian - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 46 (2011) 6, pp. 327-331

How high would be the opportunity costs of the introduction of a German-style debt brake in other EU member states? The following article calculates these and concludes that they would in many cases be politically unacceptable. The author proposes an alternative solution, a “debt brake light”.

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