Using data from the German Socio Economic Panel, I describe the incidence, attributes, and outcomes of continuous training received by workers in Germany between 1986 and 1989. Further training is primarily a white collar phenomenon, is concentrated among the more highly educated, and in the...

The German economy has been outperforming other member countries of the European Union during the recent Great Recession and the still ongoing European debt crisis. What are the determinants of this outcome? This paper sets out to empirically analyze the trade and technology specialization and...

Mindestens 15 Milliarden Euro Neuverschuldung tragen nichts zur Bekämpfung der Pandemiefolgen bei. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt das Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW Kiel) in einem Gutachten für die Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM). Hätte der Bundestag bei der Verabschiedung des...