The continuous decline of commercial agricultural areas accompanied by a trend toward larger farms has increased competition for a scarce production factor in Germany: land. From 2000 to 2013, the purchase prices of agricultural land increased by 80 percent, according to the German Federal...

Im Verlauf der rasanten wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Chinas haben sich enorme regionale Unterschiede herausgebildet. In der leistungsstärksten Provinz (Shanghai) war das Pro-Kopf-Einkommen 2007 fast zehnmal so hoch wie in der wirtschaftlich schwächsten Provinz (Guizhou). Eine Verringerung der...

Im Verlauf der rasanten wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Chinas haben sich enorme regionale Unterschiede herausgebildet. In der leistungsstärksten Provinz (Shanghai) war das Pro-Kopf-Einkommen 2007 fast zehnmal so hoch wie in der wirtschaftlich schwächsten Provinz (Guizhou). Eine Verringerung der...

Der kontinuierliche Rückgang landwirtschaftlicher Nutzfläche verbunden mit der Tendenz zu immer größeren landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben hat die Konkurrenz um den knappen Produktionsfaktor Boden in Deutschland erhöht. Von 2000 bis 2013 sind die Kaufpreise landwirtschaftlicher Nutzflächen...

Housing rents in Germany have been rising for several years. Especially in major cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, the increases have recently been higher than the German average growth rate of rents that makes up roughly two percent. The German government would like to respond to this...

Colombia has the highest number of internally displaced refugees in the world after Syria. The decade-long ongoing armed conflict between the Colombian police and the armed forces, paramilitaries, and guerilla groups has caused 5.7 million people--more than ten percent of the population-- to...

When speculative price bubbles on real estate markets burst, the results are often distortions in the real economy, associated with substantial losses in production and employment. This paper discusses the degree to which institutional frameworks can prevent speculative bubbles from forming and...

The prices and rents for flats in the most large German cities have been markedly grown in the last few years. This tendency will continue through 2013, too. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Frankfurt am Main are leading in terms of growth of the home prices and rents. In these cities, the prices...

Untersuchungen über die Preise auf dem Markt für Wohnimmobilien geben in aller Regel Aufschluss über die Preise für Wohnungen in einer bestimmten Lage oder mit einer bestimmten Beschaffenheit. Das DIW Berlin hat ein Verfahren entwickelt, mit dem die Preise für verschiedenartige Wohnungen zu...

Since 2010, housing prices in Germany have been growing on average by 6 percent a year. During the same period, the rents have been increasing by 4 percent, which is significantly slower than the housing prices, but substantially faster than the consumer prices. This is one of the results of the...