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that took place in the European Union (EU) during the period 2010-13. This paper summarises the main results of WDN3 by …
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Union. In addition the development of unit labour costs in Europe is analysed, so allowing for labour productivity … Germany unit labour costs rose by 1.9 %. Overall, since the start of the currency union the rate of growth of unit labour … Europäischen Union als Ganzes dargestellt. Im Anschluss daran wird die Entwicklung der Lohnstückkosten untersucht, dabei wird …
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This report is an account of the relationship between the ERA development and German research and innovation policy (R&I policy). The report introduces what ERA is and how the activities and instruments at European level have fundamentally changed and broadened. It provides a discussion of key...
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CO2 storage opportunities and the location of coal-fired power plants are located far apart throughout Europe, suggesting the need for a region-wide CO2 pipeline network or at least a considerable number of cross-border transport pipelines. Regionally coherent policy would be needed to embed a...
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This volume was prepared by Sebastian Benz while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes five self-contained chapters. All chapters discuss different...
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This EU supported Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) had been conducted by a European Consortium composed of eight research institutions. Ifo's part within this larger programme was (a) to analyse the fiscal effects of privatization and (b) to assess the valuation of privatization...
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On the 1st of July, Germany will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. Normally …
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The past year has seen a much higher political pro file for the issue of minimum wages, not only in Germany, which has seen fresh initiatives to tackle low pay, but also in those many other countries in Europe that have embarked on substantial and sus tained increases in statutory minimum wages....
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[Background and aims of this position paper] Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it has become ever clearer that it poses an enormous challenge for society. The lockdown imposed on large parts of public life, which hit all social groups and institutions relatively abruptly with a wide range of...
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