Yet again, no significant economic stimulus is expected from this year’s World Cup. Investments in stadiums and infrastructure in Brazil have certainly resulted in high costs for the public sector, but no significantly positive overall economic impact is expected in the course of the next few...

In Berlin führt kein Weg daran vorbei, die rigorose Konsolidierungspolitik fortzusetzen. Der strikte Sparkurs muss eingehalten werden, obwohl er die regionale Nachfrageentwicklung erheblich dämpft. In für die Zukunft entscheidenden Bereichen wie Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur darf jedoch...

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...

In 2014, the German economy is expected to grow by 1.8 %. Next year, GDP will increase by 2.1 %. The output gap will decline significantly this year, but will only be fully closed in the coming year. Inflation will remain low in this environment. The upward momentum of the global economy...

The German economy is bound to accelerate in the quarters ahead, following the slump at the end of last year. Year-on-year, real gross domestic product will increase by 0.7 percent, matching last year's rise. As production will gain momentum in the course of 2013, the growth rate for 2014 will...

In the fall of 2013, DIW Berlin presented a study on minimum wages which was based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel Study for 2011. The data for 2012 have since become available. As expected, in terms of structures for employees with gross hourly earnings of less than 8.50 euros, i.e.,...