In den Jahren seit der deutschen Vereinigung hat sich die Situation auf dem Wohnungsmarkt Ostdeutschlands grundlegend verändert. Herrschte zu DDR-Zeiten und anfangs der neunziger Jahre schwerer Wohnungsmangel, so stehen inzwischen über eine Million Wohnungen leer. Die Gründe des...

Die Produktivitätsentwicklung verweist sowohl auf den Erfolg als auch auf die Voraussetzungen des wirt-schaftlichen Wachstums. Ökonomische Wachstumsprozesse vollziehen sich im Zusammenwirken von technischem Fortschritt, Kapitalintensivierung und der Ausrichtung der Wirtschaftsstruktur auf die...

While popular opinion often pictures FDI flowing in search of lowest-wage, lowest- skilled activities in emerging markets, actual FDI to such countries increasingly addresses medium to high-skilled manufacturing sectors. Such FDI might be called "Quality FDI" that contributes to the creation of...

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets, financial markets, and entrepreneurship. Currently, digitalization seems to favor female labor force, since women face on average lower risk of being replaced by...

Foreign direct investment in developing countries has got a bad reputation in some popular discussions where it is set tantamount to first world’s postcolonial exploitation of the raw materials and cheap labour from the third world, associated with pictures of leaking oil fields and collapsing...

While popular opinion often pictures FDI flowing in search of lowest-wage, lowest-skilled activities in emerging markets, actual FDI to such countries increasingly addresses medium to high-skilled manufacturing sectors. Such FDI might be called “Quality FDI” that contributes to the creation...

Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets, financial markets, and entrepreneurship. Currently, digitalization seems to favor female labor force, since women face on average lower risk of being replaced by...