Die Corona-Krise trifft die deutsche Wirtschaft mit voller Wucht. Tiefe und Breite der Rezession lassen erwarten, dass die Erholung sehr schleppend verläuft. Für einen Neustart der Wirtschaft ist ein Konjunkturprogramm notwendig. Die Bundesregierung hat ein Paket im Umfang von alles in allem...

Durch den Nachfrageausfall in Folge der Corona-Krise haben viele Selbständige ihre Einkommensgrundlage - zumindest vorübergehend - teilweise oder sogar vollständig verloren. Rund 60 Prozent unter ihnen beklagen Einkommensverluste, während es bei den abhängig Beschäftigten etwa 15 Prozent...

We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic, and of the government-mandated measures to contain its spread, affected the self-employed relative to employed individuals in Germany and, secondly, to what extent the female self-employed were more strongly hit than their male...

We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic, and of the governmentmandated measures to contain its spread, affected the self-employed relative to employed individuals in Germany and, secondly, to what extent the female self-employed were more strongly hit than their male...

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people's mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health,...

Following the 2015 refugee influx, recent studies have found that around one in four companies have hired refugees. A survey of 100 companies that hired refugees shows that hiring refugees can increase employee satisfaction, improve reputations, and positively affect corporate developments. At...