Die Digitalisierung führt zu einem Wandel der Industrie und zu globalen Herausforderungen. Die EU-Industriepolitik will diesen mit Erhöhung des Industrieanteils an der Wertschöpfung begegnen. Analysen des DIW Berlin zeigen, dass ausgewählte Regio- nen mit geringem Industrieanteil in der...

Digitalization is changing the industrial sector and introducing new global challenges • EU industrial policy aims to counter these challenges by increasing industry’s share of value added • DIW Berlin analyses show that selected regions with a low share of industry can play an important...

Is the German manufacturing industry, which has been leaving cities for less densely populated areas since World War II, being lured back into urban centers? This report analyses industrial start-ups from 2012 to 2016 and derives their preferred locations. The analysis shows that the start-up...

Wird das verarbeitende Gewerbe, das seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg die Städte zugunsten weniger verdichteter Räume verlassen hat, in die Innenstädte zurückgelockt? Dieser Bericht analysiert das industrielle Gründungsgeschehen der Jahre 2012 bis 2016, aus dem sich die Standortpräferenzen neuer...

East German wages have been below the West German wage level since unification. Moreover, the East-West wage gap implied by the contractual wages specified in collective wage agreements is drifting ever further apart from the wage gap in terms of effective wages. This paper looks at the role of...

After 20 years of transition from an economy integrated in an exchange scheme of planned economies towards an open market economy based on the ideas of competition, we ask whether East German firms succeeded in finding their place in the international division of labour. We concentrate on the...

The vast majority of regions in West Germany, and the EU, have become more similar in terms of per-capita income and productivity between 1980 and 2000. But a number of rich areas - generally large agglomerations - have succeeded in departing from this trend of convergence. They are continuing...