This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in Germany. In line with previous studies, the estimated employment effect is only modestly negative and statistically insignificant. In contrast, affected firms increased prices much...

Every month, the ifo Business Survey (IBS) asks a representative set of 9000 German firms about their current and expected economic conditions. Thus, the micro data of the IBS are ideally suited to study various aspects of firm behavior. However, methodological heterogeneities between different...

This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in Germany. Widely throughout the economy, affected firms responded by rapidly and frequently increasing prices without cutting employment. These decisions are strongly interrelated:...

This paper studies a new aspect of firms' expectation formation by asking whether expectations primarily reflect aggregate, industry-wide information (e.g., industry trends) or disaggregate information (e.g., firm-specific information). First, we show that disaggregate information is strongly...

This paper studies a new aspect of firms’ expectation formation by asking whether expectations primarily reflect aggregate, industry-wide information (e.g., industry trends) or disaggregate information (e.g., firm-specific information). First, we show that disaggregate information is strongly...

This paper studies a new aspect of firms' expectation formation by asking whether expectations primarily reflect aggregate, industry-wide information (e.g., industry trends) or disaggregate information (e.g., firm-specific information). First, we show that disaggregate information is strongly...

This paper studies a new aspect of firms' expectation formation by asking whether expectations primarily reflect aggregate, industry-wide information (e.g., industry trends) or disaggregate information (e.g., firm-specific information). First, we show that disaggregate information is strongly...

Die Konjunktur in Deutschland ist derzeit gespalten. Während sich die kontaktintensiven Dienstleistungsbereiche kräftig von der Coronakrise erholen, schrumpft die Wertschöpfung im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe infolge von Lieferengpässen bei wichtigen industriellen Vorprodukten. Das...

Die Zahl der Beschäftigten in Kurzarbeit in Deutschland dürfte nach Schätzung des ifo Instituts im Februar leicht auf 2,8 Millionen Personen gestiegen sein, nachdem sie im Januar bei schätzungsweise 2,7 Millionen Personen gelegen war. Damit dürfte der Anteil der Kurzarbeiter an der...

Im Herbst 2020 nahm das Infektionsgeschehen mit dem Coronavirus wieder spürbar an Fahrt auf und hat sich zuletzt erneut beschleunigt. Dadurch verschiebt sich die konjunkturelle Erholung, die ursprünglich für das Frühjahr 2021 erwartet wurde, zeitlich im Jahresverlauf nach hinten. Das...