Wie überall in Deutschland zieht es auch in Sachsen die Bevölkerung in die Städte. Entsprechend steigen die Kaufpreise für Wohnimmobilien – auch im näheren Umland zu den Großstädten. Allerdings ist die Wohnkostenbelastung in Sachsen im Vergleich zu anderen Regionen Deutschlands immer...

Der derzeitige Mangel an voll ausgebildeten Lehrkräften führte dazu, dass aktuell knapp zwei Drittel der neuen Stellen an sächsischen Grundschulen mit Seitenein-steigern besetzt wurden. Gleichzeitig sind die Anforderungen an das Lehrpersonal durch die Zunahme von Schülern mit...

In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir, dass die Fusion der Länder Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen zu einem Bundesland „Mitteldeutschland“ kaum Einsparungen erbringen würde. Eine Fusion würde weniger als 0,1 % der Landesausgaben (rund 2,90 Euro je Einwohner und Jahr) einsparen. Dies liegt...

Analysis of population aging is typically framed in terms of chronological age. However, chronological age itself is not necessarily deeply informative about the aging process. This paper reviews literature and conducts empirical analyses aimed at investigating whether chronological age is a...

Green fiscal reforms would contribute to climate change mitigation, increase the economic efficiency of national tax systems and provide additional public revenues. Some countries in Latin America have already taken first steps towards green fiscal reforms. This paper provides an overview of the...

Green fiscal reforms would contribute to climate change mitigation, increase the economic efficiency of national tax systems and provide additional public revenues. Some countries in Latin America have already taken first steps towards green fiscal reforms. This outlook article provides an...

We present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003) and Melitz and Ottaviano (2005). The model is constructed to yield testable implications for the dynamics of international prices, productivity levels and markups as functions...

Analysis of population aging is typically framed in terms of chronological age. However, chronological age itself is not necessarily deeply informative about the aging process. This paper reviews literature and conducts empirical analyses aimed at investigating whether chronological age is a...

Plastics today feature in every part of our lives and are found everywhere. The global realisation that plastics are an environmental problem has focused on plastic waste and pollution, but plastics are also problematic in terms of the global climate emergency, because almost all plastics today...