Many economic decisions implicitly or explicitly rely on a projection of the medium- or long-term economic development of a country or region. In this paper, we provide a federal long-run projection model for Germany and the German states. The model fea-tures a top-down approach and, as major...

Viele ökonomische Entscheidungen basieren implizit oder explizit auf Projektionen der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität in einem Land oder einer Region. In diesem Artikel wird ein langfristiges Projektionsmodell für Deutschland insgesamt und die deutschen Länder vorgestellt, das am IWH entwickelt...

Aus Anlass des Jahrestages hat das Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) die Broschüre „25 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall: Wirtschaftliche Integration Ostdeutschlands im Spiegel der Forschung am IWH“ herausgegeben. Ein Überblickstext und 25 Abbildungen zeichnen wichtige ökonomische...

The endowment with human capital is not only a factor that strongly influences the region’s current economical potential, but also has a considerable effect on its future economical potential, i.o.w. economic growth. Human capital describes the employable peoples’ skills and their personal...

"Many empirical studies for Germany consider either the training activities of the unemployed or those of employees. However, a comprehensive comparison of both groups had not been conducted until now. The paper closes this gap. Using data from the latest time-use survey (Zeitbudgeterhebung) of...

The study evaluates different ESF-funded labour market programmes by comparing the labour market status at different points in time after the treatment. In order to solve the selection problem we employ a standard matching algorithm with a multi-dimensional distance measure. The effects of the...

The evaluation of economic effects of workers participation is not simple from the methodical point of view because of specific characteristics of establishments with works councils. Especially recent studies show contradictory results. In this study problems are pointed out, discussed, and...

Many empirical studies consider either training activities of the unemployed or training activities of the employees in Germany. However, a comprehensive comparison of both groups is missing. The paper closes this gap. Using data of the latest time use survey (Zeitbudgeterhebung) of the Federal...

Im gesamtwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsvolumen werden unbezahlte Überstunden – im Unterschied zu bezahlten Überstunden und der Saldenveränderung auf Arbeitszeitkonten – bislang nicht berücksichtigt. Der in Arbeitsstunden gemessene Arbeitsinput wird damit zu gering ausgewiesen. Jedoch tragen...

"Many empirical studies for Germany consider either the training activities of the unemployed or those of employees. However, a comprehensive comparison of both groups had not been conducted until now. The paper closes this gap. Using data from the latest time-use survey (Zeitbudgeterhebung) of...