The FDZ Ruhr provides a dataset on real estate advertisements in Germany for the years 2007 to 2017. The data is based on the internet platform ImmobilienScout24 and covers apartments and houses for sale and for rent. The data is available for scientific research only. The provided dataset...

[Introduction] An important issue in the current German public and political discourse is the development of housing prices. Sharply increasing rents, shortage of living space in urban areas and rural exodus are some of the discussed problems. Despite its topicality, few data are available on...

[Introduction] An important issue in the current German public and political discourse is the development of housing prices. Sharply increasing rents, shortage of living space in urban areas and rural exodus are some of the discussed problems. Despite its topicality, few data are available on...

Fertility rates decline in most developed countries. This is especially true for Germany. Fertility is highly correlated with the skill level of women. The age at school enrolment and therefore the age at graduation depends on the month of birth. Children born before the cut-off date start...

There exists empirical evidence for Germany that income inequality has increased. Further, development of housing prices is quite heterogeneous between regions. In this paper we analyze regional inequality regarding purchasing power per capita. By contrast to the existing literature we apply...

The airport Berlin-Brandenburg that has been built for several years now will take over all flights from the existing airports in Berlin. Four weeks before the expected opening of the airport its was delayed by several months. This delay was exogeneous for (potential) residents in the...

Berlin-Brandenburg airport (BER) has become well-known far beyond German borders due to substantial mis-planning and heavy delays in opening. Planned to open in March 2012 and to take over all air-transport services from Germany's capital city, with the other airports expected to close,...

Marginal employment, so-called Minijobs, represent a significant part of the dependent employment in Germany. In 20121 and 2016 the RWI conducted a survey and interviewed marginally employed workers and employers with marginally employed workers in North Rhine-Westphalia. The results of the...

Die Untersuchung geht den räumlichen Unterschieden im Aufkommen von Kreditausfallrisiken der Privathaushalte in deutschen Ballungsräumen nach. Zahlungsschwierigkeiten sind eine gravierende Auswirkung persönlicher Fehlentscheidungen und können auf mangelnde finanzielle Grundkompetenzen...