While many countries in the euro area are deep in recession due to a debt and structural crisis, the German economy appears to have excelled compared to many other euro area countries. Unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since German reunification, economic output has grown by over eight...

Only strong economic growth will help Europe emerge from its crisis. The reforms implemented to date at national and European level have failed to impact the economy positively; this is due to excessive national, corporate, and private debts, the flawed banking system, the lack of structural...

Das DIW hat in Kooperation mit anderen Instituten im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes die Beschäftigungswirkungen des Umweltschutzes in West- und Ostdeutschland untersucht. Ziel war eine umfassende und detaillierte Erfassung der Zusammenhänge zwischen Umweltschutz und Beschäftigung sowie eine...

Following a decline last year and stagnation in 2013, the construction industry's economic prospects for 2014 are looking noticeably brighter. DIW Berlin expects more than six percent nominal growth for construction in Germany, or four percent in real terms, primarily as a result of persistently...

Following a period of stagnation in 2012, the economic outlook for the construction industry next year is considerably brighter. DIW Berlin predicts nominal growth of five percent for construction volume in Germany. In real terms, taking into account inflation, construction volume is expected to...

While many countries in the European Monetary Union are deep in recession due to a debt and structural crisis, the German economy appears to have excelled compared to many other euro area states. Unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since German reunification, economic output has grown by...

The construction industry remains a key pillar of the German economy. According to the latest construction volume calculations by DIW Berlin, the value of construction in the current and coming year is forecast to grow far more rapidly than the economy as a whole: by a price-adjusted 3.3 percent...

Heute gilt Berlin wieder als 'in'. Trotz prekärer Haushaltslage hat die Stadt ihre zentralen Standortmerkmale Kultur, Bildung und Forschung profiliert. Die Investitionen der Wirtschaft steigen, die Zahl der Menschen, die hier Arbeit finden, ebenfalls. Allerdings sah es nach der Euphorie der...