Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is currently causing huge political excitement. The consequences, however, will also be felt in the national economy of Britain itself as well as among its trade partners/ nations.…

On 13th/14th June 2016, the European Public Service Union (EPSU) and its Austrian affiliate Younion organised a seminar on digitalisation. A broad range of topics were covered in discussions that made clear the extent to which new…

GWS presents results on social and distribution effects of the electricity surcharge for renewable energy and suggestions on how to mitigate these effects at the 39th International Conference of the International Association of Energy…

The GWS research report 2016/01 describes extensively macroeconomic effects and distributional impacts of the energy transition. Based on a brief literature review and especially own work effects are further structured, concepts defined…

In 2015, the GWS started a first attempt to project businesses by economic activities based on closures and foundations of companies. The data set for this business demography was provided by the Federal Statistical Office. By using the…

On 18 May 2016, the Federal Cabinet has entrusted the Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi) with the implementation of the purchase grant for electric cars. The support is financed equally with federal funds and resources to the…

Following the expansion of renewable energy in Germany, an increasing number of private households is producing heat and electricity for themselves. Prosumer-households consume at least a small part of their own generated energy. In a…

Private consumption that considers resource-saving and environmentally friendly behaviour is one aspect of sustainable development. The current soeb-Working-Paper 2016-3 published within the research network soeb 3 shows the impact of a…

The indicator TBI measures past and future conditions under which participation can be realised. First results show that participation conditions have shown a general upward tendency since 2006. The improvement of participation conditions…

The price dynamics of the market for already existing houses seem to decline. While the house prices continue to increase, the growth of the house-price-to-income-ratio has slowed down. Nowadays an employee needs 8 times his annual…