Research Areas
Based on the GWS own economic models, we conduct empirical analysis and projections for public and private-sector organisations and companies.
The Economic & Social Affairs division provides services in the following topics:
Business Cycle, Economic Activities and International Trade
The main focus in this Research Area is on analysing economic activity levels. Taking a bottom-up approach, domestic economic growth is determined on the basis of sector-specific business cycle…
Labour Market
Projects within this Research Area revolve around theoretical and empirical investigations on the effect of a range of factors on the labour market. Developments relating to classes of occupations or…
Demographics, Private Households and Consumption
Projects in this Research Area discuss questions as to how and in which way demographic change affects the economy. Private households are at the heart of these analyses. The single factors that are…
Health, care, family
There are services in an economy that are considered important in the context of social welfare functions, for example in the areas of education, training, care and health. Driven by demographic trends,…
Regional Issues
The clear significance of several aspects of the transformation currently taking place in German society, becomes especially apparent in a regional context. Consequently, regional analysis, whether…
Our figure of month
In today's information age we are surrounded by an almost infinite amount of data. Each month, the GWS-WiSo-team selects a particularly interesting economic and/or social topic or question from the…