Team

The Economic and Social Affairs team consists of economists, social scientists and regional economists. Our strengths are in empirical analysis, selecting and preparing information and interpreting results within the wider economic context.

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Our figure of the month 05/2022: Strong increase in timber prices due to rising global demand, supply bottlenecks and trade embargoes

Forestry and sawmills benefit

After both raw wood prices and industrial producer prices for wood in Germany stagnated for years or declined from mid-2018 to the end of 2020, they have since…

Supporting climate resilient economic development in Kazakhstan

Application of the e3.kz model to analyze the macroeconomic impacts of climate change adaptation

The CRED project published the National Report for Kazakhstan. The report gives an overview…

Our figure of the month 04/2022: Private consumption over the last 30 years

The Corona pandemic had a significant impact on the consumption behavior of German households. Initially, households had to adjust their spending in line with freezes and hygiene regulations.…

GWS at the EU conference on modelling for policy support: recordings and presentations now available

GWS has contributed to two sessions of the 2021 EU Conference on modelling for policy support, which took place online from 22 to 26 November and was organised by the European Commission's…

Our figure of the month 03/2022: German-Russian Import Dependence

Raw Materials versus High Technology

The EU's four sanctions packages against Russia were adopted quickly and in great unity. In the meantime, sanctioned Russian banks have also been partially…

New Paper published on macroeconomic impacts of climate change on the Blue Economy sectors of southern European islands

This paper presents a model-based assessment of the macroeconomic impacts of climate change on the Blue Economy of Southern European islands for different climate scenarios until the end of…

We are looking for student employees (m/f/d)!

We are looking for a student as a student assistant for 20 hrs/month from March 2022.

Activity:

Support with R programming activities
Dashboard development
Data processing
Methodological…

Our figure of the month 02/2022: The bicycle boom is catching on with commuters – 10% have taken up cycling or e-bikes since the pandemic

Shares of cars and public transport declining

In Germany, millions of working people commute between home and work every day. Despite the past two Covid years, the trend toward commuting is…