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.

Heads of division

Team

Student assistants

Amelie Ballhause, Ole Becker, Vincent Brand, Jan Fricke, Martha Jöckel, Leon Kohorst, Marie Lange, Jonas Oster, Jurek zum Hebel

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Private consumption and the region: a weakening bond?

Is consumer spending by private households still regionally bound? This question is crucial for regional development, as household spending accounts for around 50 % of gross domestic product,…

World Savings Day – but who saves at all?

Saving is traditionally an important but also sensitive topic in Germany. The Germans have the reputation of being the "world champions in saving". And indeed, the savings rate of Germans is…

Call for Papers for the 15th I-O Workshop

In cooperation with the University of Bremen, the University of Applied Sciences Bochum and in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, the GWS invites you to a new…

Young talent for the construction industry – a look at apprenticeship figures in the construction and finishing trades

The construction industry is currently caught between slumping order numbers due to high construction and financing costs and the German government's goal of building 400,000 homes a year. In…

Turning point in the manufacturing sector

German industry is in the midst of times of structural upheaval and faces a variety of challenges: High energy costs, inflation, a shortage of skilled workers, crippling digitalization,…

Median wages on spatial planning regions

For the analysis of wage developments, the Federal Employment Agency evaluates the medians of the monthly gross wages of full-time employees subject to social insurance at the place of work at…

Employees affected by a peatland restoration project

The drained moors in Germany emit as many emissions annually as the entire German air traffic. For centuries, peatlands have been drained to meet the growing demand for settlement and…

Expenditures for energy and food place a particularly heavy burden on lower incomes

The inflation rate in Germany remains at a high level even after more than a year of war in Ukraine. Although the consumer price index has now weakened for the second month in a row, it…