Jointly with Bochum University of Applied Sciences and University of Bremen, the GWS invites to a special edition of the Input-Output-Workshop in Osnabrück, from March 30th – 31st, 2017. More information and the Call for Papers can be…

On the KBV-Herbsttagung (5th Oktober 2016 in Berlin) the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians presented its newly developed medical market projection. The projection runs until 2030 and considers the demand as…

„Building bridges“ – this is the motive of this year’s 26th celebration of German Unity on October 3rd, 2016 in Dresden – a reason for looking at the construction sector in fast motion.

The first figure shows gross value added per…

Over the past decade, the proportion of property owners in Germany has increased remarkably from approx. 42% in 2006 to 47.5 % in 2013. Thus a decreasing part of the households are affected by the strong rent increases in many large…

Anett Großmann had presented project results of the recent study "Approaches for further development of public finances" at the 17th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation in Groningen, Netherlands (22nd to 23 nd of September 2016).

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Anett Großmann represented the project team "Prosumer households" at the transfer workshop "Strengthening the citizens energy transition - innovation, participation and acceptance of local and regional initiatives" in Berlin (15 of…

The project prosumer households has been finalized with recommendations for policy and decision makers and shows how prosumer households can contribute to the energy transition. Recommendations [in German only] can be downloaded at…

The GWS Discussion Paper 16/8 contributes to the public dispute about the bracket creep and the need for tax reliefs by an analysis of the effects of a permanent proportional income tax reduction on the total economy as well as on the…

The International Association of Energy Economics founded a regional hub for Central Asia in Baku (Aug. 28 - Sept. 1). Ulrike Lehr presented at this conference results of a study on economic effects of energy efficiency the Eastern…

The question whether Germany is an immigration country or not has been in the scope of discussion for many years now. The commonly used term of net migration to illustrate this issue fails at showing what is going on exactly. A…