The economic situation among companies in the economic sector service providers of the information society further improves. Companies in this economic sector overall expect a…
The outlooks for stock markets in Germany and the USA are quite poor. A final result of an average of about 6,150 points is expected for the German stock market index DAX in 2010. In…
In the three months before the reduction of the maximum entitlement length of unemployment benefits for older unemployed became effective in February 2006, the number of unemployed…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany decreased slightly by 0.7 points in December 2009. The indicator now stands at 50.4 points after 51.1 points in the previous month.…
The planned child care benefit (Betreuungsgeld) by the German government for mothers, who care for their infants at home, causes windfall gains. This is the finding of a current study…
Tax and finance are by far the most important issue for the new German government. Health care, education, labour market and social issues are slightly less important. These are the…
Especially the younger pupils in class are often victims of violence and bullying. For boys or children with migration background the risk of being bullied by their classmates is…
Car drivers in Germany are willing to spend more money on low-carbon cars. On average they accept a surcharge of 68 euro for a car emitting one gram per kilometre (g/km) of CO2 less.…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany decreased slightly by 4.9 points in November 2009 and now stands at 51.1 points after 56.0 points in the previous month. This value…