Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

The war in Iran has now been going on for over two months — and since then, fuel prices have risen sharply in Germany as well. As part of the fuel measures package, it was stipulated that, as of April 1, gas…

Due to the relevance of digital technologies for economic prosperity, measuring their adoption is of particular importance. We show that the availability of firm website data and advances in text mining enable…

Recent literature has increasingly focused on deciphering the modern productivity puzzle, with particular attention given to the link between digital technologies and firm-level productivity. So far, much of…

26 February 2026 is Equal Pay Day in Germany. It aims to draw attention to the gender pay gap or gender wage gap: In 2025, women in Germany earned an average of 16 per cent less per hour than men. Dr. Eliza…