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  Press Releases // 29.02.2024

  More Housing and Childcare Opportunities Needed to Attract Skilled Professionals

  will create new immigration opportunities for people with practical work experience. In addition, the “lane change” for temporary asylum seekers who can apply for a residence permit in this way will take [...] regard to enable more immigration via this channel. Another welcome reform is the “lane change” for temporary asylum seekers. They can now switch to a residence permit designated for skilled workers if they
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  News // 26.10.2022

  For a Double Dividend in Climate Policy

  highest tax benefit when one partner earns little or does not work at all, is one of the main reasons why women in Germany are much more likely to work part-time than in other industrialised countries. The second [...] second earner then has to pay relatively high taxes, which reduces the incentive to work many hours. A major area of research in economics is therefore concerned with the question of how such inefficiencies [...] pay the same amount whether you earn much or little money, a head tax makes it more worthwhile to work more hours. But socially, of course, this is exactly the problem – if the senior doctor pays the same
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  Press Releases // 18.08.2022

  Strong Innovation Activity Ensures Survival of Firms in the Crisis Year 2020

  This is probably largely due to the financial aid paid out, the regulations on short-time work and the temporary suspension of the obligation to file for insolvency. The IAB/ZEW Start-up Panel tracks the
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  Press Releases // 09.08.2022

  Higher Pre-Pandemic Digitalisation Level Led to Less Short-Time Work in the 2020 Crisis

  being able to work from home did not lead to fewer employees on short-time work: Regions with low digital capital had equally high short-time work rates, regardless of whether the option to work from home [...] on short-time work schemes was up to 25 per cent above average during the first lockdown. - The possibility to work from home decreased the likelihood of being put on short-time working, but only in local [...] be put on short-time working during the first eight months of the pandemic in Germany. One channel for the effect of digital capital is that it is essential for employees to work from home. This is the
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  News // 08.04.2022

  How Can Real Estate Provide for Old Age?

  interested in them. She also illustrates how policymakers can provide regulation and how the market works in other countries. - “In the past, many households in Germany have invested their savings into property [...] model, for example, allows the owner to sell the property to a provider and to be guaranteed a temporary or life annuity, depending on the agreement. The provider will be responsible for maintaining the
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  News // 07.04.2022

  The Resilience of Labour in Times of War

  far – apart from the fact that up to seven million people were on short-time work in mid-2020. At that time, short-time work largely prevented the threat of unemployment due to the closing of clubs, trade [...] costs are falling with unexpectedly higher inflation rates and constant nominal wages. This has a temporary stabilising effect. Also, more people are employed in the defence industry, in energy conservation
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  Press Releases // 31.03.2022

  Excessive Adherence to Crisis Policies Fosters Zombification of the Economy

  Ukraine. The rapid succession of crises reinforces the need to respond with highly targeted and temporary aid measures to avoid wasting public resources and preserve fiscal buffers. Against this background [...] the study criticises in particular that the government has adhered to the very generous short-time work rules for too long. - The study stresses that the vigorous fiscal response at the beginning of the [...] the new crisis situation. The ZEW study also compares the characteristics of credit and short-time work programmes in the pandemic. In the case of government loan guarantees, Spain has a particularly promising
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  Press Releases // 22.12.2021

  ZEW Economist Friedrich Heinemann on 20 Years of Euro Cash

  uncertain than ever. Admittedly, the currently very high inflation rate is partly the result of temporary factors. However, scepticism has grown as to whether the ECB is determined enough to be able to [...] countries. The euro’s success story is not unblemished. Policymakers should admit this to themselves and work resolutely to change the monetary union’s regulatory framework for the better.”
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  Press Releases // 19.08.2021

  Founders Not Discouraged by Pandemic

  quick intervention of politics. “The pandemic aid payments, the extended short-time working scheme and the temporary suspension of the obligation to file for insolvency played a decisive role in ensuring
• Publications // 03.08.2021

  ZEW Discussion Paper - Non-Compliance With Temporary Agency Work Regulations: Initial Evidence From Germany

  Temporary agency work and outsourcing to a service contractor are two forms of alternative work arrangements with rather complex legal aspects which firms use for external staffing. The regulatory complexity [...] of temporary agency work can lead to intended or unintended non-compliance when firms outsource to a service contractor. In this paper, I provide first evidence for non-compliance with temporary agency [...] agency work regulations when firms contract out on the basis of a unique new firm survey. By exploiting a choice experiment, I demonstrate that firms do understand the regulatory baseline of temporary agency