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Our figure of the month for New Year's Eve 2016: Germans like it loud
The Germans spend more money on fireworks than on many other consumer goods. Since 2005 the New Year's sales of fireworks have grown by almost 40 %. Even the economic and financial crisis has not overshadowed the noisy amusement: In 2010,…
Our figure of the month for Christmas 2016: More x-mas tree for less money
The Germans love their Christmas trees. It is the symbol of Christmas guaranteeing conviviality. It is therefore, that a growing number of households decide to purchase a Christmas tree. The number of sold trees started with 24 million in…
GWS is developing a regionalized macroeconomic model for Chile
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Anke Mönnig, Loreto Bieritz, Anett Großmann, Frank Hohmann und Marc-Ingo Wolter of GWS develop a regional macroeconomic model for Chile (FK01D16030) in co-operation with…
Our figure of the month 11/2016: World urbanization and reurbanization in Germany
The world’s population is increasingly urban with more people living in urban areas, challenging at the same time the cities’ infrastructures, notably in emerging and developing countries. That is why the UN-Conference on Housing and…
Open call for IO-Workshop
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…
Medical market projection confirms shortage on general practitioners
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…
Our figure of the month 10/2016: „Building bridges“ – the construction sector after 26 years of German Unity
„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…