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Our figure of the month 04/2020: COVID-19 and the hospitality industry
How big is the economic impact?
The coronavirus pandemic keeps Germany in a state of emergency: production stops, forced closures of shops and contact bans have severely restricted if not completely brought economic and social life to a…
Discussion paper published on the theory and methodology of counterfactual scenario building
Back to the future – the new publication in the GWS Discussion Paper series discusses the theory and methodology for creating counterfactual scenarios and applies it to a macroeconometric structural model. As part of the BMBF-funded…
IAB Research Reports on the long-term consequences of demography and structural change for the labour market published
Since 2010, the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) have been collaborating with GWS to produce a baseline projection of the long-term development of labour demand…
Our figure of the month 03/2020: Supply gaps in inpatient care?
Evaluation of the number of nursing homes in the Osnabrück region
In an ageing society like Germany's, the number of people in need of long-term care is also growing year by year. Ensuring competent care for those in need of nursing care…
Our figure of the month 02/2020: Decline and density of swimming pools – Germany threatens to become a country of non-swimmers!
Lowest pool density in city states, the North-East and in North Rhine-Westphalia
The number of swimming pools in Germany has been declining gradually for decades. According to the German Lifesaving Society (DLRG), the number of public…
Our figure of the month 01/2020: Outlook 2020
GWS EXPECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH IN GERMANY TO RANGE BETWEEN 1.25% AND 1.50%.
At 0.50% of the price-adjusted domestic product, 2019 has performed significantly worse than forecast a year ago. This weaker development was primarily due to…
GWS at the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA
The annual General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) currently takes place in Abu Dhabi, UAE. GWS participates with a contribution on the measurement of employment from renewable energy.
Our figure of the month at New Year's Eve 2019: Carp, trout or eel? Most important is its regional origin!
In many German households, fish will be on the menu on New Year's Eve – whether smoked on the fish platter or as a traditional New Year's carp from the oven. Since food from the region is currently in high demand, it is interesting to…