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Just Transition at the ILO

The International Labor Organization supports a network of institutions assessing green jobs (GAIN), which is currently chaired by GWS. The annual conference took place December 6 and 7 in Geneva. It was back to back with the Global Forum…

Green Energy in Iran

The project "Enabling Climate Change Mitigation through Capacity Building ? Green Energy Center of Iran" is funded by IKI, the international climate initiative of the German government. In a delegation trip to the project, an academic…

Our figure of the month 12/2017: Demand for environment-related professionals in Germany in 2016

The protection of the environment is an important economic factor in Germany. Therefore, there is a high demand for professionals with specific expertise in this area. However, the regional distribution of job advertisements for such…

Chile – its economy and copper dependency

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF FKZ: 01DN16030) and in close cooperation with the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile, the GWS explores Chilen’s economic vulnerability to copper mining. Discussion Paper…

Our figure of the month 11/2017: Regional distribution of ICT sections in 2016

The transition to an economy 4.0, which makes use of the prospects of digitisation, results in perceptible changes within the business cycle. Joint studies of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, the Federal Institute…

Our figure of the month 10/2017: Company demographics

Update 2017 with special analyses of selected business sectors and forecasts until 2020

The analysis of the change in the number of companies from 2006–2014 shows that the largest reduction has taken place in the trade section, followed…

25. INFORUM World Conference (28. August–1. September 2017, Riga (Latvia((

Doris Bünemann, Anett Großmann and Frank Hohmann participated in the 25. INFORUM World Conference in Riga (Latvia). Doris Bünemann presented results from a recent modeling study „Company demographics in Germany. Development of companies -…

Company demographics: Update 2017 with special analyses of selected business sectors and forecasts until 2020

The analysis of the change in the number of companies from 2006–2014 shows that the largest reduction has taken place in the trade section, followed by the manufacturing and the accommodation and food service sections. The highest…

Our figure of the month 09/2017: Continuous increase in backlog in construction

Full order books, increasing turnovers and optimistic business prospects: Current state of the construction industry appears to be highly favorable. However, there is a trend suggesting that supply and demand are increasingly deviating…

Our figure of the month 08/2017: Intermediate input in upswing – is this the end of wait-and-see position in investment?

Intermediate inputs are products that are predominantly used, processed and/or transformed in production processes. Metal, wood, chemical raw materials, rubber and plastic, paper and cardboard as well as electronic assembly parts belong…

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