KKB 75: The global economy continued to recover in the winter semester, despite the number of new infections with the coronavirus...

In the third quarter of 2020, the global economy rebounded strongly from the steep fall in output suffered in the first half of the...

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of...

We investigate the export-enhancing effect of foreign workers at the firm level. We first develop a theoretical framework of...

Against the backdrop of European economies being in partial lockdown again due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this report presents an...

The Covid-19 pandemic is a major test for governments around the world. We study the political consequences of (mis-)managing the...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 144: The restrictions on freedom of travel and far-reaching infection control measures in the wake of the...

Partisan conflict and policy uncertainty are frequently invoked as factors contributing to slow post-crisis recoveries. Recent events...

KKB 69: The world economy contracted by close to 10 percent in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-10 pandemic unfolded.  After a 3...

COVID-19 has struck at the core of global value chains hub regions, including China, Europe and the US. The pandemic has severe...

This article takes a novel look at the relationship between government activity, partisan preferences and varieties of capitalism....

The refugee policy of the EU and its member states faces complex challenges. It needs to reflect and reconcile the living conditions...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 107: The authors Klaus Schrader and Marta Ulivelli analyse the shortcomings of the Italian economy and of the...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 116: Thanks to an indirect hair cut on its debt via low long-term fixed interest rates and maturity extensions...

The current asylum system is contradictory, unfair, and both costly and hazardous for all involved. Under the present rules, refugees...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 103: For eight years, Greece has remained in crisis mode but the rescue from economic decline is still not...

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform...

This paper assesses the potential for skilled labor migration from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe. It utilizes representative surveys...

KKB 63: In early 2020 the world economy is severely affected by the consequences of a novel coronavirus and the measures implemented...

The authors examine the extent to which the Central and Eastern European countries Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia and...