In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes forecast an increase in gross domestic product of 3.7 percent in the...

Based on information from a large sample of German researchers and using business ownership and nascent entrepreneurship as...

KBW 33: The study, which was prepared as part of the joint project "Northern Germany and the Corona Crisis: Economic Consequences and...

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...

We use a dynamic general equilibrium trade model with comparative advantage, heterogeneous firms, hetero- geneous workers and...

We use a dynamic trade model with two sectors and two types of workers to analyze the optimal setting of income-generating tariffs....

Kiel Policy Brief No. 129: Despite the gloomy economic outlook for Germany, the Federal Employment Agency will continue to generate...

How the provision of unemployment benefits affects employment and unemployment is a debated issue. In this paper, we aim at...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 104: In Germany, the system of unemployment insurance has been in surplus since 2011. The reserves amounted to...

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

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

The coronavirus pandemic is triggering a severe recession in Germany. Economic output will shrink by 4.2 percent this year. ...

Germany will reintroduce parity funding of the statutory health insurance scheme in 2019 by lowering the contribution rates for...

We present empirical evidence suggesting that technological progress in the digital age will be biased not only with respect to skills...

The youth population (aged 15-24) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is growing rapidly to the extent that in 2015, 226 million youths were...