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Collectively Agreed Wages as an Instrument for Recruiting Skilled Labour?
Helena Bach / Carolin Denise Fulda
Companies are increasingly focussing their attention on the recruitment of skilled workers and thus facing the growing challenge of making their job advertisements as attractive as possible.
Since the turn of the millennium, the epicenter of the global automotive industry has shifted to Asia. Virtually all growth has taken place in Asia and China in particular. In 2023, almost 60 percent of all motor vehicles were built in Asia and almost 50 percent were sold there.
The demographic transition poses major challenges for policymakers, business and society as a whole. Policymakers seeking solutions to these challenges mainly base their decisions on the quantitative data of population forecasts.
USA: How important is the economic partnership for us?
Galina Kolev-Schaefer / Samina Sultan
Despite the persistent protectionist course of US trade policy in recent years and China's rise as a global economic power, the German and US economies remain closely intertwined.
Between „strategic autonomy” and „turning point”: The importance of trade between the EU and Mercosur
Simon Gerards Iglesias / Marie Krpata* / Ana Helena Palermo Kuss*
This policy paper analyses the geopolitical and economic significance of the EU-Mercosur agreement for the European Union (EU) in the context of the EU's new European Economic Security Strategy.
Simon Gerards Iglesias / Marie Krpata* / Ana Helena Palermo Kuss*
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FC Bayern Munich footballers advertise for the crypto exchange Bitpanda, Crypto.com advertised with rapper Eminem during the NBA playoffs of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, whose arena was renamed “Crypto.com Arena” in 2021.
Civil service at federal, states and municipalities
Björn Kauder
In recent years, the federal, state and local governments have significantly increased their staffing levels. Nevertheless, many places are complaining about a shortage of staff, partly because increasing regulation is putting a strain on public sector staff.
The German net position fell slightly in 2023 compared to the previous year, from 19.7 billion euros to 17.4 billion euros. However, it is still significantly higher than in the pre-Brexit period.
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