Labor Market and Social Policy

Rent Control and Rental Prices: High Expectations, High Effectiveness?

– Working Paper 07/2018 - Philipp Breidenbach, Lea Eilers and Jan Fries
Productivity

German Council of Economic Experts will be appointed as National Productivity Board

– The federal government will assign the task of the National Productivity Board to the German Council of Economic Experts. Hereby, it implements a recommendation by the Council of the European Union as of 20 September 2016.
Fiscal Policy and Tax Policy

On the Macroeconomic and Fiscal Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

– Working Paper 10/2018 - Philipp Lieberknecht and Volker Wieland
Economy and Growth

Economic Update March 2019

– The German Council of Economic Experts is cutting its growth forecast for 2019 and now expects German GDP to grow by 0.8 % and 1.7 % in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
Economy and Growth

Population Growth, the Natural Rate of Interest, and Inflation

– Working Paper 03/2019 - Sebastian Weiske
Economy and Growth

On the Macroeconomic Effects of Immigration: A VAR Analysis for the US

– Working Paper 02/2019 - Sebastian Weiske