The transformation of economy and society requires far-reaching technological and social innovations. To utilise the economic opportunities of transformation and to mitigate the negative effects of structural change, a determined transformation-oriented R&I policy is needed. Using the example of new technologies in agriculture, it is shown how innovations can support the transformation towards greater sustainability. Furthermore, we analyse the role of social innovations as a cross-sectional instrument in managing the transformation and how policy makers can promote them.
{"title":"Transformative F&I-Politik am Beispiel neuer Technologien in der Landwirtschaft und sozialer Innovationen","authors":"","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0064","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The transformation of economy and society requires far-reaching technological and social innovations. To utilise the economic opportunities of transformation and to mitigate the negative effects of structural change, a determined transformation-oriented R&I policy is needed. Using the example of new technologies in agriculture, it is shown how innovations can support the transformation towards greater sustainability. Furthermore, we analyse the role of social innovations as a cross-sectional instrument in managing the transformation and how policy makers can promote them.","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"145 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140787075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The medium-term prospects for the German economy give little cause for optimism. In addition, demographic change will intensify in the current decade. A brightening of growth prospects can therefore only materialise with stronger investment and greater innovation momentum. However, it will hardly be enough to directly promote this through economic policy interventions if the available pool of adaptable and skilled labour cannot be strengthened. This will require a wide range of economic policy endeavours.
{"title":"Ohne Fleiß kein Preis – die deutsche Volkswirtschaft muss sich ihre Innovationsfähigkeit immer wieder neu erarbeiten","authors":"C. Schmidt","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0066","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The medium-term prospects for the German economy give little cause for optimism. In addition, demographic change will intensify in the current decade. A brightening of growth prospects can therefore only materialise with stronger investment and greater innovation momentum. However, it will hardly be enough to directly promote this through economic policy interventions if the available pool of adaptable and skilled labour cannot be strengthened. This will require a wide range of economic policy endeavours.","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"318 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140757501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Russlandsanktionen: Die Zeit zu Handeln ist jetzt!","authors":"B. Hilgenstock","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"43 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140788560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The year 2022 was characterised by extraordinary social and economic pressures. Russia’s war against Ukraine led to major energy policy and economic upheaval, high inflation and the challenge of taking in refugees from Ukraine. At the same time, the statutory minimum wage was increased twice in 2022 from 9.82 € to 10.45 € in July and to 12 € per hour in October. With regard to this significant increase in a difficult economic environment, many questions arise: How many and which firms were affected by the minimum wage increases in 2022? How severely were these establishments affected by the war in Ukraine? What are the challenges they are currently facing?
{"title":"Turbulente Zeiten für Betriebe: Ukrainekrieg und 12-Euro-Mindestlohn","authors":"Christian Hohendanner, Clemens Ohlert, M. Dütsch","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0070","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The year 2022 was characterised by extraordinary social and economic pressures. Russia’s war against Ukraine led to major energy policy and economic upheaval, high inflation and the challenge of taking in refugees from Ukraine. At the same time, the statutory minimum wage was increased twice in 2022 from 9.82 € to 10.45 € in July and to 12 € per hour in October. With regard to this significant increase in a difficult economic environment, many questions arise: How many and which firms were affected by the minimum wage increases in 2022? How severely were these establishments affected by the war in Ukraine? What are the challenges they are currently facing?","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"77 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140764544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Torben Schubert, H. Kroll, Knut Blind, Rainer Frietsch
Economic research emphasises the role of increasing returns to scale and critical mass in research and technology development. This suggests that countries benefit from specialising in certain technologies and can thereby bundle available resources. Using the example of the Exzellenzstrategie and the Zukunftsstrategie, we argue that German RTI policy lacks strategic prioritisation. The lack of focus implies that Germany spreads its resources too thinly over many technological alternatives and therefore fails to create critical mass within each of them. The guiding principles for a German RTI policy should focus on creating critical mass through specialisation..
{"title":"Forschungs-, Technologie- und Innovationspolitik muss die Entstehung kritischer Massen fördern","authors":"Torben Schubert, H. Kroll, Knut Blind, Rainer Frietsch","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0067","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Economic research emphasises the role of increasing returns to scale and critical mass in research and technology development. This suggests that countries benefit from specialising in certain technologies and can thereby bundle available resources. Using the example of the Exzellenzstrategie and the Zukunftsstrategie, we argue that German RTI policy lacks strategic prioritisation. The lack of focus implies that Germany spreads its resources too thinly over many technological alternatives and therefore fails to create critical mass within each of them. The guiding principles for a German RTI policy should focus on creating critical mass through specialisation..","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"158 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140766478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the coming years, the pension system in Germany will face financial challenges. The insurance within pension system must also be strengthened, especially given that the risk of old-age poverty has increased over the years. An effective basic pension that guarantees a minimum amount and is anchored in the pension system would be an important step in reducing poverty in old age. An effective basic pension is also an important prerequisite for implementing necessary pension reforms in Germany, such as increasing the retirement age or stronger (funded) private provision.
{"title":"Eine effektive Grundrente ermöglicht notwendige Rentenreformen","authors":"P. Haan","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0029","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In the coming years, the pension system in Germany will face financial challenges. The insurance within pension system must also be strengthened, especially given that the risk of old-age poverty has increased over the years. An effective basic pension that guarantees a minimum amount and is anchored in the pension system would be an important step in reducing poverty in old age. An effective basic pension is also an important prerequisite for implementing necessary pension reforms in Germany, such as increasing the retirement age or stronger (funded) private provision.","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"974 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140467306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grundschullehrkräfte: Damit die Rechnung aufgeht","authors":"Dirk Zorn","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"91 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140462863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The federal government has presented a draft law to legalise the controlled use of cannabis, known as the Cannabis Act (CanG). What does this law regulate and how is it expected to affect cannabis use? Is there empirical evidence to support the expectations? What will determine whether the objectives of the law can be achieved or not? This article describes the main provisions of the Cannabis Act and the criticism of it and also examines the possible consequences of this law with a view to the empirical literature.
{"title":"Die Legalisierung von Cannabis in Deutschland","authors":"Hanno Beck, A. Prinz","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0037","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The federal government has presented a draft law to legalise the controlled use of cannabis, known as the Cannabis Act (CanG). What does this law regulate and how is it expected to affect cannabis use? Is there empirical evidence to support the expectations? What will determine whether the objectives of the law can be achieved or not? This article describes the main provisions of the Cannabis Act and the criticism of it and also examines the possible consequences of this law with a view to the empirical literature.","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"270 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140468927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Konjunkturschlaglicht: Der Einfluss der Geldpolitik auf Rohstoffpreise","authors":"Michael Berlemann, Marina Eurich","doi":"10.2478/wd-2024-0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2024-0039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35890,"journal":{"name":"Wirtschaftsdienst","volume":"789 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140465934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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