With around 30,000 students from 125 countries, 17 faculties and 119 degree programs, TU Dresden is one of the leading technical universities in Germany. As a University of Excellence and part of the DRESDEN-concept alliance, it drives innovation and strengthens Saxony as a business location through research cooperations and spin-offs.
The economic impact of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is much more than just one of Europe’s leading medical institutions. Treating almost one million cases annually, it is ranked sixth in the 2024 World’s Best Hospitals list. It sets standards in the field of high-performance university medicine and accounts for 30% of all intensive care capacity in the German capital. As well as providing excellent healthcare, Charité plays a leading global role in life sciences research and is considered a driver of innovation in medicine. With approximately 10,800 enrolled students and trainees, it is also one of the largest educational institutions in the region, making a decisive contribution in view of demographic change and the increasing shortage of skilled workers in the healthcare sector. But what concrete economic impetus does Charité provide for Berlin and beyond? How does it contribute to regional value creation? What role do research, teaching and knowledge transfer play in economic development?
The construction industry in Germany: Making progress towards a turnaround, but considerable challenges remain.
The construction industry is at a turning point. After five years of declining construction volumes, a trend reversal is finally on the horizon for 2026. However, the road to recovery will be rocky. Although growth of two per cent is forecast, there is a significant discrepancy between the urgent demand for construction and the actual construction output. The housing shortage is particularly acute in cities, where infrastructure is clearly deteriorating. What needs to happen to get the construction industry back on track and remedy the housing shortage? Our joint report with DIW Berlin sheds light on current developments and urgent areas for action that will shape the future of the construction industry, as well as the necessary measures to address the most pressing challenges.
Power2Jobs – Employment Impact of Hydrogen Technologies
The hydrogen economy will play a decisive role in Germany’s green transformation in the coming decades. With its help, the goal of climate neutrality can be achieved while preserving German industry.
As part of the Hydrogen Atlas of Germany, the Power2Jobs subproject has investigated the potential significance of the hydrogen economy for regional labor markets.
At the bottom of this page, you will find a list of publications, which are accessible through links.
The working paper “Upstream employment effects of P2X production” provides benchmarks for the regional employment effects of hydrogen production in Germany.
The paper “Regional Hydrogen Relevance in Germany” compares the hydrogen-specific potential and challenge profiles of German counties.
Building on this, in the paper “Employment Effects of the Hydrogen Economy” we have ventured a look into the future of the steel and heavy industry labor market. We discuss how the two labor markets in Germany could change in the face of the emergence of new occupational groups and the disappearance and transformation of established occupational fields.
The changing world of work is also the focus of our fourth working paper. In it, we have documented our approach to measuring regional skills gaps, which was used in the context of Power2Jobs to assess the existing distribution of skills and knowledge in Germany’s regions against the backdrop of a hydrogen economy.
You can get a first insight into the results in interactive form at www.power2jobs.de.
The Hydrogen Atlas Germany is available at www.wasserstoffatlas.de.
Who benefits from the tax allowance for education, upbringing and training?
The current short expert report commissioned by the AWO Bundesverband e.V. sheds light on the distributional effects of the tax allowances for children. In particular, the allowance for care, education and training costs (BEA) currently favours high-income households more than low-income families. The study analyses how halving the CEA or reducing it to 300 euros would affect different groups of households.