How are decisions made in the euro area? And how democratic are they? These questions moved to the centre of the debate during the euro crisis. Under tremendous time pressure, solutions had to be found for stabilising the euro. New institutions and rules were created such as...

In the European Union, each member state is responsible for its tax system. Different national regimes help with tax competition, but can also lead to tax evasion or unfair rules in the Single Market. That is why better coordination or even standardisation of taxes is...

The four freedoms govern the movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the EU. They are the cornerstones of the Single Market and the common currency. Many citizens see them as the greatest achievement of the European unification project. Brexit has reignited...

The euro does not provide its members with any option to leave. This protects the common currency against speculative attacks on the one hand. The euro crisis demonstrated on the other hand how difficult it is for Eurozone countries to constructively solve economic and...

Economic imbalances keep recurring in the EU. Differences in trade balances dominate the debate. Germany has been generating very high surpluses for years and meets criticism for this reason. Are imbalances a threat to the EU, and what role does the euro play in this? Should...

Mikrodaten liegen in den Kommunen in unterschiedlicher Form und zu

mehreren Themen vor. Sie bergen ein enormes Analysepotenzial.

Die Ausgabe "Kommunale Mikrodatenanalyse" beleuchtet genauer, was kommunale Mikrodaten überhaupt sind, wie sie im Rahmen der Mikrodatenanalyse...

Ten years after the economic crisis, youth employment in Europe is still not back to its pre-crisis level. This is especially true for countries in southern and eastern Europe. The report looks at the development of youth labour markets in the EU countries. It identifies...

Bildungs- und Gesundheitschancen von Kindern und Jugendlichen sind räumlich ungleich verteilt. Das Sozial- und Bildungsmonitoring ermöglicht einen Blick auf die kommunalen Unterschiede, deren Kenntnis von zentraler Bedeutung ist, wenn konkrete Handlungsbedarfe abgeleitet...

Das Teilhabegeld ist ein zentraler Baustein des vom Expert:innenbeirat und Projekt "Familie und Bildung: Politik vom Kind aus denken" entwickelten Konzepts einer Teilhabe gewährleistenden Existenzsicherung für Kinder und Jugendliche. Wie sich die geforderte neue finanzielle...

Aufwachsen und faire Bildungs- und Teilhabechancen – unabhängig von ihrer sozialen, ökonomischen und kulturell-ethnischen Herkunft. Ausgehend von diesen Grundüberlegungen haben der Expertenbeirat und das Projekt „Familie und Bildung: Politik vom Kind aus denken“ gemeinsam...