Welfare Beyond Consumption: The Benefits of Having Less 19th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Alexandra Hüttel, Ingo Balderjahn, Stefan Hoffmann (Ecological Economics, 2020, 176, Article: 106719) In developed regions worldwide, so-called anti-consumers are increasingly resisting high-level consumption lifestyles or shifting to alternative forms of consumption. A general reduction in consumption levels is considered necessary to attain global sustainability goals[...]
Der Defining-Issues-Tests (DIT) in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Konsumforschung Die empirische Analyse von Konsumdilemmata 19th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Nils Christian Hoffmann, Sebastian Müller (Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 2021, 50(9): 4-9) Der auf der kognitiven Entwicklungstheorie moralischen Urteilens von Kohlberg basierende Defining Issues Test (DIT) ist eine Methode, mit der sich Aussagen über die moralische Urteilsfähigkeit von Individuen treffen lassen. Mit Hilfe verschiedener Indizes können Handlungsdilemmata empirisch untersucht werden und so neue Impulse für die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung gewonnen werden[...]
Interfaces of occupational health management and corporate social responsibility: a multi-centre qualitative study from Germany 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Ludger Heidbrink, Eva Kuhn, Sebastian Müller, Christoph Teusch, Grit Tanner, Marlies Schümann, Carolin Baur, Eva Bamberg, Stuart McLennan, Alena Buyx (BMC Public Health, 2021, 21:1042) The workplace has been identified as a priority setting for health promotion. There are potential advantages of systematically integrating Occupational Health Management (OHM) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However, OHM and CSR are usually overseen by different management branches with different sets of values, and there is a lack of empirical research regarding interfaces between OHM and CSR. Germany offers a particularly useful setting due to legislation requiring health to be promoted in the workplace. This study aims to examine key stakeholders’ views and experiences regarding interfaces between OHM and CSR in German companies.
Globale Wertschöpfungsketten in Zeiten von (und nach) Covid-19 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Holger Görg, Saskia Mösle (Ifo Schnelldienst 5/2020, 73. Jahrgang: 3-7) Seit rund vier Jahrzehnten wird ein Großteil der weltweiten Produktion in sogenannten globalen Wertschöpfungsketten (Global Value Chains, kurz: GVCs) organisiert[...]
Harnessing the benefits from FDI in African countries 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Olivier Godart, Holger Görg, Aoife Hanley (CESifo Forum, 2020, 21(2), 32–37) In this article, we briefly review our own work, and related studies, on the impact of FDI in African countries using firm level data. Overall, research suggests that foreign multinationals can indeed benefit local firms in terms of productivity growth and technology transfer[...]
Die Folgen von Covid-19 für die Globalisierung 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Gabriel Felbermayr, Holger Görg (Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2020, 21(3): 263–272) In diesem Artikel erörtern Gabriel Felbermayr und Holger Görg die weltwirtschaftlichen Implikationen der Covid-19-Pandemie[...]
Feindliche Übernahme? Chinas Auslandsinvestitionen unter der Lupe 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Gabriel Felbermayr, Moritz Goldbeck, Alexander-Nikolai Sandkamp (ifo Schnelldienst, 2019, 72 (8): 27–39) China ist mittlerweile ein wichtiger internationaler Investor. Die ausländischen Direkt- investitionen (ADI) Chinas sind von 2005 bis 2017 von 10 auf ca. 177 Mrd. US-Dollar gestiegen und haben somit stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Rund 40% der chinesischen ADI wurden im Jahr 2018 in Europa getätigt[...]
Servitization, Inequality, and Wages 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Dominik Boddin, Thilo Kroeger (Labour Economics, forthcoming, 102011) This paper studies the effect of servitization, i.e., within-establishment changes in the labor force composition towards higher shares of workers with service occupations, on within-establishment wage inequality. We identify servitization as being a main driver of increasing within-establishment wage inequality. Servitization accounts for roughly 7% of the observed increase in the within-establishment wage inequality in manufacturing industries between 1994 and 2017[...]
Can the G20 Serve as a Launchpad for a Multilateral Investment Agreement? 18th November 2021 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Axel Berger, Wan-Hsin Liu (The World Economy, 2021, Vol. 44(8), 2284-2302) The international system for the governance of foreign investments is highly fragmented consisting mainly of bilateral agreements. With the adoption of nine guiding principles for global investment policy-making in 2016, some observers argue that the G20 can actually serve as a launchpad for negotiations of a multilateral investment agreement[...]
Aoife Hanley discusses Chances and Challenges of China’s Energy Transition for German SMEs 8th November 2021 KCG Secretary News Public Contributions Publications Publications Publications According to the Paris Agreement negotiated at the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, in 2015 and signed afterwards, the countries involved are expected to give updated national pledges every five years to enhance their nationally determined contributions to help limit the greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. First such official updates are thus expected at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, that is currently held in Glasgow in United Kingdom[...]