Category: Analysis

Cost of living Purchasing power

The cost of living varies greatly

Life is expensive in the German metropolises. According to a recent study, the cost of living in Germany varies considerably from region to region. A key factor in this is the

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Gen Z und Babyoomer haben Spaß

Demographie: Von Babyboomer bis Baby Generation

A shortage of skilled workers is a problem that is becoming increasingly apparent throughout Germany. Now that the Corona crisis has been overcome, there are problems everywhere. There is a shortage of skilled workers. Whether at airport security checkpoints, in the transportation industry, in the trades, in the restaurant trade, in the healthcare sector or in industry. New workers are being sought everywhere. The map on the "young and old" age group provides information on the distribution in Germany.

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Securing the heat transition with data models

According to the Federal Environment Agency, renewable energies account for just 16.5 percent of final energy consumption for heating and cooling. Because the starting situations in the municipalities are different, the heat turnaround needs data above all. A guest article in energate | messenger (published by Energate GmbH, a specialist publisher for the energy industry in German-speaking countries) with Norbert Stankus.

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Micro-banks: Mini banks under pressure

Until recently, the smallest bank in Germany was Raiffeisenbank Struvenhütten (a Municipality in County Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein); since the beginning of August, it has no longer been an independent credit institution. Especially against the background of location intelligence issues, the geographic territorial units of municipalities are a very heterogeneous grid. This has mainly to do with territorial reforms that have not taken place everywhere. The Federal state in the far north consists primarily of many small municipalities.

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