Was brachte das Konjunkturpaket II?

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Administering the Inherited ‘Employment Miracle’: The Labour Market Policy of the Second Merkel Government

“…Regarding the size of discretionary fiscal measures in direct response to the financial crisis, the German stimulus packages amounted to 3 per cent of GDP, compared to the OECD average of 3.4 per cent. 10 Although the two packages seem to have exerted some positive short-term effects on the German economy in 2009, 11 the expansive fiscal policy measures alone are not able to explain the continuous and stable recovery of the labour market. Apart from Keynesian stimulus packages, the recourse to short-time work -an instrument which compensates employees for their loss of pay if companies have to reduce working hours significantly in times of economic crisis -was the central policy instrument to stabilise employment.…”

Public ICT Investment in Reaction to the Economic Crisis A Case Study on Measuring IT-Related Intangibles in the Public Sector

“…However, as criticised by Corrado et al (2014), national accounts still lack sophisticated information on intangibles. This is even truer for the public sector (Barabas et al, 2011).…”

“…Investment at the federal level had a budget of € 4 billion; the remaining investment was planned at the regional and communal level. It proofed difficult to spend the entire investment budget during the intended time period (Barabas et al, 2011). The IT investment programme within the Federal Government 2 provided investments amounting to roughly € 500 million within the "Konjunkturpaket II".…”