The Short Rise and Long Fall of heterodox Economics in germany After the 1970s: Explorations in a Scientific Field of Power and Struggle.

In the context of ongoing criticisms of the lack of pluralism in economics, the present article aims to discuss the development of ‘heterodox’ economics since the 1970s. Following Lakatos’s concept of scientific research programs (srp), and concentrating on the situation in Germany, the article will discuss classifications of economics, and will specify the understanding of diversity in the light of ‘axiomatic variations’ of the economic mainstream. This will form the basis for the subsequent description of the development of heterodoxy in Germany, with special reference to the founding of new universities and the reform movements in the 1970s. It can be shown that the heterodox scene flourished in this period, but that this pluralization remained fragmented and short-lived; by the 1980s at the latest heterodoxy was again on its way to marginalization. The history of heterodoxy in Germany thus presents itself as an unequal ‘battle of the paradigms,’ and can only be told as the story of a failure

Beschäftigungsprognosen auf Basis amtlicher Firmendaten als Instrument einer handlungsorientierten Politikberatung am Beispiel Brandenburg

Das in diesem Artikel beschriebene ökonometrische Prognosemodell stellt einen innovativen Ansatz der Nutzung von amtlichen Firmendaten (Mikrodaten) für die Vorhersage von sektoral bzw. regional differenzierten Fachkräftebedarfen dar. Ziel unseres dynamischen Modells ist eine kurzfristig orientierte Prognose des Beschäftigungsverlaufs – mit einem Horizont von 12 bis 24 Monaten – unter Berücksichtigung der Umsatz-, Auftrags-, Lohn- sowie Exportentwicklung am Beispiel Brandenburger Metallwirtschaft zu ermitteln. Die Grundlage für das Prognosemodell bildet ein Betriebspanel aus dem “Monatsbericht für Betriebe des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes sowie des Bergbaus und der Gewinnung von Steinen und Erden“. Grundsätzlich kann festgestellt werden, dass das Modell als ein geeignetes Prognoseinstrument der kurzfristigen Beschäftigungsentwicklung für eine handlungsorientierte Politikberatung anzusehen ist. Abstract The econometric model described in this paper presents an innovative approach of the firm level data (micro data) usage, compiled from official statistics for the projection of the demand for labour differentiated at the sectoral and/or regional level. The aim of our dynamic model is to determine a short term oriented forecast of the employment process – with the horizon from 12 to 24 months – taking into consideration the turnover, order situation, wage level and export rates developments for the metal sector in Brandenburg as an example. The forecast model is based on the firm data panel from “the Monthly Report for Companies from the Manufacturing Industry as well from Mining and Quarrying of Stones and Earths”. Basically our model seems to be an appropriate forecasting instrument of the employment development for the action-oriented policy advisory services. JEL Klassifikationsnummern: J23, R2

FID Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism digital - A platform for science (BAUdigital)

University Library Braunschweig (UB Braunschweig), University and State Library Darmstadt (ULB Darmstadt), TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Technology and Natural Sciences and the Fraunhofer Information Centre for Planning and Building (Fraunhofer IRB) are jointly establishing a specialised information service (FID, "Fachinformationsdienst") for the disciplines of civil engineering, architecture and urbanism. The FID BAUdigital, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"), will provide researchers working on digital design, planning and production methods in construction engineering with a joint information, networking and data exchange platform and support them with innovative services for documentation, archiving and publication in their data-based research

FID Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism digital - A platform for science (BAUdigital)

University Library Braunschweig (UB Braunschweig), University and State Library Darmstadt (ULB Darmstadt), TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Technology and Natural Sciences and the Fraunhofer Information Centre for Planning and Building (Fraunhofer IRB) are jointly establishing a specialised information service (FID, "Fachinformationsdienst") for the disciplines of civil engineering, architecture and urbanism. The FID BAUdigital, which is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"), will provide researchers working on digital design, planning and production methods in construction engineering with a joint information, networking and data exchange platform and support them with innovative services for documentation, archiving and publication in their data-based research