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Eine Maschinenbauerin und ein Maschinenbauer untersuchen und steuern einen Roboterarm (refer to: Working hours per capita at record high – increase driven by women) | Source: © gumpapa/stock.adobe.com

Press releaseWorking hours per capita at record high – increase driven by women

The number of hours worked per capita in Germany has risen sharply in recent years. At just under 29 hours per week, it is at its highest level since reunification. The increase is particularly attributable to women.

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Journal ArticlesEurope’s COVID-19 death toll in 2020 and 2021: stark regional differences

Bonnet, Florian; Grigoriev, Pavel; Sauerberg, Markus; Alliger, Ina; Mühlichen, Michael; Camarda, Carlo-Giovanni (2024)

N-IUSSP September 2, 2024: 1–5

Europe was hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. While its effects at national level are now well known, intranational differences have been less frequently investigated. The Authors fill this knowledge gap and show that considerable heterogeneity exists at regional level, even within the same country.