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Flat rate = jobs

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  • 25-06-2001 4:44pm
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    LegacyUser
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    A nice piece for Ireland Offline, from a paper done re German flat rate

    http://www.digital-law.net/welfens/summary_eng.html

    "In 1998, the information industry already represented 2.8% of all employed persons and an impressive 21.8% of Germany's total employment growth. Based on a number of different studies, we expect a switch to flat-rate pricing - with price reductions between 20 and 50 percent - will create a growth effect around a half-percent of the gross domestic product (approx. DM 19 billion): the employment effect could amount to between 100,000 jobs (given a narrow sector definition) and 400,000 jobs (given a broader definition) in the middle term. "


    [This message has been edited by hmmm (edited 25-06-2001).]


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