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As every year, traditional wine festivals will soon be celebrated in many German wine-growing regions. There is one variety which will probably be offered everywhere despite the regional differences: weißer Riesling.
It still is the most widely grown vine variety in Germany. In 2017 it accounted for almost one quarter of the total area under vines, that is nearly 23,800 hectares or 23%. The wine region with the largest area under Riesling vines was the Pfalz (5,900 hectares), followed by the Mosel region (5,400 hectares) and Rheinhessen (4,600 hectares).
Ranking second among the most popular varieties in Germany was Müller-Thurgau with a cultivated area of 12,400 hectares. However, that area is getting smaller (– 226 hectares since 2016), while the area under Riesling vines has grown by 109 hectares compared with 2016.
Differences in earnings between men and women in Germany are generally measured through two indicators: the unadjusted gender pay gap compares the average earnings of all female and male employees.
The adjusted gender pay gap measures the earnings gap of men and women with comparable qualifications, jobs and working lives. In his article on Pay gap between men and women, by Land in the edition 4/2018 of our WISTA scientific journal, Martin Beck for the first time presents results on the adjusted gender pay gap by Land. Also, he explains how such results are obtained. It turns out that the Land results regarding the adjusted gender pay gap 2014 are between 4.4% in Schleswig-Holstein and 9.3% in Brandenburg. They are markedly lower than the unadjusted pay gap, and their dispersion is much lower, too.
