@RuxandraTeslo Better pay is mandatory. In Germany, you are usually getting paid a ~50-66% position. For doing 100% of the work.
Less PhD admissions is also correct OR you provide the same amount of open positions in academia after the PhD. Most supervisors use PhD as cheap labour and then drop
@Tim_T_Rex@RuxandraTeslo No funding for institutions that do not have a record of opening up permanent positions that balance the number of PhDs. No positions = no PhD funding