Thorsten Schneider ist Professor für Soziologie an der Universität Leipzig. Von 2000 bis 2005 war er Mitarbeiter der Infrastruktureinrichtung Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) im DIW Berlin. In dieser Zeit schrieb er seine Dissertation zum Thema Soziale Herkunft und Schulerfolg. Bis heute zählt die Bildungssoziologie zu seinen wichtigsten Forschungsgebieten. Wir haben mit Thorsten...
The structures of the European project have been helping the continent overcome many effects of the current crisis. Nevertheless, these shocks have also pointed to shortcomings in its construction, and eurozone economic governance is still lagging behind in coordination of fiscal and structural policies and in terms of risk sharing. Such reforms are imperative to lessen the burden on monetary...
Big data is transforming the world we live in. The instant availability of information impacts how individuals consume, how businesses thrive or fail, how society makes scientific discoveries, as well as how governments design and implement informed policies. At a pace and scale unanticipated 20 years ago, information technology is enabling consumers globally. Uncountable services make use of a...
Individuals value privacy, socializing, and disclosing. These conflicting actions raise important issues for individuals and regulators. This session surveys the economic foundations of privacy relying on insights from economic theory and empirical evidence. How much do consumers value privacy? Do (or should) consumers unambiguously strive for stronger privacy protection? How have businesses...
Privacy concerns are receiving increased attention by both lawmakers and firms. What are firms doing to protect the privacy of their customers? Are firms responding to market forces? To regulatory pressure? To other forces? This panel will explore the interaction between regulation, markets and other forces, and its implications for optimal legal policy.
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Unprecedented interconnectedness, data collection, and analytical capabilities are revolutionizing our interactions in society. Online platforms play a key role in this process as they shape the way consumers and firms use and commercialize the Internet. In data-driven platforms, product quality, for example search results and the targeting of advertisements, increases in the amount of data...
Privacy regulation in digital markets has been at the forefront of the policy debate on both sides of the Atlantic in the past years. This panel will discuss such issues as the EU-US Privacy Shield following the Safe Harbor ruling of the ECJ, the conditions for voluntary consumer consent to the processing of personal data, efforts to ensure individuals’ control over personal data collected by data...
Ein häufig genannter Vorschlag zur Reform der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung (GRV) ist die Ausweitung des Versichertenkreises. Dabei geht es zum einen um die bessere Alterssicherung von bislang nicht Versicherten und zum zweiten um die Stabilisierung der finanziellen Grundlagen der GRV. Dieser Bericht untersucht die finanziellen Auswirkungen einer Versicherungspflicht für Mini- und Midi...
In the latest Spotlight, DIW President Marcel Fratzscher explains why helicopter money offers the possibility to “circumvent” the banking system and make loans and funding directly available to households and private companies, which would help the ECB to fulfill their price stability mandate again.
Der Preis eines Wertpapiers spiegelt die durchschnittliche Markteinschätzung informierter Investoren. Dennoch ist unklar, inwiefern Investoren diese im Preis verfügbare Information für ihre Entscheidungen tatsächlich nutzen. DIW-Ökonomen Kathleen Ngangoué hat diese Frage in einem Entscheidungsexperiment erforscht. Die Ergebnisse des Experiments stellt sie im ...