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Do returns to training differ if training is accompanied by technological innovations at the workplace? We analyze this potential heterogeneity of returns based on panel data from Germany that provide a unique measure for individuals’ adoption of new technology at the workplace. In the preferred analysis we run fixed effects stimations. As a robustness test we also allow for individual time trends. ...
Bonn:
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA),
2023,
(IZA DP No. 16659)
| Roman Klauser, Marcus Tamm
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Tax progressivity is central in public and political debates when questions of vertical equity are raised. Applied, structural research demands a simple way to capture it. A power function approximation delivers one parameter that captures the residual income elasticity — a summary measure of progressivity. This approximation is accurate, tractable, and interpretable, and hence immensely popular. The ...
In:
National Tax Journal
76 (2023), 2, 267-289
| Johannes König
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In the last years, the labor market integration of immigrant women has received much attention in the migration literature. We examine gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and other new immigrants who came to Germany during a similar period from a dynamic perspective. Using two panel data sources, which include recently arrived refugees (the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Sample of Refugees) ...
Berliner Institut für empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung,
2023,
(BIM Working Papers #1)
| Yuliya Kosyakova, Zerrin Salikutluk
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While wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, there are concerns about adverse health impacts on nearby residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link a representative longitudinal household panel to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered rollout over two decades for identification. We do not find evidence of negative effects on general, mental, ...
Bonn:
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA),
2023,
(IZA DP No. 16505)
| Christian Krekel, Johannes Rode, Alexander Roth
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Der Niedriglohn verliert in Sachsen an Bedeutung. Auf der DGB-Armutskonferenz sagt Arbeitsminister Dulig: Geschäfte mit niedrigen Löhnen funktionieren nicht mehr.
In:
Sächsische Zeitung online vom 13.10.2023
(2023),
| Georg Moeritz
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This paper studies the long-term consequences of communism on present-day freedom of expression values in two settings – East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of German separation and later reunification, we show that living under communism has had lasting effects on free speech opinions. While free speech salience has increased ...
Bonn:
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA),
2023,
(IZA DP No. 16657)
| Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
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Die Erwerbsbiografie hat einen wesentlichen Einfluss darauf, wie der Renteneintritt die Sterblichkeit beeinflusst. Männer aus manuellen Routinejobs profitieren davon, mit 63 Jahren in den Ruhestand zu gehen. Für Männer und Frauen, die aus gut bezahlten Jobs mit 65 Jahren ihr Berufsleben beenden, steigt hingegen die Sterblichkeit kurz nach der Verrentung.
In:
Forschung aus erster Hand Healthy Ageing
(2020), 09, 10-11
| o. V.
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Greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 65 percent compared to 1990 by 2030 to achieve national climate targets. Nearly one third of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany are caused by private household consumption. Using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data, this Weekly Report calculates the amount of CO2 equivalents emitted by households due to residential energy use, nutrition, and transport in Germany. ...
In:
DIW Weekly Report
27/2024 (2024), 179-186
| Sandra Bohmann, Merve Küçük
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Amidst the challenges of declining response rates and escalating costs in survey research, the adoption of innovative new data collection designs such as planned missingness and split questionnaire designs is becoming increasingly prevalent. This dissertation addresses the imputation of social survey data from split questionnaire designs and the methodological decisions associated with implementing ...
2023,
| Julian B. Axenfeld
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Mehrere Millionen Menschen sind in den vergangenen Jahren nach Deutschland geflüchtet. Viele Städte und Gemeinden stellt das mit Blick auf die Unterbringung der Geflüchteten und deren Integration vor große Herausforderungen. Um eine Überlastung zu verhindern und die schutzsuchenden Menschen gleichmäßiger in Deutschland zu verteilen, ist im Jahr 2016 die sogenannte Wohnsitzregelung in Kraft getreten. ...
In:
DIW Wochenbericht
20/2024 (2024), 291-299
| Ludger Baba, Marco Schmandt, Constantin Tielkes, Felix Weinhardt, Felix Wilbert