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Nachrichten [Graduate Center]
Dennis Gaus, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Dresden.
The dissertation with the title "Highway Infrastructure and its Maintenance: Economic Effects on Regions and Firms in Germany" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Georg Hirte and Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann.
We congratulate Dennis on his success ...
13.03.2024
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Nachrichten [Graduate Center]
The Graduate Center of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw (FES UW) are organizing a German-Polish Summer School for Ph.D. students in economics in Warsaw September 9-14, 2024. The distinguished, internationally renowned lecturers will be Prof. Jeffrey Wooldridge (Michigan State University) and Prof. Monica Costa-Dias ...
06.03.2024| Kerstin Bernoth
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Nachrichten [Graduate Center]
Robin Sogalla, Ph.D. Student of the Firms and Markets Department, received the Best Paper Award 2024 at the conference of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research in Vienna for his paper "Unilateral Climate Policy and Heterogeneous Firms". Congratulations!
06.03.2024| Robin Sogalla
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Personnel news
Robin Sogalla, Ph.D. Student of the Firms and Markets Department, received the Best Conference Paper Award 2024 at the 16th FIW Research Conference 'International Economics' in Vienna for his paper "Unilateral Climate Policy and Heterogeneous Firms". The award is worth 1,000 euros. Congratulations!
26.02.2024
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Personnel news
Alexander Roth, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Five essays in energy economics - Numerical and empirical perspectives on the decarbonization of the energy sector" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen.
We congratulate Alexander on his success ...
22.02.2024
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Press Release
Sanctions against Russia following the annexation of Crimea reduced consumption in Russia by 1.4 percent - Simulations show that the potential for sanctions could have been higher - Involvement of emerging economies would have increased sanction pressure - Sanctions caused greater losses for small economies in the proximity of Russia than for large economies - Burden-sharing funds could reduce asymmetries
With ...
21.02.2024
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Personnel news
* The 5th of January 1953 in Kelsterbach – † The 28th of January 2024 in Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner, the long-time director of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2024. Alongside the founding father of the SOEP, Hans-Jürgen Krupp, Gert G. Wagner was the face and intellectual stimulus for the development of the SOEP for decades, which is celebrating ...
02.02.2024
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Personnel news
* The 5th of January 1953 in Kelsterbach – † The 28th of January 2024 in Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner, the long-time director of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2024. Alongside the founding father of the SOEP, Hans-Jürgen Krupp, Gert G. Wagner was the face and intellectual stimulus for the development of the SOEP for decades, which is celebrating ...
02.02.2024
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Press Release
Gert G. Wagner passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on January 28, 2024, at the age of 71. He led the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) for many years and later served as the Chairman of the Executive Board (President) of DIW Berlin.
“DIW Berlin owes a great deal to Gert G. Wagner. For over 30 years, he made irreplaceable contributions to the development ...
30.01.2024
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Statement
DIW president Marcel Fratzscher on the results of today's meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB:
25.01.2024| Marcel Fratzscher
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Report
SOEP Senior Research Fellow Philipp Lersch was granted one of the highest endowed research grants of the European Commission, the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant. He successfully competed with his project “WEALTHTRAJECT: Understanding Trajectories of Wealth Accumulation and Their Variability.” From December 2024, the project will receive approximately two million Euros over the next ...
23.01.2024| Philipp M. Lersch
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Report
Last year, the SOEP innovation sample (SOEP-IS) received numerous proposals for new and innovative modules. After selecting the best modules, we are pleased to report that we were able to significantly expand the potential of the data. The SOEP-IS team is currently conducting an exceptionally high number of inspiring projects, collaborations, and longitudinal innovation modules. Due to the many new ...
16.01.2024| Carina Cornesse
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Report
Last year, the SOEP innovation sample (SOEP-IS) received numerous proposals for new and innovative modules. After selecting the best modules, we are pleased to report that we were able to significantly expand the potential of the data. The SOEP-IS team is currently conducting an exceptionally high number of inspiring projects, collaborations, and longitudinal innovation modules. Due to the many new ...
10.01.2024| Carina Cornesse
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Blog Marcel Fratzscher
While the French economy demonstrates remarkable resilience, Germany’s growth engine appears to be sputtering. But the two economies are more interdependent than ever, and their size implies that they must work together to reform and strengthen the European Union if they are to assert their influence globally. BERLIN – The contrast between the French and German economies has rarely appeared so stark. ...
28.12.2023| Marcel Fratzscher
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Statement
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided today to keep the key interest rate constant. Here is a statement from Marcel Fratzscher, President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin):
14.12.2023| Marcel Fratzscher
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DIW focus
December 13, 2023 – The German traffic light coalition began its term two years ago with ambitious energy policy goals. Halfway through the legislative period, its track record is mixed. Good progress has been made in some areas, but in others a large gap between targets and the status quo remains. The Ampel-Monitor Energiewende by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) shows...
14.12.2023
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Publication
The SOEPnewsletter December 2023 in it's html version is now availabe in English. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list.
Enjoy reading.
14.12.2023
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
The leadership of both SOEP and “Understanding Society” (The UK Household Longitudinal Study) announced that they will intensify their long-standing collaboration in the future. They intend to coordinate closely on current challenges that large panel studies face, thereby pooling their comprehensive expertise. In addition, the employees of both studies will benefit from mutual exchange on all topics ...
12.12.2023| Sabine Zinn
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Report
The leadership of both SOEP and “Understanding Society” (The UK Household Longitudinal Study) announced that they will intensify their long-standing collaboration in the future. They intend to coordinate closely on current challenges that large panel studies face, thereby pooling their comprehensive expertise. In addition, the employees of both studies will benefit from mutual exchange on all topics ...
12.12.2023| Sabine Zinn
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Blog Marcel Fratzscher
The recent decision by the German Constitutional Court to block the government’s plan to redirect €60 billion in unused pandemic funds toward climate-related projects has underscored the growing divisions within Germany’s three-party ruling coalition. Moreover, the decision is set to undermine economic growth at a critical moment. Earlier this month, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the government’s ...
30.11.2023| Marcel Fratzscher