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On October 1/2, the DIW Graduate Center welcomed its new cohort through various events. Fifteen promising young students introduced themselves at the welcome reception in the evening of October 1, following the opening speeches of Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, president of DIW Berlin, and Prof. Helmut Lütkepohl, Dean of the GC. On October 2, a detailed introduction to the doctoral program structure ...
09.10.2013
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Paul Schmelzer has intensified his work as a post-doc in the SOEP team since September 2013. As part of his postdoctoral work in the social sciences, Paul will work on generating various retrospective biographical and spell data in the SOEP.
02.10.2013
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The SOEPnewsletter No. 102 / October 2013 is now available. We inform about Winners of the 2013 SOEP Best Publication Prize30 years of the SOEP (event and comment)SOEP 1984–2012 data (v29) and what’s new in this release... We’re delighted to provide a possibility for downloading the SOEP data!Data News from Cornell and Ohio State University... We need your help for the CNEF!New ...
02.10.2013
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Silke Anger left the SOEP on August 31, 2013, to accept a leadership position at the Institute for Labor Market Research (IAB) in Nuremberg. As of September 1, 2013, she will be heading the research area “Education and Employment over the Life Course” in the research area “Life Opportunities and Social Inequality.” Silke will also get an appointment as University Professor (W3) ...
02.10.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by Jürgen Blazejczak, Jochen Diekmann, Dietmar Edler, Claudia Kemfert, Karsten Neuhoff, Wolf-Peter Schill in: DIW Economic Bulletin 09/2013.Achieving the objectives of the German governments 2010 Energy Concept and the accelerated phase-out of nuclear energy will require significant investment in restructuring energy supply. In particular, this includes investment in installations for the ...
30.09.2013
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Economic Bulletin
in: DIW Economic Bulletin 09/2013"Investment in Energy Transition Has Unequivocally Positive Impact on Economy": Six Questions to Claudia Kemfert
30.09.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by Christian von Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert, Friedrich Kunz, Roman Mendelevitch in: DIW Economic Bulletin 09/2013.In its Green Paper on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies, the European Commission calls for a framework for the future development of environment and energy policy beyond 2020. However, much like the Energy Roadmap 2050 adopted by the Commission in December 2011, the Green ...
30.09.2013
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On September 20, 2013 at the Happiness Colloquium of the SOEP the VdF Best Publication Prizes 2013 have been awarded. Overall eight price winners have presented.Information about the prize winners 2013
24.09.2013
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On August 30, 2013, four SOEP respondents attended a summer celebration hosted by German Federal President Joachim Gauck in honor of volunteer and community service work.Additional information
13.09.2013
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The SOEP dataset remains an important source for interessting recent research. This shows the list of SOEP based contributions to the main conferences in social sciences this year.SOEP at conferences 2013
29.08.2013
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Press Release
A job loss has considerable negative consequences for those hit by unemployment. This is all the more relevant if families are affected. It not only relates to a family's financial situation: a mother losing her job can also impact on child development. A study conducted by DIW Berlin using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) shows that this is indeed the case as far as non-cognitive ...
14.08.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by: S. Bach, G. Baldi, K. Bernoth, J. Blazejczak, B. Bremer, J. Diekmann, D. Edler, B. Farkas, F. Fichtner, M. Fratzscher, M. Gornig, C. Kemfert, U. Kunert, H. Link, K. Neuhoff, W.-P. Schill, C. K. Spieß in: DIW Economic Bulletin 08/2013. Shortly before the parliamentary election in 2013, Germany is riding on a wave of euphoria: hardly any other euro country has weathered the financial and debt ...
09.08.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by: Stefan Bach, Guido Baldi, Kerstin Bernoth, Björn Bremer, Beatrice Farkas, Ferdinand Fichtner, Marcel Fratzscher, Martin Gornig in: DIW Economic Bulletin 08/2013. While many countries in the euro area are deep in recession due to a debt and structural crisis, the German economy appears to have excelled compared to many other euro area countries. Unemployment has fallen to the lowest level since ...
09.08.2013
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Economic Bulletin
in: DIW Economic Bulletin 08/2013"Germany's Big Weakness is a Lack of Investment." Seven Questions to Marcel Fratzscher
09.08.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by: Uwe Kunert, Sabine Radke, Bastian Chlond, Martin Kagerbauer in: DIW Economic Bulletin 08/2013. Having barely registered an increase at the beginning of the new millennium, during the economic upturn after 2009, there was significant growth in the mileage by registered motor vehicles in Germany, both in the case of utility vehicles and automobiles. Overall, in 2011, automobiles covered a higher ...
09.08.2013
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Press Release
From August 2013, every child in Germany who has reached his or her first birthday will have a legal right to a place in a childcare facility or family day care. What effects does this have on the mothers' economic activity and child development? Our findings show that the legal entitlement to this type of formal care is expected to lead to an increase in mothers' gainful employment of up to two percentage ...
07.08.2013
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Veronika Bertram-Hümmer (GC2010) and Ghassan Baliki of the Development and Security department have been awarded with the “Hans Raupach Best Paper Award“ of IOS Regensburg for their paper "Measuring Deprivation: A New Index Of Visible Wealth”. The price was awarded within the 5th Joint IOS/APB/EACE Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe on the subject of “Subjective ...
31.07.2013
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Dr. Daniel Kemptner received his doctoral title from the Free University Berlin on June 27, 2013. Under the supervision of Prof. Peter Haan and Prof. Frank Fossen, he investigated the relationship between individuals' education, health risks, and economic outcomes in Germany in his dissertation. The Dean congratulates him for successfully completing the program of the Graduate Center.
31.07.2013
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Jan Marcus, department Education Policy, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title “Four Essays on Causal Inference in Health Economics" was supervised by Gert G. Wagner (TU Berlin) and Thomas Siedler (Universität Hamburg). The Dean congratulates him for his success!
22.07.2013
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Veronika Bertram-Hümmer and Ghassan Baliki of the Development and Security Department won the “Hans Raupach Best Paper Award“ of IOS Regensburg with their paper "Measuring Deprivation: A New Index Of Visible Wealth”. The price was awarded within the 5th Joint IOS/APB/EACE Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe on the subject of „Subjective Well-being: Determinants, ...
15.07.2013