There is a new tenant in the Quartier 110: The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) intends to relocate its offices to Mohrenstraße 58 in Berlin-Mitte. So far, its seat has been in Königin-Louise-Straße in Berlin-Dahlem. At present, details are being resolved between DIW Berlin and Zürich Versicherung AG (Germany), the owner of the real estate. The signing of the ...
Dr. Jürgen Schupp, Survey Manager of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and Deputy Director of the SOEP department at DIW Berlin, has been appointed Honorary Professor for Sociology in the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Free University (FU).
The DIW Berlin is pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s Gossen Award was Professor Simon Gächter (of the University of Nottingham). The Verein für Socialpolitik, a German economic research association, presents this prestigious award to one German-speaking economist per year for excellence in internationally relevant economic research. The Austrian-born Gächter is associated with the ...
A group of ten of the most respected economic research institutes in Europe have forecast that Euro Area economic growth will experience a modest rate of expansion of 1.2% in 2005, 1.8% in 2006 and 2.0% in 2007. Oil prices have risen by US$20 since April and are expected to remain high at close to US$60 until 2007. EUROFRAME-EFN (European Forecasting Network) has revised down their forecasts by 0.2-0.3 ...