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Report
As COP26 drew to a close earlier this month, almost 200 nations agreed to “phase down” coal power in the coming years. How this is done, for coal and other fossil fuels, will have implications for individuals and communities that depend on these resources for their livelihoods.
The first case study conducted by DIW Berlin focuses on Germany and the efforts it has undertaken to support ...
23.11.2021| Claudia Kemfert
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Report
Once again, we warmly invite you to participate in our survey of SOEP users.This year, we are very curious about your assessments and experiences with our SOEP data, especially your work with specific data sets or samples, as well as the data format of your analysis.
With your participation, you contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of our data offering.
You can also participate ...
19.11.2021
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Personnel news
Jonas Jessen, who worked at the Education and Family department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Unintended Consequences and Spill-over Effects of Family Policies: Six Essays in Labour and Family Economics" was supervised by Prof. C. Katharina Spieß (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. ...
16.11.2021
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Personnel news
Nuria Boot has successfully defended her dissertation at the KU Leuven.
The dissertation with the title "Essays on Common Ownership and Financial Benchmark Rates" was supervised by Professor Dr. Jo Seldeslachts (KU Leuven and DIW Berlin).
Nuria was a PhD student in the Firms and Markets Department and GC class of 2016.
We congratulate Nuria on her success and wish her all the best for her future ...
25.10.2021
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Press Release
The Corona pandemic still shapes the economic situation in Germany. A complete normalisation of contact-intensive activities is not to be expected in the short term. In addition, supply bottlenecks are hampering manufacturing for the time being. The German economy will reach normal capacity utilisation in the course of 2022. In their autumn report, the leading economic research institutes ...
14.10.2021
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Statement
Marcel Fratzscher, President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), comments on the election for the 20th German Bundestag as follows:
26.09.2021
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Report
In order to facilitate novel user's access to the rich data-source of the SOEP, we will host another online-workshop in October.
The aim of the workshop is to familiarize novel users with the content and structure of the dataset, its potentials for social-scientific research and accompanying documentation matieral. Practical examples of data management will be discussed.
The workshop will last two ...
20.09.2021
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Press Release
DIW Berlin forecasting experts are lowering their forecast for 2021 from 3.2 to 2.1 percent - Supply bottlenecks and material shortages are weighing on German industry - Private consumption remains restrained - With growth of just under five percent, the German economy will pick up speed in 2022 once bottlenecks have been overcome and infection rates have fallen on a sustained basis - Inflation no ...
16.09.2021
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Publication
The 2020 SOEP Annual Report presents an overview of all our activities in the last year. It shines a spotlight on the SOEP’s new projects, partners, and services; Kantar's fieldwork for the various SOEP samples; and the process of data preparation and distribution.
The report is available online free of charge. We would also be happy to send you a hard copy on request (soepmail@diw.de).
23.07.2021| Janina Britzke
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Report
As reported in our last newsletter, Infas has been conducting the fieldwork for the SOEP study since the start of this year. The main SOEP-Core samples are currently in the field, and we are happy to report that surveying is going very well. Infas has also launched a new website presenting the SOEP study to respondents.
22.07.2021
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Report
Registered data users can now order the data using our online order form. In English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorderIn German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellung
The most important news on the 2019 data release:
Data from the 2018 innovation modules are included
We now provide documentation on all SOEP-IS modules to date as a SOEP Survey Paper .
The SOEP-IS Companion provides additional information
An ...
22.07.2021| SOEP Community Management
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Report
How can international public climate finance effectively support climate policy of partner countries? The four-year project of the Climate Policy Department sheds light on effective steps to achieve the Paris climate goals in cooperation with four other research institutes in Brazil, India, Indonesia, and South Africa.
DIW Berlin examines in a new study how international public climate finance (ICF) ...
13.07.2021| Karsten Neuhoff
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Personnel news
Daniel Graeber has successfully (with summa cum laude!) defended his dissertation "Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Individual Health as well as Public Health Crises" supervised by Professor Dr. Marco Caliendo (1st supervisor) and Professor Dr. Daniel D. Schnitzlein (2nd supervisor) at University of Potsdam. Congratulations!
28.06.2021
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Personnel news
Jan Berkes has successfully defended his dissertation "Causes and Consequences of Educational Attainment and Household Decisions - Six Essays in Applied Microeconomics" supervised by Katharina Spieß (1st supervisor) and Lukas Menkhoff (2nd supervisor) at Free University Berlin. Congratulations!
28.06.2021
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Personnel news
Nuria Boot has successfully defended her dissertation "Essays on Common Ownership and Financial Benchmark Rates" supervised by Prof. Dr. Jo Seldeslachts at KU Leuven. Congratulations!
23.06.2021
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Personnel news
Catalina Martinez Hernandez has successfully defended her dissertation "Essays on Large Data Sets and Unbalanced Panels in Empirical Macroeconomics" supervised by Helmut Lütkepohl at Freie Universität Berlin. Congratulations!
23.06.2021
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Publication
Initial results from the RKI-SOEP study show a higher rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections among people with a lower level of schooling and vocational education. The results also reveal that around 2 out of every 100 adults in Germany had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 as of November 2020—around twice as many as officially recorded for this time period. As part of this study, approximately 15,000 adults ...
09.06.2021| Monika Wimmer
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Personnel news
Tomaso Duso was appointed as one of the four members of the steering committee of the newly founded CEPR Competition Policy Research & Policy Network. The purpose of the CEPR Competition Policy RPN is to become a leading platform for the critical discussion of competition policy design and outcomes. The RPN seeks to create a network of academics and enforcers to evaluate both influential decisions ...
08.06.2021
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Personnel news
Nedim Okan died on May 24, 2021, in Istanbul at the age of 31. Nedim was a doctoral student in the 2019 cohort at the BSE. After successfully completing his coursework at the DIW GC, he joined the WZB for his research phase. We are all overwhelmed by this terrible loss. Our thoughts are with his wife, his family and his friends.
If you would like to have a personal conversation, you can contact the ...
07.06.2021
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Personnel news
Melissa Newham, who works at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the KU Leuven.
The dissertation with the title "Essays on the Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry" was supervised by Jo Seldeslachts (KU Leuven and DIW Berlin).
We congratulate Melissa on her success and wish her all the best for her future career!
28.04.2021