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Press Release
The top 10% of income earners in Germany earn almost as much as the middle 40% – the top 1%’s share of national income has increased from eight to 13 percent since 1995.
The share of national income belonging to the top 1% of income earners has grown significantly in Germany since the mid-1990s, while the share earned by the bottom 50% has significantly decreased. These are the main findings ...
16.01.2018
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Press Release
Construction industry continues very positive development – more room for modernization and renovation of existing buildings – construction prices rise sharply
The construction sector cycle will continue its upward course in the next two years according to the forecast of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), which makes its annual prognosis of construction volume on ...
12.01.2018
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Report
Gert G. Wagner, who served as a member of the German Institute for Economic Research's Executive Board from 2011 to 2017, will celebrate his 65th birthday on January 5. The economist and social scientist was the head of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) research infrastructure at DIW Berlin from 1989 to 2011 and developed it into the largest and longest-running long-term study on social and economic ...
04.01.2018
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Press Release
Gert G. Wagner, who served as a member of the German Institute for Economic Research's executive board from 2011 to 2017, will celebrate his 65th birthday on January 5. The economist and social scientist was the head of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) research infrastructure at DIW Berlin from 1989 to 2011 and developed it into the largest and longest-running long-term study on social and economic ...
04.01.2018
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Report
DIW Berlin wishes you a happy festive season and a peaceful and prosperous new year in 2018!
22.12.2017
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Report
Wishing you the happiest of holidays and a healthy and successful 2018
On behalf of the whole SOEP team at DIW Berlin
22.12.2017
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Report
The call für papers and session contribution for our SOEP 2018 - 13th International German Socio-Economic Panel User ConferenceJuly 19–20, 2018, in Berlin
is open until February 15, 2018.
The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with other researchers familiar with SOEP data. Researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, ...
22.12.2017
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Press Release
The Economic Barometer of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) dropped by four points in December to 109 points. However, the value above 100 still indicates above-average GDP growth in the fourth quarter by slightly more than half a percent when compared to the third quarter. "Economic growth in the final quarter will be somewhat weaker than before. Nonetheless, the bulging order ...
21.12.2017
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Report
The Institute of Employment Research (IAB), the Information Centre for Asylum and Migration of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are currently working together on a longitudinal survey of refugees. The survey research institute Kantar Public (formerly TNS Infratest) has been commissioned ...
20.12.2017
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Press Release
Children from families who do not speak German as their main language at home often attend childcare facilities with children in similar situations – Policies providing financial incentives for facilities with a minimum percentage of children from migrant backgrounds shouldn’t be encouraged – Separate study shows that quality is strongly influenced by children's social behavior – ...
20.12.2017
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Report
The Institute of Employment Research (IAB), the Information Centre for Asylum and Migration of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are currently working together on a longitudinal survey of refugees. The survey research institute Kantar Public (formerly TNS Infratest) has been commissioned ...
20.12.2017| Jürgen Schupp
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Economic Bulletin
In this study, we report on the current state of the international market for crude oil. The market data we analyzed indicate that competition has intensified as a result of the now firmly-established shale oil extraction industry in the U.S. Model-based simulations also show that supply-side shifts should only have moderate price effects. This applies to both an expansion in U.S. shale oil production ...
20.12.2017| Dawud Ansari, Claudia Kemfert, Aleksandar Zaklan
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Report
Last week, 10 new Ph.D. graduates received their certificates. In a festive ceremony with classical music, the new Ph.D.s were honored by the DIW Berlin president Prof. Marcel Fratzscher Ph.D., the Graduate Center dean Prof. Georg Weizsäcker Ph.D. and the former federal minister of education Dr. h. c. Edelgard Bulmahn who held the commencement speech.
We wish each and every one much success in ...
18.12.2017
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Personnel news
Nils May, a DIW PhD candidate and Research Associate at the Climate Policy Department, has received a Subsidy from Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS). The prize was awarded for his presentation "Cost-Efficient investments? Policy Impacts on Financing Costs" at this year's European Assocation of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Conference in Athens.
15.12.2017
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Statement
Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), comments the latest ECB council meeting as follows:
14.12.2017| Marcel Fratzscher
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Economic Bulletin
The German economy continues to boom and the upswing has recently gained breadth. In addition to continuing strong consumer demand on the domestic front, the flourishing global economy is making itself felt in a growing Germany economy. In view of strong exports and abating global risks companies in capital-intensive manufacturing and processing industries are currently investing more. This activity ...
13.12.2017
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Press Release
Public purchases can make a valuable contribution to decarbonizing the economy – Despite an upward trend, only 2.4 percent of public contracts in Germany include green criteria – Policy action is needed in order to fully exploit the potential
Green public procurement, by which public authorities choose their suppliers of goods and services not only based on price but also according to ...
12.12.2017
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Report
The application portal for the GC PhD Program is now open! We look forward to applications from highly qualified and motivated postgraduates from around the world.All relevant information, application documents and the online application form can be found here. To learn more about the Graduate Center and our PhD program, visit our program section or download the flyer.
12.12.2017
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Personnel news
Helene Naegele, who works at the Competition and Consumers department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Firm Strategies and Consumer Behavior under Market-Based Sustainability Policies" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Pio Baake (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Christian von ...
11.12.2017
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Interview
“Income Inequality, Inequality of Opportunity, and Redistribution” was the subject of economist Judith Niehues’ doctoral dissertation and has been a central focus of her research since then. Niehues earned her doctorate at the University of Cologne after completing undergraduate studies there and at San Diego State University in the United States. She is a Senior Economist at the ...
08.12.2017