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Berlin Lunchtime Meeting The Future of Natural Gas in the "Energiewende" - Pipelines, Supply Security, and Fuel Mix in Germany and Europe

Presenter: Dr. Jeff Makholm, Boston, USA, leads the Natural Gas Practice at National Energy Research Associates (NERA), he is a world-known expert in the natural gas sector and pipeline regulation in particular, and has advised industry and governments in the US, Asia, and Europe. Makholm is also author of a recent book "The Political Economy of Pipelines", University of Chicago Press (2012).
Presenter: Dr. Klaus-Robert Kabelitz is Chief Economist of E.on Ruhrgas, one of the leading European players in natural gas, and in the energy field at large. Dr. Kabelitz has over 30 years of experience in the industry, and is an imminent specialist in German and European natural gas issues.
Discussant: Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen is Research Director at DIW Berlin, and Chair of the Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP) at Berlin University of Technology (WIP).
Moderator: Prof. Anne Neumann is Chair of Economic Policy at Potsdam University, and Research Professor at DIW Berlin.

Natural gas has turned from being a niche fuel to a major player in the European energy mix and beyond, and it expected to become a critical resource for succeeding the "Energiewende", i.e. the decarbonization process under way in Germany and in Europe. The objective of this DIW Berlin-OECD Lunchtime meeting is to discuss the future of natural gas and the related policies, i.e. pipeline development, import and trading, etc. From various angles: Are the German and European energy policies well positioned for the decarbonization via natural gas? What pipeline developments are required to support the low-carbon transformation? Will we observe similar issues as with electricity transmission lines? And what can be learned from other counties to foster the regulation of the natural gas sector?

Registration is required. Please send an email to: events@diw.de. We look forward to your participation.  

Zeit

12:00 - 13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Development and Security Seminar Warfare experience, other-regarding preferences and group identity: Evidence from field experiments

Referent

• Michal Bauer, Prague

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Aggregation without the aggravation? Nonparametric analysis of the representative consumer

Abstract:
In the tradition of Afriat (1967), Diewert (1973) and Varian (1982), we provide a revealed preference characterisation of the representative consumer. Our results are simple and complement those of Gorman (1953, 1961), Samuelson (1956) and others. They can also be applied to data very readily and without the need for auxilliary parametric or statistical assumptions. We investigate the application of our characterisation by means of a balanced microdata panel survey. Our findings provide robust evidence against the existence of a representative consumer for our data.

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• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Frederic Vermeulen, Tilburg University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Peter Haan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 165

Graduate Center Masterclasses Introduction to Matching and Weighting Estimators

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• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Marco Caliendo, Potsdam University

Zeit

Do 14:00-18:30/Fr 09:30-12:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Konferenz Micro-Level Analysis of Well-Being in Central Asia

The transition from a planned to a market economy has had dramatic consequences in all post-Soviet republics but especially so in Central Asia. Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we wish to examine the well-being of individuals and households in these countries.

We aim at bringing together researchers from several disciplines, especially economics, sociology, geography, and anthropology, in this conference.

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• Programm
• Logistical information for the conference

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Susan Steiner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 477

Seminar The effect of unemployment on the mental health of spouses - Evidence from plant closures in Germany
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract:
Previous studies on the health effects of unemployment neglect spillover effects on spouses. This study estimates the effect of one spouse's unemployment on the mental health of the other spouse. In order to give the estimates a causal interpretation, this study focuses on an exogenous entry into unemployment (plant closure), and combines matching based on entropy balancing and difference-in-difference to make the estimation robust against selection on observables and time-invariant unobservables. Using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data this paper finds that unemployment decreases the mental health for spouses almost as much as for the directly affected individuals. The findings highlight that previous studies underestimate the public health costs of job loss as they do not consider the consequences for spouses.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Speaker

• Jan Marcus, DIW Berlin

Zeit

6.30-8.00 pm

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Room 125 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen The Generalized Roy Model and The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Social Programs

The standard analysis of treatment effects only considers the gross benefit of treatment and does not consider the cost as perceived by the agents or the surplus arising from participation in programs (the private subjective evaluation of the program). This paper extends the analysis of Heckman and Vytlacil (1999, 2005) to identify parameters measuring the costs and net gains of arising from participation in a program within the context of a generalized Roy model. The analysis does not require that the analyst observe the subjective cost of treatment. Instead, we use information derived from agent choices about participating in a program to infer the cost of treatment as perceived by the agent. We apply our methodology to the analysis of college choice and nd that variability in net gains from attending college is mainly due to variability in the cost associated with schooling.

Referent

• Philipp Eisenhauer (ZEW Mannheim)

Zeit

16:30-17:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Development and Security Seminar Gender Differences in the Access to and Use of (micro) Insurance in Ghana

Referent

• Lena Giesbert, GIGA Hamburg

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Subjective Beliefs as Determinants of Fiscal Policy: Survey Evidence from German Politicians

Abstract
This talk gives an overview about the use of original surveys conducted among German politicians for the study of fiscal policy. The first study (Heinemann and Janeba, German Economic Review, 2011) uses a survey of members of the German Bundestag to understand the politicians’ subjective beliefs about the role of taxes for business  location decisions. It is shown that ideology is a major determinant which appears to be in conflict with traditional economic theory, as the question relates to non-ideological issues. In the second study (Janeba and Osterloh, ZEW Discussion Paper, 2012) a survey of mayors in Baden-Württemberg is used to determine empirically the spatial pattern of competition among jurisdictions for business investment through the use of the local business tax rate (Gewerbesteuer). The empirical pattern is then used to develop a new theoretical model of tax competition which in important aspects is consistent with empirical evidence on tax trends in Baden-Württemberg. Finally, the talk provides first descriptive results of a survey of members of all state parliaments in Germany to assess the likelihood and consequences of (not) implementing a debt break rule (Schuldenbremse) at the state level.

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• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Eckhard Janeba, University of Mannheim

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Berlin Behavioral Economics Seminar Series The Good, the Bad and the Naive: Do good experts choose fair prices or do fair prices induce good behaviour

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Uwe Dulleck, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

Zeit

16:15-17:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics Target2 and the European sovereign debt crisis

Referent

• Philipp König, TU Berlin

Zeit

12:15-13:45 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Seminar Quality Upgrading and Price Heterogeneity: Evidence from Brazilian Exporters
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract:
This paper studies the relation between quality upgrading and pricing across firms and destination countries. The paper builds a model based on heterogeneous firms that set quality and prices to heterogeneous consumers. To test the predictions of this model, the paper uses a uniquely rich data that combines producer quality information and exporter prices by firm and destination country. Direct evidence on self-reported quality upgrading over time makes it possible to separate the quality effect from other sources of price variation, using a difference-in-difference-in-differences approach, that discerns quality upgrading by destination market and timing. Results document quality-based market segmentation, by which firms raise quality and prices at high-income destinations.
The paper shows that the difference in prices across countries is not driven by differences in market shares, markups, or elasticities of substitution, but by demand for quality in high-income destinations.

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• Paper Lisandra Flach "Quality Upgrading and Price Heterogeneity: Evidence from Brazilian Exporters"

Speaker

• Lisandra Flach, University of Mannheim

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
It’s the Economy, Stupid: A Context-based Theory of Civic and Political Participation in Germany

There has been a recent shift in Political Science towards integrating
aggregate-level contextual factors into the study of individual-level
political behaviors. while intriguing, findings are inconsistent and
this research area is bereft of theoretical underpinnings. The
underlying idea that drives my dissertation is that civic and
political participation are, at least partially, a response to
economic, political and social realities.The literature on social
context is rooted in the idea that the perception of threat influences
civic and political behaviors. As I argue, perceptions of the threat
represented by foreigners-and thus the impact of social context-vary
based on local economic context. Foreigners are more likely to be seen
as threatening in cities with restricted capacities to fulfill their
traditional welfare tasks, which has consequences for civic and
political behaviors.To develop this theory, I merge SOEP data with
city-level economic, social and demographic data

Referent

• Lindsay M. Pettingill (Georgetown University)

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Elisabeth Bügelmayer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 344

Development and Security Seminar Can State Language Policies Distort Students' Demand for Education?

Referent

• Alexander Muravyev, IZA Bonn

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics Futures premium regressions and a latent factor day by day

Referent

• Dr. Kerstin Bernoth, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:15-13:45 Uhr im Raum 4.3.014

Workshop Methods to Estimate the Gross Employment Effects of Environmental Protection

Zeit

10:00 - 17:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Dietmar Edler

Tel.: +49 30 89789 280

Seminar Dealing with Selection on Unobservables
Berliner Netzwerk Arbeitsmarkt (BeNA) Lecture Series 2012

We are happy to announce that on April 23rd and 24th, Joseph Altonji will hold three lectures and one research talk as part of the 2012 Lecture Series of the Berlin Network of Labour Market Research (BeNA).

The lectures and the research talk will be given in English, are free of charge, and are open to the interested public (please register by e-mail to Hanna Wielandt ).

The Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA) was founded in 2004 as a forum for the discussion and development of research projects by young labour market researchers working at universities and research institutions in Berlin. At the heart of the network lies the weekly Seminar on Labor Research and the Lecture Series. Previous BeNA lectures were held by Manuel Arellano, Steve Pischke, Steve Machin, Michael Lechner, Andrea Ichino, Robert Hart and Gerald van den Berg.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm-Flyer
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Speaker

• Prof. Joseph Altonji (Yale University)

Ort

Hertie School of Governance Raum: Forum A Friedrichstr. 180 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Adrian Hille

Tel.: +49 30 89789 424

Workshop TAMNEAC Training Camp

The consortium of the Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict (TAMNEAC) will hold its second project meeting in Kampala, Uganda on 23-28 April 2012. The Training Camp will take place in cooperation with Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC).

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Myroslava Purska

Tel.: +49 30 89789 277

Seminar Flexibilisation without Hesitation? Temporary Contracts and Workers' Satisfaction
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Labour market flexibilisation has long been considered a key policy tool for increasing employment. However, sceptics argue that workers suffer from labour market flexibilisation. While empirically investigating the psychological costs of temporary contracts, we question this argument for one flexibilisation instrument. We test whether temporary contracts are associated with different well-being outcomes and identify those workers who suffer the most. Furthermore, we include the "flexicurity" idea into our analysis. As a policy advice, this concept assumes that labour market flexibilisation is acceptable for workers when it is accompanied by employment security.

Most of the research on well-being consequences of fixed-term contracts does not lead to clear results. A comprehensive review of this literature reveals a need for theoretical and methodological clarification. We argue that in contrast to these studies, important aspects such as the honeymoon-hangover effect, the role of job characteristics and personality traits have to be considered. By taking these factors into account and using several opportunities of the German Socio-Economic Panel, our empirical strategy enables us to shed valuable new light on job satisfaction in fixed-term contracts.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Clemens Hetschko (FU Berlin)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Development and Security Seminar Intermediate Merger Incentives in a Three-Tier Industry Structure

Referent

• Dr. Vanessa von Schlippenbach, DIW Berlin
• Isabel Teichmann, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Analyzing market participation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Anita Engels, University of Hamburg

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics When credit bites back: Leverage, business cycles, and crises

Referent

• Oscar Jorda, UC Davis

Zeit

12:15-13:45 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Graduate Center Masterclasses Bayesian estimation of DSGE models

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Michel Juillard, Bank of France

Zeit

Do 14:00-18:30/Fr 09:30-12:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting ESBies: Eine Zwei-Säulen-Strategie für Europa

Vortrag: Markus K. Brunnermeier | Princeton University
Kommentar: Dr. Christian Kastrop | Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Moderation: Dr. Ferdinand Fichtner | DIW Berlin

Eine europäische Schulden- und Fiskalstruktur ist nur gut, wenn sie auf zwei Säulen beruht. Zum einen muss ein institutioneller Rahmen geschaffen werden, der negative Externalitäten der Verschuldung einzelner Mitgliedsländer der Eurozone in Grenzen hält. Zum anderen ist Marktdisziplin zwingend notwendig, denn nur die dadurch entstehenden Zinsdifferenzen führen zu notwendigen und einschneidenden Anpassungsprozessen.

Der Vortrag wird verschiedene europäische Bondstrukturen vergleichen. Ziel ist es dabei, den Teufelskreis zwischen Staatenrisiko und Bankenrisiko zu zerschlagen; Verzerrungen durch Kapitalflucht zu begrenzen; langfristig ein sicheres Anlageinstrument zu schaffen, das US-Staatspapieren in Volumen und Sicherheit nicht nachsteht; die Freiheit zu behalten, zu welchem Grade sich Mitgliedsstaaten zu einer Fiskalunion zusammenschließen wollen und langfristig eine stabilitätsorientierte Geldpolitik zu ermöglichen.

Markus K. Brunnermeier | Edwards S. Sanford Professor an der Princeton University. Faculty Member am Department of Economics und verbunden mit dem Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance und der International Economics Sektion, Direktor des Princeton Julis Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance. Er ist Research Associate am CEPR, am NBER und am CESifo sowie Visiting Scholar bei der Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

MDg Dr. Christian Kastrop | Leiter der Unterabteilung für Grundsatzfragen der Finanzpolitik am Bundesministerium der Finanzen.

Dr. Ferdinand Fichtner | Leiter der Abteilung Konjunkturpolitik am DIW Berlin.

Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache statt.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung und bitten Sie, Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung via E-Mail an events@diw.de zu senden.

Zeit

12:00 - 13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Labor supply of mothers with young children: Validating a structural model using a natural experiment

In this paper we estimate an intertemporal structural model of labor supply for mothers with young children. In order to validate the structural model, we make use of a recently introduced parental leave reform in Germany. We compare the behavioral predictions of the structural model under the reform (out-of-sample fit) to results based on an evaluation of the parental leave reform as a natural experiment. We show that the structural model predicts actual behavior reasonably well. Based on both methods we find that due to the new parental leave scheme, that pays higher benefits for a shorter period of time, labor supply of mothers in the first year after giving birth declines, however increases in the second year. The results differ by socio-economic characteristics. We find the strongest effects for low-income mothers, who have a significantly higher probability to return to work two years after giving birth than under the old parental leave scheme.

Referent

• Dr. Katharina Wrohlich, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:00-13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States
Berliner Netzwerk Arbeitsmarkt (BeNA) Lecture Series 2012

Abstract: We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on local U.S. labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization while instrumenting for imports using changes in Chinese imports by industry to other high-income countries. Rising exposure increases unemployment, lowers labor force participation, and reduces wages in local labor markets. Conservatively, it explains one-quarter of the contemporaneous aggregate decline in U.S. manufacturing employment. Transfer benefits payments for unemployment, disability, retirement, and healthcare also rise sharply in exposed labor markets. The deadweight loss of financing these transfers is one to two-thirds as large as U.S. gains from trade with China.

The Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA) was founded in 2004 as a forum for the discussion and development of research projects by young labour market researchers working at universities and research institutions in Berlin. At the heart of the network lies the weekly Seminar on Labor Research and the Lecture Series. Previous BeNA lectures were held by Manuel Arellano, Steve Pischke, Steve Machin, Michael Lechner, Andrea Ichino, Robert Hart and Gerald van den Berg.

Speaker

• David Dorn (CEMFI Madrid)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Integrating Inequality in Multidimensional Poverty Indices: The Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index

The study deals with the inclusion of inter-personal inequality in multidimensional poverty indices. Inter-personal inequality is usually equated with association among poverty dimensions, i.e. whether a substitute, complement, or independent relationship exists among the poverty dimensions in question. The equation produced a situation where the existence of simultaneous deprivations serves as the main justification for poverty measures to go beyond simple averages, yet is usually neglected in the actual calculations. This is also the case for the popular Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) utilised by UNDP in their Human Development Reports. The study questions the appropriateness of the equation and suggests to take a more holistic approach by defining inter-personal inequality as the association-sensitive spread of simultaneous deprivations across the population. The suggested definition is introduced in the form of a new axiom and it is demonstrated how this proceeding leads to a new identification method and eventually to a new class of correlation sensitive poverty indices. This new class is unique in the sense that it is the first class of additive poverty indices that i) is able to account for the fact that households may suffer from simultaneous deprivations, and ii) is association-sensitive. An example from India illustrates the empirical relevance of the new methodological approach. In particular, evidence is provided that reveals how the additional information provided by the new indices when compared to the MPI has the potential to improve the targeting of poverty reduction policies.

Referent

• Nicole Rippin (Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik)

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Effects of changes in student composition on teacher mobility. Evidence from the admission reform

This paper examines teacher job mobility using matcher employee-employer panel data from Stockholm municipality upper secondary schools. I utilize the exogenous change in upper secondary school admission which led to the sharp reshuffling of students within the municipality. This quasi experimental set up provides a unique opportunity to investigate the relationship between changes in student attributes and changes in teacher quality and turnover, which are not confounded with changes in school or neighborhood characteristics. Comparison of ordinary least squares and difference-in-differences estimates suggest that the former ones are severely biased and could provide a highly misleading, from policy perspective, conclusions. The causal estimates indicate that schools that experience upward shocks in student quality are more successful in retaining teachers, in particular, these that are more experienced and of high cognitive skills. Furthermore, I do find significant heterogeneity in the impact of minorities and principals compensatory behavior towards teachers. Nonetheless, the results suggest that student characteristics are endogenous to teacher turnover decisions.

Referent

• Krzysztof Karbownik (Uppsala University)

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Development and Security Seminar Does International Migration Increase Child Labor?

Referent

• Mariapia Mendola, Università Bicocca

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Empfang Eröffnung der PFiF-Außenstelle in Berlin

Das Projekt FDZ im FDZ (PFiF) ist ein Kooperationsprojekt zwischen dem Forschungsdatenzentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit im Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (FDZ der BA im IAB) und dem Forschungsdatenzentrum der Statistischen Ämter der Länder (FDZ). Ziel ist es, den Zugang zu den Daten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit in Deutschland zu vereinfachen. Das FDZ des Amtes für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg ist dabei als einer von vier Pilotstandorten in Deutschland maßgeblich an der Erweiterung der Datenzugangsmöglichkeiten in Richtung Remote Data Access beteiligt.

Seit Anfang 2012 ist der Datenzugang im FDZ, das eine Außenstelle im Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Berlin hat, möglich, und wurde bereits von vielen Gästen genutzt.

Wir laden Sie hiermit herzlich zur feierlichen Eröffnung der Räumlichkeiten ein. In diesem Rahmen wird darüber hinaus interessierten Datennutzern das Forschungsdatenzentrum der BA im IAB sowie das Forschungsdatenzentrum der Statistischen Ämter der Länder vorgestellt.

Über Ihr Kommen freuen wir uns sehr!

Mehr Informationen

• Programm-Flyer

Referenten

• Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner, DIW Berlin
• Stefan Bender, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
  Prof. Dr. Ulrike Rockmann, Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg

Zeit

10:00 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christiane Zschech

Tel.: +49 30 89789 181

Graduate Center Masterclasses Discrete choice: Basics, new developments and applications in the transport sector

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Juan de Dios Ortúzar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  

Zeit

Do 14:30-18:30/Fr 09:30-12:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Symposium Eighth International Young Scholar German Socio-Economic Panel Symposium

For the 8th time the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) of the University of Bremen and the Jacobs University and the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in collaboration with the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) are pleased to announce the
"International Young Scholar German Socio-Economic Panel Symposium".

The symposium provides an opportunity for doctoral students of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, psychology, sociology, public health, geography) at any stage of their doctoral thesis, to present empirical research in progress - carried out with panel data (especially SOEP data) - and to discuss theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues with senior researchers. We encourage interested young scholars to submit abstracts.

If you would like to attend the symposium, please submit an abstract of your topic (350 words, in English) together with complete contact information before November 15, 2011. We will inform you whether your proposal has been accepted before December 15, 2011. The deadline for submission of the full paper (3.000 words) will be February 15, 2012.

All accepted papers will be made accessible to commentators and participants one month prior to the symposium. During the symposium each presenter will have about 20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes comments by a senior researcher, and 10 minutes plenary discussion. The official language of the symposium will be English.

Catering as well as accommodation for non-locals will be provided. The conference fee is € 25.

Mehr Informationen

• Call for Papers

Ort

Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst/ Germany

Ansprechpartner
extern

Anne-Luise Baumann
Tel.: +49 (0) 421-218 66354
Fax: +49 (0) 421-218 66353
Email: abaumann@bigsss-bremen.de

Maike Schulz
Tel.: +49 (0) 421-218 66417
Fax: +49 (0) 421-218 66353
Email: mschulz@bigsss-bremen.de

BIGSSS
PO Box 33 04 40
28334 Bremen

Workshop Writing Workshop for Academics

The idea of the workshop is to provide a forum where the communication of the students' research results is the focus of conversation. As doctoral students it is all too easy to become lost in the details of their research and lose sight of the fact that at the end, they need to write papers that get published. The goal of the writing workshop is to talk about the writing process – ranging from the actual writing of the paper, through the reviewing process, and what to look for in page proofs.

Referent

• Adam Mark Lederer, DIW Berlin

Zeit

14:00-15:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Development and Security Seminar Health and Conflict in Colombia

Referent

• Prof. Dr. Tilman Brück, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Social Change and Family Formation: The German Reunification

This project uses the German reunification to study how social change impacts two aspects of women's family formation: standardization - the degree to which women's family formation is similar, and pluralization - the development of new family formation patterns. In view of the Second Demographic Transition (SDT), institutional, economic, and ideational explanations for family behavior are discussed. The study proposes a new sequence analytical approach to calculate within and between group differences in family formation trajectories. Findings from the German Life History Study (GLHS) show a rapid de-standardization of family formation among East German women after the reunification. With the breakdown of the communist regime, East German women shifted away from a traditional early marriage pattern to alternative family forms. In contrast, West German women's family formation is more standardized after the reunification than before. They polarize into either a traditional or a delayed family formation pattern. As a result, East and West German women's family formation is just as different in the decades following the reunification as it was in divided Germany. The findings support that de-standardization and pluralization of family formation are transitional features of the SDT with a re-standardization of new family forms, once societies have passed through the SDT.

Referent

• Anette Fasang (HU Berlin)

Zeit

13:30 - 14:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Workshop Internationale Energieressourcenmärkte im Kontext von Klimapolitiken
RESOURCES, 2012-2015

Der Workshop ist die Eröffnungsveranstaltung des Forschungsprojekts „Internationale Energieressourcenmärkte im Kontext von Klimapolitiken" (RESOURCES, 2012-2015), das vom BMBF im Rahmen des Förderschwerpunkts „Ökonomie des Klimawandels" finanziert wird. Das RESOURCES-Projekt wird gemeinsam von der Universität Potsdam (Prof. Dr. Anne Neumann) und dem DIW Berlin durchgeführt.

Das zentrale Thema im Projekt ist der Effekt von Klimapolitiken auf Angebot und Nachfrage von fossilen Energieressourcen. Wir konzentrieren uns dabei auf die Ressourcen Kohle, Erdöl und Erdgas. Eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für die ökonomische Analyse der Beziehung von Ressourcenmärkten und Klimawandel ist eine aktuelle und fundierte Datenbasis hinsichtlich verfügbarer Reserven bzw. Ressourcen und ihrer langfristigen Förderkosten.

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• Programm-Flyer

Referent

• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Roberto F. Aguilera (Curtin Business School Perth, Australia)

Zeit

10:00 - 17:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Franziska Holz

Tel.: +49 30 89789 337

Ansprechpartner
extern

More Information: http://www.uni-potsdam.de/wipo/research/resources.html

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Bildungssystem in Deutschland: Die langfristigen Effekte der Schulwahl auf Bildungsabschlüsse und auf Löhne

Vortrag: Prof. Christian Dustmann, PhD. | University College London
Kommentar: Martin Spiewak | DIE ZEIT
Moderation: Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß | DIW Berlin 

In Zeiten zunehmender sozialer Ungleichheit in Deutschland wird der frühen Selektion der Schulkinder im Alter von 10 Jahren durch das dreigliedrige Schulsystem immer mehr der Vorwurf gemacht, sie trage zur Zementierung von Ungleichheit bei. Viele Statistiken verweisen auf den Zusammenhang von elterlicher Bildung und Schulwahl im Alter von 10 Jahren, einem Alter, in dem die Kinder noch keine eigenständigen Lebens- und Bildungsentscheidungen getroffen haben können. Eine neue Studie der Forscher Christian Dustmann und Uta Schoenberg vom University College London sowie Patrick Puhani von der Leibniz Universität Hannover zeigt nun, dass die Schulwahl im Alter von 10 Jahren keine langfristigen Effekte auf Schulabschlüsse und Löhne hat, weil das deutsche Schulsystem flexibel genug ist, um frühe Fehlentscheidungen zu späteren Zeitpunkten zu korrigieren.

Prof. Christian Dustmann, PhD. | Professor an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften am University College London und Leiter des Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM). 1992 Promotion in Wirtschaftswissenschaften am European University Institute mit Habilitation an der Universität Bielefeld 1997. Dustmann ist Mitherausgeber der Zeitschriften Journal of Population Economics und Economic Journal. Research Fellow am Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London und am Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Zudem ist er wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) und am Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London. Zu seinen Hauptforschungsinteressen gehören Zusammenhänge zwischen Demographie und Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkttheorien. In diesen Forschungsbereichen hat er bereits zahlreiche Werke veröffentlicht.

Martin Spiewak | Redakteur Wissen, DIE ZEIT. Nach dem Abitur leistete er seinen Zivildienst im Altersheim, studierte Geschichte und Spanisch in Hamburg und Madrid und Journalismus in München. Bevor er zum "Deutschen Allgemeinen Sonntagsblatt" ging, reiste er ein Jahr durch Mexiko und Kolumbien und arbeitete mit Straßenkindern. 1999 kam er zu der ZEIT ins Wissen. Bildung ist sein großes Thema. 2007 verbrachte er mehrere Monate an der Harvard University, um über Integration zu arbeiten.

Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spieß | Leiterin der Abteilung Bildungspolitik am DIW Berlin. Ihr Forschungs- und Publikationsschwerpunkt liegt im Bereich der Frühkindlichen Bildung.

Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache statt.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung und bitten Sie, Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung via E-Mail an events@diw.de zu senden.

Zeit

12:00 - 13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Development and Security Seminar Welfare Effects of Smallholder Market and Export Participation in Kyrgyzstan

Referent

• Isabel Teichmann, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Business Taxes and the Electoral Cycle

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• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Prof. Dr. Nadine Riedel

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Peter Haan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 165

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
How Important is the Family? Evidence from Sibling Correlations in the US, Germany and Denmark

This paper is the first to analyze intergenerational economic mobility based on sibling correlations in permanent economic outcomes in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows: the importance of family and community background in Germany is higher than in Denmark and comparable to that in the US. This holds true for brothers and sisters. In Denmark 20 percent of the inequality in permanent earnings can be attributed to family and community factors shared by brothers while the corresponding estimates are 43 percent in Germany and 45 percent in the US. For sisters the estimates are 19 percent for Denmark, 39 percent for Germany and 29 percent for the US. This ranking is shown to be robust against alternative approaches.

Referent

• Dr. Daniel D. Schnitzlein, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Development and Security Seminar One Kind of Lawlessness: The Effect of Piracy Attacks on Shipping Costs

Referent

• Hannes Mueller, Barcelona GSE

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics Round-trip versus genuine foreign investment in Russia

Referent

• Svetlana Ledyaeva, Aalto University School of Economics

Zeit

12:15-13:45 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Risks and Returns to Educational Fields - A financial asset approach to vocational and academic education

Applying a financial assets approach, we investigate the risks and returns to investments into different types of human capital. Even so the returns from investing in human capital have expensively been studied, little is known about the properties of the return to different types of human capital. Using information from the German Micro Census, we estimate the risk and returns to around 70 fields of study and differentiate between vocational and academic education. We find that there is a general trade-off between returns and earnings risk and human capital investments. Furthermore, we rank fields of education by their returns per unit of risk and find that academic education is not always superior to vocational education.

Referent

• Johanna Storck, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Workshop SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin 2012
Workshop zur Einführung in die Nutzung von SOEP-Daten

Am 27. und 28. Februar 2012 veranstalten wir in Zusammenarbeit mit der TU Berlin wieder einen deutschsprachigen Einführungskurs zur Analyse der SOEP-Daten. Neben einleitenden Plenarveranstaltungen mit Vorträgen zu „Inhalt, Struktur und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten der SOEPDaten" und „Hochrechnung und Gewichtung" sowie einer Online-Demonstration der vielfältigen Möglichkeiten von www-SOEPinfo liegt der Schwerpunkt des Workshops in Hands-on-Sessions. In deren Verlauf wird der Umgang mit den SOEP-Daten auf Basis verschiedener Softwarepakete am PC in kleinen Arbeitsgruppen geübt. Zudem wird auch das umfangreiche Dokumentationsmaterial und die SOEP-Support-Software (SOEPlit, SOEPinfo, Desktop Companion, BIOSCOPE, NEWSPELL) vorgestellt.

Anmeldung

Die Anmeldung für den Workshop war ab 9. Januar 2012 möglich. Inzwischen ist die maximale Zahl der TeilnehmerInnen von rund 30 Personen erreicht, eine Anmeldung ist nicht mehr möglich.
Die Teilnahme am Workshop ist kostenfrei; allerdings wird eine geringe Verpflegungspauschale (ca. 20 Euro) erhoben und die Reisekosten müssen selbst übernommenwerden.

Vorausgesetzte Kenntnisse

Eine absolute Voraussetzung sind Kenntnisse einer Analyse-Software: Der Workshop gibt eine Einführung in die Analyse der SOEP-Daten, aber nicht in Software-Pakete wie Stata, SPSS oder SAS. Teilen Sie uns mit der Anmeldung bitte mit, welches Software-Paket Sie vorrangig nutzen. Weiterhin bitten wir um stichwortartige Angaben zur inhaltlichen Fragestellung, die Sie mit den SOEP-Daten bearbeiten wollen sowie zum geplanten Untersuchungsdesign.

Sollten Sie weitere Fragen zum Workshop haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an das SOEP Office (SOEPcampus@diw.de).

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christine Kurka

Tel.: +49 30 89789 283

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Die Auswirkungen politischen Wandels auf Armutsrisiken von Erwerbstätigen in Deutschland

Die sozial- und arbeitsmarktpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen des Arbeitsmarktes in Deutschland haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten fundamental verändert. Die präsentierte Studie untersuchen Auswirkungen dieses Prozesses auf die ökonomischen Lebensbedingungen von Erwerbstätigen. Beleuchtet wird dabei insbesondere das Zusammenwirken von institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen und individuellen Eigenschaften auf Niedriglohn- und Armutsrisiken. Allen Teilstudien liegt dabei ein theoretisches Modell zugrunde, welches erklärt, weshalb in Deutschland insbesondere Einsteiger und Wiedereinsteiger in den Arbeitsmarkt von reformbedingten Wettbewerbsverschärfungen betroffen sind. Dieses Modell stellt einerseits auf Erkenntnisse zu Insider/ Outsider-Disparitäten ab und beruht andererseits auf Theorien zur sozialen Schließung. Die Vorhersagen dieses Erklärungsmodells werden empirischen Überprüfungen unterzogen, die in den einzelnen Teilstudien jeweils auf unterschiedliche Untersuchungsdesigns (Zeitvergleich, Zweiländervergleich, Mehrebenenmodell) aufsetzen.

Referent

• Dr. Marco Giesselmann, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Development and Security Seminar Perceptions of lethal risks

Referent

• Manuel Schubert, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Heterogeneity, Demand for Insurance and Adverse Selection

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• Programm

Referent

• Johannes Spinnewijn, LSE

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting German Economic Performance
Key findings of the OECD Economic Survey Germany 2012

Unfortunately, this event is already at capacity. No further registrations will be accepted.

DIW Berlin together with its partners is pleased to invite to a special extended session of Berlin Lunchtime Meeting.

Chair: Heino von Meyer, Head, OECD Berlin Centre

The OECD Economic Survey of Germany 2012 reviews the major progress that has been made, notably on the labour market, and which paid off in the recent recession. It also outlines where more needs to be done to strengthen the growth potential, not least in view of rapid population ageing. Policy should focus on raising labour input and productivity growth through structural reforms. Implementing cost-effective climate change mitigation policies and fostering eco innovation would strengthen new drivers of growth.

Registration is required. Please send an email to: events@diw.de. We look forward to your participation. 
Unfortunately, this event is already at capacity. No further registrations will be accepted.

Zeit

10:00 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Seminar Misery as a stepping stone: How and why armed conflicts and natural disasters accelerate diplomats' careers
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: This paper formally derives and tests hypotheses on how exogenous events impact the career advancement of British diplomats. On the basis of a novel panel dataset spanning 40 years (1966-2005) of 342 British diplomats' career progression, it tests the prediction that the occurrence of major natural disasters and incidents of unanticipated armed conflict outbreak in diplomats' host countries should causally enhance their subsequent promotion chances. The results are generally affirmative, in particular for promotions to higher rank levels. The paper goes on to differentiate between two mechanisms that could drive the positive link: 1) crises may 'reveal' the so far unknown ability of affected diplomats and, if diplomats are on average sufficiently able, the positive empirical relationship between crises and promotion obtains (the talent revelation mechanism); 2) crises may provide 'training' so that when dealing with disasters or conflicts diplomats gain experience that makes them promotable in the future (the experience mechanism). When testing competing predictions derived from formalising these two mechanisms, the evidence from natural disasters clearly suggests that the experience effect drives the positive link. The results from analyzing armed conflict outbreak point in the same direction but they are not as unambiguous.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Klaus Brösamle (Hertie School)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Raum 21b Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Development and Security Seminar Intergenerational mobility in Kyrgyzstan

Referent

• Damir Esenaliev, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Crowded in or out? The effect of past giving on donations to charitable causes

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• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Sarah Smith, University of Bristol

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Workshop Berlin Behavioral Economics Workshop

The Berlin Behavioral Economics Workshop is an annual joint event between DIW, ESMT, WZB, and TU Berlin with the aim of fostering the exchange between active researchers in the areas of behavioral and experimental economics. The 2012 workshop is jointly organized by Paul Heidhues (ESMT), Frank Heinemann (TU), Dorothea Kübler (WZB), Georg Weizsäcker (DIW and UCL) and Radosveta Ivanova-Stenzel (TU).

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• Programm

Zeit

10:30-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

Seminar Consumer demand in Mexico: the interaction with labour supply and implications for VAT policy
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: When prices change, consumers can respond by changing their spending patterns. In this paper, we estimate and utilise a consumer demand model of the Quadratic Almost Ideal (QUAIDS) form to analyse consumer demand in Mexico, and to explore some implications for indirect tax policy. The model covers virtually all categories of spending and is estimated using household expenditure and demographic data from the 2008 Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH), and consumer price information from city-region price indices constructed by the Banco de Mexico. Estimated price elasticities and income elasticities are of plausible magnitude and sign. The demand model is also used to simulate the effects on welfare, spending patterns, and revenues of initial proposals for reform and the approved changes to indirect taxes that took place in Mexico in 2010, and to analyse moves towards a uniform VAT. Accounting for behavioral change is seen to have a notable effect on estimates of revenues but little impact on the size or distribution of welfare effects for households. These findings rely on the the assumptions underlying QUAIDS, notably, the separability of consumption and leisure, holding. A simple test of separability between goods demand and leisure is rejected, and the implications for which goods should be taxed more than average and less than average are investigated, although the actual rates and potential welfare gains cannot be quantified.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• David Phillips (IFS London)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Workshop Final EUSECON Workshop

The EUSECON project will hold its Final Workshop on the Economics of Security on 6 - 7 February 2012 in Brussels. The Workshop will be co-organised and hosted by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).

What are the driving forces behind terrorist activities and organised crime? How does insecurity impact individuals and the private sector and how do they respond to it? What is the role of European policy in dealing with these threats? What new forms of insecurity, such as maritime piracy, have emerged recently? These and other questions have been the focus of the four-year research project EUSECON – A New Agenda for European Security Economics. Funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Tilman Brück at DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research, the project analyses economic causes, forms and effects of the human drivers of insecurity as well as security measures.

EUSECON has convened leading security economists and social scientists from across Europe. The research carried out in the project has already found its way to publication in numerous peer-reviewed journals including Science, European Journal of Political Economy, Defence and Peace Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution and in a series of policy briefs published online. Click here for more information about the research and publications on security economics.

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• Programm

Ort

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Brussels

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Myroslava Purska

Tel.: +49 30 89789 277

Applied Micro Seminar Do Countries Compensate Firms for International Wage Differentials?

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Referent

• Johannes Rincke, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Peter Haan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 165

Seminar The Dynamics of Earnings in Germany: Evidence from Social Security Records
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: We examine patterns of earnings volatility for male employees who are subject to statutory social security contributions in West Germany over the period 1986 - 2005. For this purpose, we analyse individual records covering highly reliable earnings biographies provided by the German Social Security Administration. We decompose earnings into permanent and transitory components and estimate parameters of the underlying variance-covariance structure of the earnings components model.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Holger Lüthen, DIW Berlin

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Golden Growth: Restoring the Lustre of the European Economic Model

Speakers: 
Indermit Gill,  Chief Economist of the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank, and
Martin Raiser,  World Bank's Country Director for Turkey

Chair:
Dr. Ferdinand Fichtner, Head of the Department Forecasting and Economic Policy, DIW Berlin

The report documents the impressive achievements of the European growth model over the last 50 years. Accounting for the stresses it is experiencing and assessing the longer-term challenges that Europe will face, the report then evaluates the six principal components of the model: Trade, Finance, Enterprise, Innovation, Labor, and Government. It finds that the European growth model has been a powerful engine for economic convergence, helping developing countries in Europe catch up to their richer neighbors and become high-income economies. But recent developments inside and outside of Europe necessitate change. The report proposes the adjustments needed to make trade and finance work even better, to encourage enterprise and innovation in parts of Europe which have begun to lag, and address shortcomings in the functioning of labor markets and governments. The changes proposed would restart the European convergence machine, make Europe's enterprises competitive, and help Europeans afford the highest standards of living in the world.

Registration is required. Please send an email to: events@diw.de

We look forward to your participation.  

Zeit

12:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Seminar Immigration and structural change: Evidence from Post-war Germany
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Does immigration accelerate sectoral change from low- to high-productivity sectors? This paper uses the mass displacement of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II as a natural experiment to study this question. A simple two-sector model of the economy, in which moving costs prevent the marginal product of labor to be equalized across sectors, predicts that immigration boosts output per worker by expanding the high-productivity sector, but decreases output per worker within a sector. Using German district-level data from before and after the war, we find strong empirical support for these predictions.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Sebastian Braun (IFW Kiel)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Raum 21b Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Do Parents Choose the School for their Children Under the Boston Mechanism? Evidence from Barcelona

Sorry, this seminar is cancelled!

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Maia Güell, University of Edinburgh

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Development and Security Seminar Climate Change and Civil War in Somalia: Does Drought Fuel Conflict through Livestock Price Shocks?

Abstract: Climate change leads to more intense and more frequent droughts in Somalia. In a global context, weather shocks have been found to perpetuate poverty and fuel civil conflict. By relating regional and temporal variations in civil violence outbreaks and drought incidence, we demonstrate that this relationship also holds for Somalia at the local level. We find that livestock price shocks drive drought-induced conflicts through reducing the opportunity costs of the pursuance of violence. Our estimation results indicate that an additional drought month associated with a temperature rise of 0.62 degree Celsius lowers cattle prices by 8.2 percent and goat prices by 13.9 percent and, in turn, raises the number of conflict by 1.28 and 1.55, respectively. Thus, climate change will further aggravate Somalia's security challenges and calls for urgent action to strengthen both drought and conflict resilience, especially in pastoralist livelihoods.

Referent

• Jean Francois Maystadt, International Food Policy Research Insitute (IFPRI)

Zeit

10:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics How have market views on the sustainability of fiscal burdens influenced monetary authorities' credibility?

Referent

• John Lewis, Bank of England

Zeit

13:00-14:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen The Dynamics of Earnings in Germany: Evidence from Social Security Records

We examine patterns of earnings volatility for male employees who are subject to statutory social security contributions in West Germany over the period 1986 - 2005. For this purpose, we analyse individual records covering highly reliable earnings biographies provided by the German Social Security Administration. We decompose earnings into permanent and transitory components and estimate parameters of the underlying variance-covariance structure of the earnings components model. This provides insights into the mechanics of earnings dynamics of the German labour market. We find evidence for increasing overall volatility which is predominantly driven by the permanent earnings component and therefore indicates increasing earnings inequality.

Referent

• Holger Lüthen, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

Seminar Do parties matter? Estimating the effect of political representation in multi-party systems
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: This paper estimates the causal effect of political representation in local governments on tax policy in municipalities under a proportional election system. The main challenge in estimating the causal effect of parties on policy is to isolate the effect of representation from underlying voter preferences and the selection effect of parties. We use an instrumental variable approach where close elections provide the exogenous variation in our measures of representation: seat shares and voting power. Using data from German municipalities our estimation results suggest that representation does matter. The effects are mostly small, but statistically significant. Somewhat surprisingly, the center-left party is found to lower the local taxes, whereas The Greens increase the property tax considerably. These effects remain robust to weighting voting power by the likelihood of coalitions and different definitions of close elections and the instrument.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Ronny Freier (DIW Berlin)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Development and Security Seminar Migration and social networks in Kyrgyzstan

with Bakhrom Mirkasimov and Tanika Chakraborty

Referent

• Dr. Susan Steiner, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11.30 to 12.30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar On the Historical and Geographic Origins of the Sicilian Mafia

This research attempts to explain the large differences in the early diffusion of the mafia across different areas of Sicily. We advance the hypothesis that, after the demise of Sicilian feudalism, the lack of publicly provided property-right protection from widespread banditry favored the development of a florid market for private protection and the emergence of a cartel of protection providers: the mafia. This would especially be the case in those areas (prevalently concentrated in the Western part of the island) characterized by the production and commercialization of sulphur and citrus fruits, Sicily’s most valuable export goods whose international demand was soaring at the time. We test this hypothesis combining data on the early incidence of mafia across Sicilian municipalities and on the distribution of sulphur reserves, land suitability for the cultivation of citrus fruits, distance from the main commercial ports, and a variety of other geographical controls. Our empirical findings provide support for the proposed hypothesis documenting, in particular, a significant impact of sulphur extraction, terrain ruggedness, and distance from Palermo’s port on mafia’s early diffusion.

Referent

• Paolo Vanin, University of Bologna

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: We construct a simple model, consistent with Becker and Tomes (1979), that decomposes the intergenerational income elasticity into the causal effect of financial resources, the mechanistic transmission of human capital, and the role that human capital plays in the determination of fathers' permanent incomes. We show how a particular set of instrumental variables could separately identify the money and human capital transmission effects. Using data from a thirtyfive percent sample of Swedish sons and their fathers, we show that only a minority of the intergenerational income elasticity can be plausibly attributed to the causal effect of fathers' financial resources.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Matthew Lindquist (Stockholm University)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Development and Security Seminar The transience of autocracies: modeling insufficient returns to education as a driver for change

Referent

• Ghassan N. Baliki, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11.30 to 12.30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Changing Identity: Retiring from Unemployment

Abstract: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2009, we follow persons from their working life into their retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long-term unemployed people report a substantial increase in their life satisfaction when they retire. These results are robust to controlling for changes in other life circumstances and suggest that retiring is associated with a switch in the relevant social norms that causes an increase in identity utility for the formerly unemployed. This is supportive of the idea that, by including identity in the utility function, results from the empirical life satisfaction literature can be reconciled with the economic theory of individual utility.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Prof. Dr. Ronnie Schöb, FU Berlin

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar Bombs, Brains, and Science: The Role of Human and Physical Capital for the Creation of Scientic Knowledge
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: This paper analyzes how human and physical capital affect the productivity of science departments. As inputs are often chosen on the basis of unobservable productivity factors and high quality scientists attract more funding for physical capital, I use two extensive shocks to identify the relative importance of human and physical capital. As a shock to physical capital I use department level destruction by Allied bombings during WWII. As human capital shock I use the dismissal of mostly Jewish scientists in Nazi Germany.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Fabian Waldinger (University of Warwick)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Is health a predictor of job loss and high status attainment? A gender sensitive approach to health selection on the labor market

Health effects on the labor market have most often been assessed using wage as the outcome variable. I estimate health effects on involuntary job loss and attainment of a high status position to see if health has an impact beyond wages. Using SOEP data and controlling for a wide range of human capital and non-labor-market constraints to capture indirect health selection I can show that there are indeed health effects on job loss and high status attainment. These effects differ by gender for high status attainment, but not for job loss. An explanation of increased returns to health in presence of discrimination is offered.
In the end problems regarding measurement of health and bias due to simultaneity are and possible are discussed.

Referent

• Hannes Neiss, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics An Agent-Based and Accounting-Based Approach to Austrian Macroeconomics

Referent

• Hendrik Hagedorn, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12.15 - 13.45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Development and Security Seminar The threat of terrorism in Europe: a cross-country analysis

Referent

• Dr. Olaf J. de Groot, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Workshop Graduate Center Annual Workshop 2011

GC Workshop is an annual event of DIW to foster networking and academic exchange. Besides of current students of DIW Graduate Center, we also invite all GC Alumni to join, to present their current work or share some experiences or insights from their new jobs. Please find attached the program.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm

Zeit

11:00-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Nils Saniter

Tel.: +49 30 89789 403

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Divided we stand – Warum Ungleichheit auf dem Vormarsch ist

Referent: Dr. Michael Förster, OECD
Kommentar: Dr. Markus M. Grabka, DIW Berlin
Moderation: Heino von Meyer, Leiter OECD Berlin Centre

Seit drei Jahrzehnten verschärft sich die Einkommensungleichheit in den meisten Ländern der OECD - in Deutschland besonders stark seit Anfang der 2000er Jahre. Einkommensunterschiede stiegen selbst, als die Wirtschaft noch boomte und in vielen Branchen Arbeitskräfte gesucht wurden. Michael Förster geht der Frage nach, wie es zu dieser Entwicklung kommen konnte. Welche Rolle spielten die Globalisierung, der technische Fortschritt und institutionelle Änderungen oder politische Reformen bei der Entwicklung der Gehälter? Wie stark machen sich veränderte Familienstrukturen bemerkbar, und welche Möglichkeiten nutzen einzelne Staaten, um die Haushaltseinkommen umzuverteilen?

Dr. Michael Förster ist Senior Analyst in der Abteilung für Soziales der OECD. Er leitet ein Team, das sich mit Fragen der Einkommensverteilung und Armut beschäftigt. Förster ist Co-Autor der Vorgängerstudie zu „Divided we stand", die 2008 unter dem Titel "Mehr Ungleichheit trotz Wachstum?" veröffentlicht wurde. Darüber hinaus verfasste er eine Reihe von Arbeitspapieren zum Thema und publizierte Artikel in Fachzeitschriften. Förster hält einen Doktortitel der Universität Lüttich, Belgien.

Dr. Markus M. Grabka ist Senior Researcher beim Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) am DIW Berlin. Er war an allen drei Armuts- und Reichtumsberichten der Bundesregierung beteiligt, berät wiederholt den Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung zu Fragen der Einkommens- und Vermögensverteilung in Deutschland und liefert der OECD regelmäßig Analysen zur Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland. Zu seinen Forschungsinteressen zählt neben der Analyse der Einkommens- und Vermögensungleichheit auch die Gesundheitsökonomie. Grabka hält einen Doktortitel der Technischen Universität Berlin.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme und bitten um Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung an events@diw.de

Zeit

12:00 - 13:00 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Seminar Estimating Dynamic Discrete Choice Models With Unobserved Heterogeneity: The Advantage of Bayesian Procedures
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: In this paper, we compare Bayesian estimation procedures with classical maximum likelihood estimation of dynamic discrete choice models. These models usually require a general specification of unobserved reference heterogeneity. We consider an application of a dynamic discrete choice model of female labor supply with three distinct states. We find that the Bayesian MCMC-estimator is about three times faster when considering a flexible specification of unobserved heterogeneity with multiple correlations. This allows us to apply non-parametric bootstrap methods to estimate the distribution of post-estimation outcomes within reasonable computation time.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Daniel Kemptner (DIW Berlin)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Development and Security Seminar Conflict in Kyrgyzstan: New Evidence from a Micro-Level Dataset

Referent

• Antje Kröger, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11.30 to 12.30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Schumpeterian Growth for Micro Enterprises in Developing Countries

Schumpeterian Growth for Micro Enterprises in Developing Countries: Evidence from Phone Card Wholesalers in Mongolia
Abstract: Since Development economics was established as a field, economists have been interested in the factors that transform subsistence sector into capital one. Much of the current development literature on small and micro enterprises (SMEs) is focused on how subsistence entrepreneurs, or small enterprise owners, expand their businesses and which factors affect this transformation. This study examines the cost structure of SMEs and evaluates the impact of a cost-reducing technology on business expansion and customer welfare. Specifically, using data collected from a field survey, combined with data collected by server computers at a telecommunication company, I examine the entry behavior of prepaid phone card wholesalers into new markets in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and estimate the cost function. I further evaluate the impact of a cost-reducing technology and calculate the benefit of this technology for SMEs. The result shows that cost distribution determines SME entry behavior, and the introduction of a cost-reducing technology led to reduced costs for wholesalers and permitted them to expand their business and make product available in an expanded market. The wholesalers’ benefit (due to reduced travel costs) is estimated to be 16% of their monthly sales. This implies that technology improvement can transform subsistence entrepreneurs into larger businesses in a non-agricultural sector in developing countries. Additionally, this study, one of only a few that connect entrepreneurship with development, shows microeconomic evidence of Schumpeterian growth.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Mongoljin Batsaikhan, Brown University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Workshop Macroeconometric Workshop 2011

The DIW Berlin organizes its annual workshop on macroeconometric
modelling. The workshop will be held at the German Institute for Economic Research, in the center of Berlin.The aim of the workshop is to bring together academic researchers and practitioners to promote and exchange ideas in the field of macroeconometric modelling.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage
• Call for Papers

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christian Dreger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 231

Teilnehmen

• Anmeldeformular

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics Liquidity, Banking, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations

Referent

• Sören Radde, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12.15 - 13.45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Seminar Routine task intensity and employment changes in regional labor markets
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Building upon concepts of the task and trade-in-tasks literature, we analyze the relationship between the initial routine task intensity of local labor markets and (i) subsequent regional occupational employment trends, (ii) regional employment in temporary help services (THS) and (iii) regional wage inequality. We argue that due to the specific nature of routine tasks, i.e. by being codifiable, easy to automate and easy to monitor, those activities are more prone to replacement by computer capital and thus (i) the displacement of routine task intensive jobs leads to a reallocation of tasks towards complementary non-routine tasks (either abstract or nonroutine manual). Moreover, those tasks are also more likely to being outsourced into THS employment (ii).

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Hanna Wielandt (HU Berlin)
  Jan Peter aus dem Moore (HU Berlin)
  Charlotte Senftleben (HU Berlin))
  

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Raum 21b Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Development and Security Seminar Does rainfall shock perpetuate poverty? Evidence from rural Ethiopia

Referent

• Sindu Workneh Kebede, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11.30 to 12.30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Jon H. Fiva, Oslo Business School

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen When can we trust population thresholds in regression discontinuity designs

A recent literature uses variation just around legislative population thresholds to identify causal effects of institutional changes. We review the use of regression discontinuity designs using such thresholds. Our concern is threefold: (1) simultaneous exogenous (co-)treatment, (2) simultaneous endogenous choices and (3) manipulation and precise control over population measures. Revisiting the study by Egger and Koethenbuerger (2010), who analyse the relationship between council size and government spending, we present new evidence that these concerns matter for causal analysis. Our results suggest that empirical designs using population thresholds should be used with utmost care and confidence in the precise institutional setting.

Referent

• Ronny Freier, Ph.D., DIW Berlin
• Florian Ade

Zeit

12:30-13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

Seminar Equivalence scales and fixed costs of consumption
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Different family types may have a fixed flow of consumption costs, related to subsistence needs. We use a survey method in order to identify and estimate such a fixed component of spending for different families. Our method involves making direct questions about the linkup between aggregate disposable family income and well-being for different family types. Conducting our survey in six countries, Germany, France, Cyprus, China, India and Botswana, we provide evidence that fixed costs of consumption are embedded in welfare evaluations of respondents.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Carsten Schröder (Uni Kiel)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics Business Cycles and Financial Intermediation in Emerging Economies

Referent

• Christoph Große Steffen, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12.15 - 13.45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Vorstellung des Jahresgutachtens 2011/2012 des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

Begrüßung: Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner
Moderation: Dr. Ferdinand Fichtner

Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt wurde 2009 als Mitglied des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung berufen und ist seit 2002 Präsident des Rheinisch-Westfälischen-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) in Essen und Professor an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Er wurde durch ein Princeton University Fellowship und ein Habilitationsstipendium der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft ausgezeichnet. Christoph M. Schmidt hat an der Princeton University promoviert und in zahlreichen nationalen wie internationalen Journals publiziert. Seit 2011 ist er Mitglied der Enquete-Kommission „Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität" des Deutschen Bundestags.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Gert G. Wagner ist Vorstandsvorsitzender des DIW Berlin, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung und Wirtschaftspolitik an der TU Berlin sowie Max Planck Fellow am MPI für Bildungsforschung (Berlin). Wagner ist Vorsitzender der Zensuskommission der Bundesregierung und des Rats für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, Mitglied des Statistischen Beirats sowie Mitglied im Methodology and Infrastructure Committees (MIC) des britischen Economic and Social Research Councils (ESRC).

Dr. Ferdinand Fichtner ist Leiter der Abteilung Konjunkturpolitik am DIW Berlin.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme und bitten um Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung an events@diw.de.

Referent

• Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt

Zeit

12.00 - 13.15 mit anschließendem Imbiss

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Applied Micro Seminar The role of parental income over the life cycle: a comparison of Sweden and the UK

Previous research on intergenerational income mobility has shown stronger persistence between parental and offspring’s income in the UK than in Sweden. We use similar data sets for the two countries to explore whether these cross-national differences show up already early in life in indicators such as birth weight, grades at the end of compulsory school at age 16, height during adolescence, and final educational attainment. We do indeed find significant country differences in the association between parental income and these outcomes, and the associations are stronger in the UK than in Sweden. We also investigate whether these differentials are large enough to account for a substantial part of the difference in intergenerational persistence estimates. We then conclude that the country differences in the intergenerational associations in birth weight and height are not strong enough to account for hardly any fraction of the UK-Sweden difference in intergenerational income mobility. On the other hand, for grades and final education our results suggest that the country differences can account for a substantial part of the difference in income persistence.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Anders Björklund, SOFI, Stockholm University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

DIW Seminar on Macro and International Economics The Risk-Taking Channel of Monetary Policy: Evidence from US Commercial Banks

Referent

• Marlene Karl, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12.15 - 13.45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Seminar Can employment programs reduce poverty and social instability? Experimental evidence from a Ugandan aid program
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Youth unemployment is widely considered a threat to development and to security. To reduce poverty and social instability in developing countries, aid programs commonly provide youth with inputs to boost self-employment or train for a job. Such programs are rooted in two theoretical premises, one economic and one socio-political. The first is that the poor have high potential returns to investments but are constrained from reaching those returns unaided. The second belief is that increased income and employment will reduce youth alienation, aggression, and the potential for political violence. We look for evidence of these claims using an experimental study of Uganda's largest employment program.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Nathan Fiala (DIW Berlin)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar Soziale Ungleichheiten in der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Wer nimmt wie viel an Weiterbildung teil und wer eher nicht? Diese zentralen Fragestellungen der Weiterbildungsforschung sind umso bedeutender, je mehr das Postulat des Lebenslangen Lernens propagiert wird. Der Vortrag versucht eine synthetische Perspektive zur Erklärung der Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung im Lichte verschiedener bildungsökonomischer und -soziologischer Theorien einzunehmen. Anhand der Weiterbildungsdaten der SOEP-Erhebungswellen 1989, 1993, 2000, 2004 und 2008 werden zunächst die Entwicklung der Teilnahme an beruflicher Weiterbildung und mögliche Erklärungsfaktoren, die diese beeinflussen, diskutiert. Dazu gehören u.a. das Alter, der Bildungshintergrund, das Geschlecht und die damit verbundene Frage nach der Kinderbetreuung, der Migrationshintergrund, die Branchen- und die Milieuzugehörigkeit. Unter Berücksichtigung des Beziehungsgeflechts der erklärenden Indikatoren soll zudem beantwortet werden, welche Faktoren einen maßgeblichen Einfluss auf das Weiterbildungsverhalten haben sowie welche Determinanten die Weiterbildungsteilnahme innerhalb verschiedener Teilarbeitsmärkte und Branchensegmenten beeinflussen.

Referent

• Alexander Yendell, Universität Münster

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Development and Security Seminar Credit access and child work in Uganda

Referent

• Tony Muhumuza, DIW Berlin

Zeit

11.30 to 12.30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Female Labor Supply and Childcare: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Family Policy in Germany

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Christina Gathmann, Universität Mannheim

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Graduate Center Masterclasses Heterogeneity and Macroeconomics

Mehr Informationen

• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Jochen Mankart, Universität St. Gallen

Zeit

14:00-18:30 (10.11.) 09:00-12:30 (11.11.)

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Estimating Heterogeneous Returns to Education in Germany via Conditional Second Moments

In this paper I explore the relationship between education and log wages using an identification approach based on conditional second moments. Drawing upon data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) I show that seemingly conflicting IV studies can be reconciled accounting for their LATE interpretation. I confirm existing empirical evidence by finding heterogeneous returns to education for graduates from different school tracks. The wage premium of one additional year of education is 3% for graduates from the basic school track. For graduates from a higher school track the return is around 9%. Various robustness checks support my results.

Referent

• Nils Saniter, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

Seminar Bye Bye, G.I. - The Impact of the U.S. Military Drawdown on Local German Labor Markets
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: What is the impact of a local negative demand shock on local labor markets? We exploit the unique natural experiment provided by the drawdown of U.S. Military Forces in West Germany after the end of the Cold War to investigate this question. We find persistent negative effects of the reduction in the U.S. Forces on private sector employment growth, with considerable heterogeneity by age and education groups, occupations and sectors. In addition, the U.S. Forces reduction resulted in a drop in the net balance of in-migration versus out-migration in affected regions. Consistent with this finding, wages and unemployment were much less affected.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Jan Peter aus dem Moore (HU Berlin)
  Alexandra Spitz-Oener (HU Berlin, IAB, CASE, IZA)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Graduate Center Masterclasses Financial and Labor Market Frictions in an Open Economy

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Mathias Trabandt, European Central Bank

Zeit

10:00-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Applied Micro Seminar The Euro Area Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS)

Mehr Informationen

• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Jirka Slacalek/Carlos Sánchez Muñoz, European Central Bank

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: We use the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to show that personal relationships which individuals maintain for non-economic reasons can be an important determinant of regional economic growth. We show that West German households who have social ties to East Germany in 1989 experience a persistent rise in their personal incomes after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Moreover, the presence of these households significantly affects economic performance at the regional level: it increases the returns to entrepreneurial activity, the share of households who become entrepreneurs, and the likelihood that firms based within a given West German region invest in East Germany.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Konrad B. Burchardi (IIES Stockholm),
  joint with Tarek Alexander Hassan

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Raum 21b Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar Metadatenmanagement für Nichtinformatiker: Warum brauchen wir ein neues SOEPinfo? Und was ist eigentlich ein Data Warehouse?

Ncube, XML, RDBMS, DWH, OO, RDF, CRUD-Objects, SQL, ETL, BCNF, … -- Nicht zuletzt die Flut an Abkürzungen ist für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler eine große Hürde sich auf informationstechnische Fragestellungen einzulassen. In meiner Präsentation möchte ich daher zuerst grundlegende Konzepte und Begriffe des Datenmanagements veranschaulichen und darstellen, warum diese Konzepte an Bedeutung für die Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften gewinnen. Mit einem kleinen Exkurs zur Bedeutung von Standards im allgemeinen und der Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) im speziellen geht es dann zur Repräsentation von Daten im Internet: Warum soll SOEPinfo neu entwickelt werden und wie sehen die Anforderungen an ein zeitgemäßes Metadatensystem aus?

Referent

• Marcel Hebing, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

31.10.2011 - 01.11.2011 Workshop TAMNEAC Kick-off Workshop

The TAMNEAC consortium will hold its first meeting on 31 October - 1 November 2011 at DIW Berlin. The Kick-Off Workshop will bring together the project team, introducing the research agenda and providing opportunities to exploit synergies between different research initiatives. The meeting is followed by initial skills training for TAMNEAC fellows on 2-3 November at DIW Berlin.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Myroslava Purska

Tel.: +49 30 89789 277

Applied Micro Seminar Wealth Shocks, Unemployment Shocks and Consumption in the wake of the Great Recession

Mehr Informationen

• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Dimitris Georgarakos, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Industrietagung Industrietagung 2011

Der direkte Austausch zwischen Repräsentanten aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft ist das Ziel der Industrietagung, die von der Vereinigung der Freunde des DIW Berlin unterstützt wird. Im Mittelpunkt der Industrietagung stehen zwei Aspekte: „Wie entwickelt sich die deutsche Wirtschaft?" und „Welches sind die Trends im produzierenden Gewerbe?" Das sind die zentralen Fragen, mir der sich die Industrietagung traditionell seit 1960 beschäftigt.

Neben der kurzfristigen Entwicklung in der Weltwirtschaft thematisiert die Industrietagung die Entwicklung und Prognose der deutschen Konjunktur sowie den strukturellen Wandel der Branchen.

Zum inhaltlichen Schwerpunkt „Indien - Standort mit Potential" hält Heinrich Schuster (KSB AG) einen einführenden Vortrag. Eine hochkarätig besetzte öffentliche Diskussionsveranstaltung zum Thema „Europa - quo vadis" mit Dr. Markus Kerber (BDI) und Stefan B. Schneider (Deutsche Bank Research) sowie Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner (DIW Berlin) rundet den ersten Tag ab.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm-Flyer

Ort

Deutsche Bank AG Eingang Charlottenstr. Unter den Linden 13-15 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Christiane Zschech

Tel.: +49 30 89789 181

Seminar The incidence of tax structure on wages
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: The incidence of payroll and income tax and progressivity on wages is a recurring topic of debate in economic research and policy debate alike. Building on a detailed tax and transfer model (STSM) for Germany based on the GSOEP 2002 through 2008 I simulate empirical payroll, income and overall tax burden rates to test the competing predictions of non-competitive and competitive labor market models. Following the strategy outlined by Gruber & Saez (2002) potentially endogenous tax rates are instrumented by aging all income-relevant variables a year ahead and apply the tax code of that year.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Pia Rattenhuber (DIW Berlin)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Deterring or Displacing Electoral Irregularities?

Deterring or Displacing Electoral Irregularities? Spillover Effects of Observers in a Randomized Field Experiment in Ghana

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Matthias Schündeln, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Applied Micro Seminar Taxation and Labor Supply of Married Females: A Cross-Country Analysis

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Veranstaltung Gender and Leader Stereotypes: How they limit Women’s Opportunities and constrain their Behavior in Leader Roles

In Germany and the United States as well as many other nations, women have gained access to leadership roles and are often praised for their leadership skills. In fact, women, somewhat more than men, manifest leadership styles associated with effective performance as a leader. Yet, women have remained underrepresented in leadership roles, especially at higher levels in organizations and governments. Because the reasons for this phenomenon are complex, women's paths to leadership can be seen as forming a labyrinth that contains varied impediments.

Referent

• Prof. Alice Eagly, Ph.D.
  Northwestern University

Zeit

15:00 - 16:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Parenthood, maternal labour market return, and gender inequality in housework: A comparison of different parental leave contexts

Pia Schober (University of Cambridge)

This paper investigates the effect of the timing and extent of mothers' labour market return after a birth on couples' division of housework in Britain and West-Germany. This improves our understanding of how parenthood gives rise to a trend towards a more traditional division of housework in couples. By comparing Britain and West-Germany with their different parental leave policies and observing several policy reforms in each country over time, this study provides new evidence how contextual variations in parental leave policies may impact on the division of housework in couples.

Methodologically, this research extends the literature by applying multilevel multiprocess models to reduce the risk of unobserved heterogeneity biasing estimates of interrelated decisions after repeated life-course events. I estimate simultaneously the timing and extent of mothers' labour market return, the likelihood of having another child, and the time women and men in couples allocate to housework in the years following a first or second birth. The empirical analysis is based on data from the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2008) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985-2009).

The results suggest that returning to the labour market full-time work is more effective than short leave durations in reducing the trend towards a more traditional division of housework in couples. Unobserved characteristics, such as work and family orientations, account for most of the association of housework time with the length of mothers' employment interruption and significantly weaken the association with women's full-time labour market return, especially in Britain. Parental leave policy reforms in both countries are associated with the division of housework only through their impact on the extent and timing of women's return to work. In line with theory, I find some evidence of a stronger association of women's quick and full-time labour market return with lower housework time for women in Britain than in West-Germany.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Graduate Center Masterclasses Consumption: Theory and Empirics

Mehr Informationen

• Programm
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
  

Zeit

09:30-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar Audit Risk and Rent Extraction: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Brazil
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Short Biography: Stephan Litschig is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He received his Ph.D. in 2008 at Columbia University. His research interests are Development Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy, and Microeconometrics.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Stephan Litschig (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)

Zeit

6.30 - 8.00 pm

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ronny Freier

Tel.: +49 30 89789 158

Ansprechpartner
extern

Davud Rostam-Afschar, FU Berlin

Graduate Center Masterclasses Experimental and quasi-experimental methods in development economics

Referent

• Matthias Schündeln, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Zeit

09:30-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen Stop Smoking, Your Paycheck Will Thank You! Wage Effects from Smoking Cessation

Silke Anger (DIW Berlin / SOEP) 

A growing body of literature has investigated the wage penalty attached to smoking. Little research, in contrast, has been done on the wage effects of smoking cessation. Using survey panel data from Germany, we study the relative earnings of smokers and former smokers over an extended period of time. We control for selection into smoking by imposing smoking initiation as the common initial condition and exclusively focusing on ever smokers, i.e. smokers and former smokers. Although we do not find evidence for an average wage premium of smoking cessation, our estimates point to heterogeneous causal effects. Individuals who did not smoke very long or who quit many years ago do appear to benefit in their earnings from quitting smoking. The prospect of a higher paycheck for short-time smokers and long-term quitters provides an additional incentive to smokers to quit smoking, an argument health authorities may want to utilize in public smoking cessation campaigns.

Referent

• Dr. Silke Anger, DIW Berlin

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Daniel Kemptner

Tel.: +49 30 89789 517

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?

Jan Marcus (DIW Berlin / SOEP) 

This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight. For this purpose, I apply a regression-adjusted semiparametric difference-in-difference matching strategy. This strategy is robust against selection on observables and against selection on unobservables with time invariant effects. I find smoker and nonsmoker reacting to job loss with changing health behaviors. Former nonsmoker are more likely to start smoking, while smoker tend to increase body weight but do not intensify smoking. These findings are robust over various matching specifications and different choices of the conditioning variables. Further analyses indicate treatment effect heterogeneity, with particular strong effects for young individuals, migrants and the low educated.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Workshop 5th International Research Workshop – “Methods for Ph.D.”

For the fifth time Ph.D. students in the field of Social Sciences and Economics have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience in research on empirical data, including SOEP. The workshop language will be English and/or German.
Interested parties from all countries are invited. The workshop is especially for those who need training in the process of choosing a topic, grounding the research idea in theory, as well as in gathering and analyzing data and presenting results in scientific contexts.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm-Flyer
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Konferenz Die affektive Dimension sozialer Ungleichheit: Sozialwissenschaftliche und psychologische Perspektiven 

Die Soziologie der Emotionen postuliert weitreichende Zusammenhänge zwischen sozialer Struktur, Kultur und Emotionen, wobei Emotionen sowohl als von der sozialen Umwelt abhängige Variable betrachtet werden als auch deren Funktion für das Soziale hervorgehoben wird. Die Positionierung in der Gemeinschaft, der Grad der gesellschaftlichen Integration sowie die Qualität und Dichte der Beziehungen beeinflussen das Erleben von Emotionen nachhaltig. Umgekehrt wirken emotionales Empfinden sowie insbesondere die Beherrschbarkeit der emotionalen Gefühle ebenfalls auf die genannten Attribute von (sozioökonomischem) Status.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm-Flyer
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Zeit

10:00 - 18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jürgen Schupp

Tel.: +49 30 89789 238

Ansprechpartner
extern

Christian von Scheve, FU Berlin

Seminar Doctoral Research Seminar in Growth and Development 2011

The seminar aims to establish an informal network of young scholars in the field of development economics. Doctoral students from DIW Berlin/Humboldt University Berlin, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Frankfurt University, Heidelberg University, Georg-August-Göttingen University, Mannheim University and other universities will participate in the seminar this year.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Kerstin Ringelhan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 441

Workshop datalab2011@uni-bielefeld
Analysepotentiale sozialwissenschaftlicher Längsschnittdaten

Viele sozial-, verhaltens- und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschungsfragen lassen sich nur mit Längsschnittdaten adäquat untersuchen, die zunehmend eine Kombination aus Panel- und Mehrebenenstruktur aufweisen. Da der Umgang mit entsprechenden Datensätzen und Analyseverfahren anspruchsvoll ist, jedoch gerade in der universitären Methodenausbildung die für spezifische Fragestellungen basierenden Datensätze nicht behandelt werden, findet vom 26. bis 30. September 2011 an der Universität Bielefeld ein Workshop zu den Analysepotentialen sozialwissenschaftlicher Längsschnittdatensätze statt, in dem die Datensätze SOEP, pairfam und PASS vorgestellt sowie Nutzungsmöglichkeiten aufgezeigt werden.

Ähnliche Veranstaltungen wurden in den letzten Jahren an der Universität Bielefeld unter dem Titel SOEPcampus durchgeführt. datalab 2011 übernimmt dieses erprobte Format, behandelt neben dem SOEP aber auch weitere Panelstudien. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich insbesondere an Doktorand/innen und Nachwuchswissenschaftler/innen aus den Fächern Ökonomie, Politikwissenschaft, Psychologie und Soziologie,

die für ihre theoretischen Fragestellungen geeignete Datensätze zur Sekundäranalyse suchen und sich über das längsschnittliche Datenangebot und seine Nutzungs-möglichkeiten informieren möchten,

• die auf sich allein gestellt vor dem Problem stehen, die erheblichen Anfangsinvestitionen in das Kennenlernen solcher komplexen Datensätze alleine riskieren zu sollen,
• die bereits mit Längsschnittdaten arbeiten und ihre aktuellen Forschungsarbeiten intensiv mit peers und seniors diskutieren möchten und
• die Längsschnittanalysen planen und sich einen Überblick über geeignete statistische Verfahren verschaffen möchten.

Der Workshop besteht aus zwei Modulen, die einzeln oder zusammen besucht werden können:

Modul 1 - Einführung in die Benutzung sozialwissenschaftlicher Längsschnittdatensätze
(26.-28. September 2011)

Modul 2 - Grundlegende und fortgeschrittene Verfahren der Längsschnittanalyse und ihre Anwendung
(29. - 30. September 2011)

Mehr Informationen

• Programm-Flyer
• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Marco Giesselmann

Tel.: +49 30 89789 503

Ansprechpartner
extern

Kristina Brosda, Universität Bielefeld

Veranstaltung „Revolutionen für Deutschland“
Podiumsdiskussion und Buchvorstellung

Wie nur wenige Konkurrenten in der Welt hat die deutsche Industrie ihre Produkte schrittweise perfektioniert und technisch stets auf dem neuesten Stand gehalten. Viele Unternehmen haben sich so langfristigen Erfolg gesichert. Aber es sind nur wenige ganz neue Produkte entstanden. Angesichts der großen Zukunftsaufgaben kann es sich das Land wohl nicht mehr leisten, revolutionäre Innovationen wie MP3 oder Solartechnik zwar maßgeblich mitzuentwickeln, die Vermarktung jedoch anderen zu überlassen. Kaum ein Land hat bessere Voraussetzungen als Deutschland, um Lösungen für die weltweit anstehenden Herausforderungen zu entwickeln. Grüne Umwelttechnologien, emissionsfreie Mobilitätssysteme für moderne Megastädte, neue Funktionsmodelle für alternde Gesellschaften müssen grundlegender Bestandteil auch der deutschen Zukunft sein. Werden sie hierzulande entwickelt, können sie darüber hinaus auch Grundlage für neues Wachstum und künftigen Wohlstand sein. Alles Notwendige ist vorhanden: exzellente Wissenschaft, erfolgreiche Ingenieure und starke Unternehmen. Evolutionäre Entwicklungen wie in den letzten Jahrzehnten werden dafür aber kaum reichen. Braucht Deutschland eine Revolutionsagenda, um die großen Innovationen zu bewältigen? Können ein Innovationskabinett und unabhängige Institutionen dauerhafte Verantwortung schaffen und die Umsetzung der Agenda vor Wahlkämpfen und wechselnden Mehrheiten schützen? Welche Voraussetzungen müssen erfüllt sein?

Darüber diskutieren auf dem Podium und mit dem Publikum:

Matthias Machnig
Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Technologie
des Landes Thüringen, Erfurt

Dr. Boris Maurer
selbständiger Unternehmensberater, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner
Vorstandsvorsitzender des DIW Berlin

Moderation: Sabine Fiedler, Pressesprecherin DIW Berlin

Der Podiumsdiskussion liegt das von Boris Maurer und DIW-Pressesprecherin Sabine Fiedler geschriebene Buch „Innovationsweltmeister" zugrunde.

Anmeldungen bitte unter:
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin)
Pressestelle
Renate Bogdanovic
Sabine Fiedler
Tel: 030 897 89 249
presse@diw.de

Besprechungsexemplare können auch über die DIW-Pressestelle angefordert werden.

Moderation

• Sabine Fiedler, DIW Berlin

Zeit

10:30 - 12:30 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Renate Bogdanovic

Tel.: +49 30 89789 249

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting The Gender Pay Gap in the US: Going, Going, ..., But Not Gone

Chair: Elke Holst
Introduction: Anne Busch

Professor Blau will describe trends in the gender pay gap in the United States in an international perspective, particularly the important gains in recent decades. She will consider fundamental explanations for the gender pay gap and use these explanations to understand the trends. Among the questions that she will consider are: Has discrimination against women in the US and other advanced countries declined? Does it still exist? What role do improvements in women's qualifications play in the reduction in the gender pay gap? Are there broad market-wide trends that help to explain the decrease? In particular, have trends in the demand for labor favored women relative to men? Why is the gender pay gap in the United States larger than in many other economically advanced countries? What role do government policies play in reducing the gender pay gap?

Prof. Francine D. Blau, Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics at Cornell University/USA, also DIW Research Professor, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Research Fellow of IZA and CESIfo in Germany. She has written widely on gender issues, wage inequality, immigration, and international comparisons of labor market outcomes. In 2010 in Germany, the IZA Prize for outstanding academic achievement in the field of labor economics; she was the first woman to receive this prestigious award. Professor Blau has served as President of the Society of Labor Economists and the Labor and Employment Relations Association (formerly the Industrial Relations Research Association), Vice President of the American Economic Association (AEA), President of the Midwest Economics Association, and Chair of the AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.

Anne Busch: DIW Berlin and Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.

PD Dr. Elke Holst: Research Director Gender Studies, DIW Berlin.

We look forward to your participation.

Referent

• Prof. Francine D. Blau, Ph.D

Zeit

12.00 - 13.00 followed by a buffet lunch

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Workshop SOEP/CNEF Data Users Workshop 2011

The purpose of the workshop is to introduce and familiarize new users with the file structure and potential of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Cross-National Equivalent Files (CNEF).

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Ort

Cornell University Ithaca, NY USA

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Marco Giesselmann

Tel.: +49 30 89789 503

Seminar The Gift of Time
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: How would people spend time if confronted by permanent declines in market work? We identify preferences off exogenous cuts in legislated standard hours that raised employers' overtime costs in Japan around 1990 and Korea in the early 2000s. Using time-diaries from before and after these shocks, we predict the likelihood that an individual would have been affected by the reform. 

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Referent

• Daniel Hamermesh (University of Texas at Austin and Maastricht University)

Zeit

2:15 p.m.

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Room 125 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
The dynamics of single motherhood and work life histories of women in Britain and West Germany

Hannah Zagel (University of Edinburgh) 

The labour market (in)activity of women in single motherhood situations is a prominent issue across European countries. In order to understand women's employment patterns it has been suggested to focus on timing in the life course rather than on women's categorisation as either workers or mothers (e.g. Lewis 2006). This paper argues that, additionally, the temporal and institutional embeddedness of single motherhood has to be considered. Drawing on theories of stratification in the life course, a conceptual model is suggested, which is based on the temporal dimensions of timing and duration of single motherhood. In order to explore the relationships, individual work-family life sequences of women with single motherhood experience in Britain and West Germany are compared. Sequence analysis is applied to longitudinal survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey. Data from the time period between 1992 and 2009 are used. The theoretical model implies that, while the particular family situation still distinctly influences women's work lives, this interrelation cannot be understood without considering the temporal framework in which it unfolds. It is argued that the timing of single motherhood as well as its duration are associated with the opportunities for women to acquire resources that can be used in the labour market. Furthermore, the meaning of timing and duration for activity patterns appears to differ between Germany and Britain. Hence, in the search for policy solutions to address the needs of women in a single motherhood situation it may be instructive to regard the interplay between temporal and institutional factors.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Gastvortrag Labor and Love - Employment Effects on Divorce Risk in Eleven Countries

Introduction: Christian Schmitt
Moderation: Elke Holst

In this lecture, Lynn P. Cooke will discuss various aspects of her recent research on the instability in couple relationships in the post-war period. Some social scientists attribute this increasing likelihood of divorce and separation to the increase in partnered women's employment. Yet in post-industrial economies, institutional support for partnered women's employment varies considerably. In the harmonized analyses presented here, panel (East and West Germany, United Kingdom, USA), register (Finland, Norway, Sweden), and retrospective (Australia, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands) data and discrete time event history analyses are used to compare the divorce risk associated with wives' and husbands' employment across country contexts. In countries that historically institutionalized a gendered division of labor, a wife's employment increases the risk of divorce, although effects now reach statistical significance only in Italy. In the United States, where market (in)equality dominates, wives' employment also significantly increases divorce risk despite its prevalence. Where institutions instead support greater gender equality in paid as well as unpaid work, couples with an employed wife are significantly less likely to divorce than couples where the wife remains out of the labor force. Thus institutional support for greater gender equality makes wives' employment a stabilizing force in modern couples.

Lynn Prince Cooke (DPhil, Nuffield College, Oxford University) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK. From an interdisciplinary perspective and using a multimethod approach, her comparative research explores institutional effects on the division of labor in societies, and the subsequent impact of these divisions on life course outcomes. Her research has appeared in American Journal of Sociology, European Sociological Review, Journal of Social Policy, and Journal of Marriage and Family. She serves on the editorial boards of the first two journals and co-authored the JMF decade review article on "Families in International Perspective." Her monograph, Gender-Class Equality in Political Economies, was released 2011. During July 15-31, 2011. Lynn Prince Cooke will be staying at the DIW Berlin, Dept. Germany Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and the Cross-Departmental Research Group Gender Studies at DIW Berlin as a guest researcher. Her research visit is supported by the DAAD Senior Academic visiting fellowship.

If you are interested to participate please respond by 15, 2011 to Christiane Nitsche: cnitsche@diw.de

Keynote Speaker

• Lynn Prince Cooke, Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey in Guildford, UK

Zeit

16:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christiane Nitsche

Tel.: +49 30 89789 671

Applied Micro Seminar Imitation: Theory and Experiments

This talk provides an overview over some recent developments in theory and experiments on imitation in strategic environments. A special focus is the relationship between imitation and maximization of relative payoffs.

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Speaker

• Jörg Oechssler, University of Heidelberg

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Statistisches Matching von administrativen und Erhebungsdaten - Eine Anwendung auf die Analyse von Vermögensungleichheit

Anika Rasner & Markus M. Grabka (SOEP)
joint with Joachim R. Frick (SOEP & TU Berlin)

Using population representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and administrative pension records from the Statutory Pension Insurance, the authors compare four statistical matching and imputation techniques to complement survey information on net worth with social security wealth (SSW) information from the administrative records. The unique properties of the linked data allow for a straight control of the quality of matches under each technique. Based on various evaluation criteria, Mahalanobis distance matching performs best. Exploiting the advantages of the newly assembled data, the authors include SSW in a wealth inequality analysis. Despite its quantitative relevance, SSW has been thus far omitted from such analyses, because of the lack of adequate micro data. The inclusion of SSW doubles the level of net worth and decreases inequality by almost 25 percent. Moreover, the results reveal striking differences along occupational lines.
(Presentation in German)

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar Bargaining, Openness and the Labor Share
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: This paper investigates determinants of medium run movements of the labor share in developed countries. Using a panel with 13 countries and 27 industries covering the private sector, the paper focuses on changes within industries. Of interest is also the interaction between the impact of offshoring and other drivers of changes in the labor share.

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Keynote Speaker

• Dorothee Schneider (HU Berlin)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Seminar Peer Effects in the Workplace - An Empirical Investigation with German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: We develop a theoretical framework in which productivity spillovers between workers lead to peer effects in wages. We test the key implications of this model using wage data from a large-scale linked employer-employee data set for one well-defined local labour market. Our preliminary results provide evidence for positive peer effects in wages. We explore the heterogeneity in peer effects with respect to gender, occupation, peer group size, and other characteristics.

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Keynote Speaker

• Thomas Cornelissen (UCL) with
  Christian Dustmann (UCL) and Uta Schönberg (UCL)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Trick or treat? – Maternal job loss and children's non-cognitive skills

Frauke Peter (SOEP)

Research on maternal employment decision and its effect on children's abilities have so far produced mixed results. This indicates that the mere association of maternal employment and child outcomes might be spurious and depending on childcare settings and other aspects of mothers' selection into employment, which in turn might also affect child outcome measures. By propensity score matching we first define mother's probability of working and in a second step we analyze involuntary job loss and its influence on children's non-cognitive skills. Research on human capital formation distinguishes between cognitive and non-cognitive skills whereby noncognitive skills have received less attention in empirical work. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we estimate maternal job loss and its effect for preschool children aged five/six and for adolescents aged seventeen. Our analyses so far show that children whose mothers experience an exogenous job loss are more likely to have socioemotional problems and are less likely to believe in self-determination in life.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Graduate Center Masterclasses Operations Research Course

The course will take place on the week from July 4 to July 8 at DIW in the Eleanor Dulles room (5.2.010). On July 6, it will take place in the Gustav Schmoller Room (1.2.026). The course will be held by Prof. Steven Gabriel and Jeremy Eckhause from the University of Maryland.
Topics will include:

• non-linear optimization
• integer modeling
• complementarity modeling
• stochastic modeling
• application of these methods to energy and transport markets using the software GAMS.

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Speaker

• Prof. Steven Gabriel and Jeremy Eckhause from the University of Maryland

Zeit

09:00-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Clemens Haftendorn

Tel.: +49 30 89789 206

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung international: Die neugefassten OECD-Leitsätze für multinationale Unternehmen

vorgestellt von: Heino von Meyer, OECD Berlin Centre

Ein Jahr intensiver Konsultationen und Verhandlungen haben sich gelohnt: Vor wenigen Wochen einigten sich die 34 OECD-Mitgliedsländer sowie acht weitere Regierungen, darunter Argentinien und Brasilien, auf eine aktualisierte Fassung der OECD-Leitsätze für multinationale Unternehmen. Die Leitsätze bilden ein international einmaliges Referenzsystem, das dabei hilft, verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung zu bestimmen und umzusetzen. Sie decken die wichtigsten Themenfelder der Wirtschaftsethik ab: von Sozial- und Umweltthemen über Korruption und Transparenz, bis hin zu Verbraucher- und Steuerfragen. Gegenüber der alten Fassung aus dem Jahr 2000 stärken die neuen Leitsätze insbesondere den Stellenwert der Menschenrechte, präzisieren die unternehmerischen Sorgfaltspflichten auch in der Lieferkette. Darüber hinaus erweitern sie das Kapitel zum Umwelt- und Klimaschutz.

Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache statt.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung und bitten Sie, Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung via e-mail an events@diw.de zu senden.

Zeit

11:30 - 13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Applied Micro Seminar Why some companies are sold below their market value

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• Utz Weitzel, Radboud University Nijmegen

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar Are Uzbeks Better Off? Economic Welfare and Ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: In the light of violent clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 we investigate the association between economic welfare and ethnicity in this country. We intend to answer two questions. First, are Uzbek households better off than Kyrgyz households, as is often claimed in the media and also by some academics? Second, what are the correlates of household welfare in recent years, and how have these changed in comparison with the 1990s?

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Keynote Speaker

• Susan Steiner (DIW Berlin)
  Damir Esenaliev (DIW Berlin)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers

Elisabeth Bügelmayer (SOEP and FU Berlin)
C. Katharina Spieß (SOEP and FU Berlin)

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children’s cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214 preschoolers aged 5-6 and their mothers. Other-regarding behavior of both mothers and children is elicited by four simple allocation decisions. A key advantage of our study is that it is carried out in a household context. Therefore, we have extensive information about the child’s and mother’s cognitive and noncognitive skills, health and household characteristics. We find that higher cognitive skills are associated with more spiteful behavior in children. This relationship is even more pronounced among boys and hence possibly reflecting differences in competitiveness. These results shed light on the determinants of the development of other-regarding preferences in humans.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Konferenz Development Economics and Policy

Die diesjährige Jahrestagung "Development Economics and Policy" findet am 24. und 25. Juni 2011 in Berlin statt und wird von der KfW Entwicklungsbank und dem Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) ausgerichtet.

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Keynote Speaker

• Alan Winters (Universität Sussex und Chefökonom DFID)
  Eliana La Ferrara (Universität Bocconi, Italien)

Ort

DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Kerstin Ringelhan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 441

Applied Micro Seminar The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates over Twenty Years

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• Johannes Schmieder, Boston University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies and Multiple Equilibria: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Enrico Moretti is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley where he holds the Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Career Development Chair in Labor Economics. He is the Director of the Infrastructure and Urbanization Program at the International Growth Centre (London School of Economics and Oxford University). He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER, Cambridge) and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA, Bonn).

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Keynote Speaker

• Enrico Moretti (UC Berkeley)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Room 125 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Workshop SOEPcampus@Universität Mannheim 2011
Workshop "Längsschnittdatenanalyse mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)"

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Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christine Kurka

Tel.: +49 30 89789 283

Ansprechpartner
extern

soep@uni-mannheim.de

Applied Micro Seminar The Role of Absorptive Capacity for Growth: A Regression Discontinuity Design with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

Transfers to individuals, firms, and even regional jurisdictions are often regulated by threshold rules, giving rise to a regression discontinuity design. An example are transfers provided by the European Commission to regions of member states below a certain income level. Commonly, researchers focus on estimation of the average treatment effect, assuming that it does not vary in a systematic way across units. We suggest a regression discontinuity design which allows for semiparametric or nonparametric identication of heterogeneous average treatment effects which vary with an observable characteristic. We apply such a design to the impact of regional transfers on economic growth where the treatment effect varies with the absorptive capacity of targeted regions as measured by the region's human capital stock.

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Speaker

• Sascha O. Becker, University of Warwick

Zeit

12:30-14:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Graduate Center Masterclasses Behavioral Economics and Firms

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• Steffen Huck, University College London

Zeit

14:00-18:30 (16.06.)
09:00-12:00 (17.06.)

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Low-paid Jobs - Stepping Stone or Dead End?

Alexander Plum (DIWecon)
Andreas Knabe (FU Berlin)

We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects multinomial logit model. Our results suggest that low-wage jobs can act as stepping-stones to better-paid work. The improvement of the chance to obtain a high-wage job by accepting low-paid work is particularly large for less-skilled persons and for individuals with longer unemployment experiences. Low-paid work is less beneficial if the job is also associated with a low social status.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar Regional Availability of Education and Student Sorting
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: We examine how the regional availability of education affects the schooling choices of young people. We use rich individual-level data on 4 cohorts of Finns leaving comprehensive school in 2000-2003 to study the sorting of individuals across 8 schooling alternatives (gymnasium and 7 vocational fields) and the option of not to study, applying a discrete choice model with random coefficients. We find that the distance to the nearest educational institute offering an alternative has a statistically significant effect on the choice of a schooling alternative for boys and for low performing girls.

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Keynote Speaker

• Hanna Virtanen (Aalto University)
  Lotta Väänänen (NOKIA)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Konferenz The Role of Finance in Stabilizing the Past, Present, and Future Real Economy

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Boston College, Finance Center Münster, and Deutsche Bundesbank in cooperation with the Journal of Financial Stability will organize a conference on the future Role of Finance. The conference takes place on the 9th and 10th of June, 2011, in Berlin, Germany.

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Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Dorothea Schäfer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 162

Teilnehmen

• Anmeldeformular

Applied Micro Seminar The dynamics of welfare entry and exit among natives and immigrants

Abstract: This paper uses panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to analyze welfare entry and exit and to determine the relevance of state dependence. We separately consider natives and immigrants after a substantial reform of the German welfare system ("Hartz reform"). Based on results from dynamic multinomial logit models, we calculate transition matrices between three mutually exclusive labor market states (inactivity, employment, welfare receipt). We find that temporal persistence in welfare participation can for the most part be explained by observed and unobserved characteristics. In general, immigrants appear to have a higher risk of welfare entry and a lower probability of welfare exit compared to natives. On average, they are three times more likely to remain welfare recipients over time than natives. The analysis identifies non-EU citizens, who are mostly of Turkish origin or citizens of the successor states of former Yugoslavia, as the group with the lowest employment stability, the highest persistence in welfare participation, the highest welfare entry rate, and the lowest welfare exit rate. The results do not yield strong evidence of state dependence or of an overall welfare trap.

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• Regina T. Riphahn, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Chancen und Risiken für Europäische Hochschulen im internationalen Wettbewerb

Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen

Moderation: PD Dr. Hilmar Schneider, IZA, Bonn

Der ehemalige niederländische Bildungsminister und langjährige Präsident der Universität Maastricht, Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen, hat unter dem Titel „Eine Chance für europäische Universitäten" soeben ein lesenswertes Buch vorgelegt. Darin befasst er sich mit der Frage, warum europäische Universitäten in der Weltspitze nur unzureichend vertreten sind. Wenn auch viele unter den besten 200 zu finden sind, schafft es doch kaum eine von ihnen unter die besten 50. Um dem abzuhelfen spricht sich Jo Ritzen für eine konsequente Autonomisierung der Hochschulen aus, der auf der anderen Seite eine Studienförderung gegenüber stehen muss, die Studierende zu souveränen Konsumenten macht.

Jozef M. M. Ritzen promovierte an der Erasmus Universität Rotterdam und war von 2003 bis 2011 Präsident der Universität Maastricht. In den Jahren 1989 bis 1998 war Jo Ritzen Minister für Bildung, Kultur und Wissenschaft. Bevor er im Februar 2011 seine jetzige Position als Senior Policy Advisor am IZA antrat, war er einer der Vizepräsidenten der Weltbank.

Hilmar Schneider ist seit Juli 2001 Direktor für Arbeitsmarktpolitik am IZA, Bonn. Darüber hinaus ist er seit 2002 Research Affiliate des DIW Berlin. Von 2006 bis 2008 war er Mitglied im Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten. Seit 2007 ist er Mitglied der Zensuskommission.

Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache statt.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung und bitten Sie, Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung via e-mail an events@diw.de zu senden.

Zeit

12.00 - 14.00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Seminar The long-term effects of school selection. Evidence from the "11 plus" and a truly unique longitudinal dataset
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Based on analyses of the effects of a wide range of educational experiences in different countries and time periods, the recent education literature suggests that high school interventions can affect a wide range of outcomes, including earnings, family life, health and happiness. In this paper we use a uniquely valuable dataset to document how a single educational intervention in a particular UK setting can affect all of these outcomes.

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Keynote Speaker

• Emilia del Bono (ISER, University of Essex)
  Damon Clark (University of Florida)

Zeit

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Konferenz Behavioral Finance Conference

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Zeit

09:30-17:10 (03.06.)
09:15-15:25 (04.06.)

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

Teilnehmen

• Anmeldeformular

Seminar New Perspectives on the Evaluation of Public R&D Funding
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: Any economic criteria for an efficient allocation of resources is based on marginal "thinking". Such criteria can equally be applied to the evaluation of the public allocation of R&D funds. Differently from the usual evaluation schemes - mainly dichotomous - this study implements the continuous treatment matching approach to investigate the optimality of the modulation of public grants. With this method, the marginal treatment effects can be identified and sub-optimal amounts of public funding determined. Although we can distinguish cases of input additionality, the substitutability outcome seems to prevail also when unobserved heterogeneity is accounted for.

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Keynote Speaker

• Daivde Sala (Aarhus University)
  Marianna Marino (EPFL)
  Pierpaolo Parrotta (Aarhus University)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

31.05.2011 - 17.06.2011 Veranstaltung European Policy Analysis from an European Perspective

Boston College in cooperation with DIW Berlin will hold a Summer School at DIW Berlin.

DIW-Research-Professor Christopher F. Baum (Boston College) will give the daily lectures of the Summer School. Speakers from DIW Berlin will be Nataliya Barasinska, Ansgar Belke, Kerstin Bernoth, Christian Dreger and Dorothea Schäfer are involved (see lecture plan of DIW researchers).

The Boston College Summer School is open to students from the Graduate Center of DIW Berlin. Please contact sbinder@diw.de if you want to participate.

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im DIW Berlin

Dorothea Schäfer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 162

Applied Micro Seminar Seam Bias, Multiple-State, Multiple-Spell Duration Models and the Employment Dynamics of Disadvantaged Women.

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• John Ham, University of Maryland

Zeit

14:15-15:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Graduate Center Masterclasses Dynamic Econometric Models

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Speaker

• Walter Beckert, University of London

Zeit

09:00-16:00 (26.05.)
09:00-15:30 (27.05.)

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

Applied Micro Seminar The long shadow of income on trustworthiness

We employ a behavioural measure of trustworthiness obtained from an experiment carried out with a sample of the general British population whose individuals were extensively interviewed on earlier occasions. These previous interviews allow us to have very good income measures, and in particular to construct a measure of relative income that uses past income as a reference point. Our basic finding is that given past income, higher current income increases trustworthiness and, given current income, higher past income reduces trustworthiness. Past income determines the level of financial aspirations and whether or not these are fulfilled by the level of current income affects trustworthiness. But past income has a disproportionately large effect on trustworthiness compared to that predicted by the relative income theory, and this leads us to suspect that past income may also capture heterogeneity in relevant subjects’ dispositions, with more opportunistic subjects being less trustworthy and having higher average incomes. We suggest and estimate a two-tier model in which relative income has the same positive effect within each past income class, but people in higher past income classes have a lower fundamental levels of trustworthiness.

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• John Ermisch, University of Essex

Zeit

12:00-14:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Innovative Work Practices, Working Conditions and Their Impact on Employee Well-being: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Annika Nielsen (University of Basel)

During the last decades substantial changes in the labor market have had a tremendous impact on the working arrangements of employees. Not only have non-standard working arrangements such as temporary work and part-time jobs gained of importance but the working conditions themselves have undergone major transformations. As a consequence of the decline of manufacturing jobs and the growth of service oriented office work accompanied by employee involvement in decision making the work-related stressors shifted from physical and environmental strains to rather psychological ones. Although employee involvement is often referred to as a way to not only improve organizational performance but also to make employees' lives easier it can be noticed that these changes in the working conditions can also be a burden for affected employees.
The paper examines the effect of innovative work practices on employee health empirically using the waves of 1995 and 2001 of the German socio-economic panel (SOEP). Hereby, several different aspects of workplace innovations such as decision making authority, self dependent work organization, and diversified tasks are taken into account. In order to take objective as well as subjective measures of employee health into consideration sickness days, self-rated health, and satisfaction with health are used to capture the health effect. The research question is approached by applying different panel estimation techniques depending on the scale of the endogenous variable.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar Labor Market Effects of Low-Skilled Migration into Two-Tier Welfare Systems
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: According to the European treaties, on the 1st of May 2011, the freedom of movement for workers from the NMS-8 has to be established in all 27 EU member states. Of particular controversy are the consequences of this political step concerning the labor market and the welfare system.
We analyze low-skilled migration into a two-tier welfare system which characterizes many Western European welfare states. The fixed basic income reflects the normative decision about a subsistence-insuring benefit level and is paid independently of the employment history or nationality. In addition, a sort of insurance scheme exists so that workers with a relevant employment history can claim a higher benefit level in case of unemployment. Due to the existence of the basic income scheme, migration-induced labor supply increases make budgetary adjustments of the welfare system necessary, which in turn influences the wage formation and thus labor market outcomes.

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Keynote Speaker

• Christoph Skupnik (FU Berlin)
  Jan König (FU Berlin)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Konferenz Meeting Global Challenges: German - U.S. Innovation Policy

Gemeinsam mit den amerikanischen National Academies of Science (NAS) lädt das DIW Berlin zur Konferenz Meeting Global Challenges: German-US Innovatione Policy ein.

Im Fokus der Veranstaltung mit hochrangigen Experten aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft stehen innovationspolitische Fragen hinsichtlich des Klimaschutzes, des globalen Handels sowie der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Arbeitsmärkte. Die Konferenz soll an die Erfolge der Auftaktkonferenz in Washington im Herbst 2010 anknüpfen, welche große Aufmerksamkeit in der politischen Öffentlichkeit erlangte und einen Beitrag zur Fortsetzung der transatlantischen Debatte zur Innovationspolitik leisten.

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• Programm

Ort

Meistersaal am Potsdamer Platz Köthener Straße 38 10963 Berlin (Mitte)

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Jens Schmidt-Ehmcke

Tel.: +49 30 89789 296

Workshop The Second GRASP Research & Policy Workshop

Growth and Sustainability Policies for Europe (GRASP) is an FP-7 project funded by the European Commission.

This event is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Research Framework Programme through its GRASP Collaborative Project, Contract Number 244725. It is co-organised by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and DIW Berlin.

For more information on the GRASP project, please see: http://grasp.cepr.org/

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• Programm

Zeit

9:00 - 18:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Maria Nieswand

Tel.: +49 30 89789 224

Graduate Center Masterclasses Structural Modeling

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Speaker

• Victoria Prowse, University of Oxford

Zeit

09:00-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

Applied Micro Seminar Measuring Learning

Abstract:
Attempts to measure learning are hampered by the tendency to use precise and objective information. As a result, an important part of what people learn remains below surface. In this paper we depart from this tradition. Our approach is to measure learning with subjective questions which capture the theoretical concepts. We distinguish between the time used to learn and outcomes. We also distinguish between people performing certain tasks aimed at learning and learning as a side-product of productive activities. This new approach provides an interesting picture of the importance of informal learning: 94% of learning at work is informal, each year of experience is worth six months of schooling. Although people learn less when they become older, people at work continue learning until retirement, while people who are not in school or work part time lose skills and knowledge from age 57 onwards.

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Speaker

• Lex Borghans, Maastricht University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
The in-work poverty risk and its entry transitions: differences in risk patterns between Germany and Great Britain

Leen Vandecasteele (University of Manchester & WZB Berlin)
Marco Gießelmann (University of Cologne)

Working poverty is on the increase and is acknowledged as a substantial welfare risk in most post-industrial societies (Andreß and Lohmann 2008). This paper investigates transitions to in-work poverty in Germany and Great Britain. Despite similar levels of overall in-work poverty, the life events associated with entry into in-work poverty are expected to differ according to the way this risk is managed and countered by the welfare system.

The theoretical part of the paper outlines how the in-work poverty risk is mediated by both labour market institutional framework as well as its welfare system. Consequently, empirical analysis on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel will elaborate on the main patterns of in-work poverty and the triggers of in-work poverty entry. The main triggers for in-work poverty entry are sought in transitions from unemployment or inactivity, labour market transitions (into part-time, self-employed or temporary work as well as occupational downgrading) and changes in the household employment context.

The findings suggest that labour market entrants suffer disproportionately from the risk of entering in-work poverty in Germany. In Great Britain, employment exits of the partner is a stronger in-work poverty trigger and labour market transitions such as downward mobility and job change occur more frequently.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar The Integration of Forced Migrants after World War II. Evidence for Germany's First- and Second Generation
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract: As a result of World War II, millions of Germans fled or were expelled from East and Central Europe and re-settled in West Germany. We analyze the economic integration of these forced migrants and their offspring. Our results show that a quarter of a century after the war had ended both generations of migrants still perform strikingly different in economic terms than otherwise comparable natives. First-generation migrants have substantially lower incomes, and they less often own property, work in agriculture, or are self-employed. Displaced agricultural workers, however, earn significantly more, which can be explained by more frequent transitions from low-paid agricultural to industrial employment. Differences in the labor market performance of second-generation migrants largely resemble those of the first generation. We also find that intergenerational transmission of education is weaker among forced migrants. In particular, children of low-skilled fathers have a higher intergenerational upward mobility in education.

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Keynote Speaker

• Michael Kvasnicka (RWI),Sebastian Braun (IfW) and Thomas Bauer (RWI))

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Room 125 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Preference for consistency

Abstract: This paper studies how a "preference for consistency" can affect economic decision-making. We propose a two-period model of decision-making where people have a preference for consistency because consistent behavior allows them to signal personal and intellectual strength. This creates a trade-off between choosing according to their beliefs and reputational concerns. We then present three experiments that study main predictions and implications of the model. Results from the experiments suggest that preferences for consistency affect behavior in a systematic way and can provide a powerful channel of social influence.

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Speaker

• Armin Falk, University of Bonn

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Applied Micro Seminar Liquidity, Risk, and Occupational Choices

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Speaker

• Milo Bianchi, Paris Dauphine University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
The effect of preschool attendance on secondary school track choice: Evidence from siblings

Martin Schlotter (ifo München)

In this paper we estimate the causal effect of preschool attendance on secondary school track choice after primary school using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). In line with previous literature, OLS and Probit models show significant positive associations between preschool attendance and the probability of attending the highest secondary school track. Yet, using a siblings approach and controlling for family fixed effects, returns to preschool become significantly smaller and close to zero. These results are robust to the inclusion of several sibling-specific determinants that might affect within-family differences in both preschool attendance and future track choice. The small effects of preschool might be the consequence of the low-intensity character of German preschools.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar Flexicurity, Wage Dynamics and Inequality over the Life-Cycle
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract:
We investigate the relationship between the evolution of individual hourly wages over the life-cycle and the Danish flexicurity system- a combination of employer flexibility in hiring and firing, unemployment insurance benefits and a growing emphasis on activation for the unemployed. We use 24 years of population-based longitudinal administrative data on men to model individual wage dynamics, distinguishing between a long term life-cycle profile and transitory wage shocks.

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Keynote Speaker

• Lorenzo Cappellari (Università Cattolica Milano)

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Graduate Center Masterclasses Beyond Mean Impacts in Empirical Research

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Speaker

• Magne Mogstad, Statistics Norway

Zeit

15:00-18:30 (5.5.)
09:00-13:30 (6.5.)

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

Applied Micro Seminar Taxation of Couples: A Critical Survey

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Speaker

• Ray Rees, Munich University

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

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Seminar The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to study the short- and long-term fertility effects of mass violent conflict on different population sub-groups. We pool three nationally representative demographic and health surveys from before and after the genocide in Rwanda, identifying conflict exposure of the survivors in multiple ways. We find a robust effect of genocide on fertility, with a strong replacement effect for lost children. Having lost siblings reduces fertility in the short-term only. Most interesting is the continued importance of the institution of marriage in determining fertility and in reducing fertility for the large group of widows in Rwanda.

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Keynote Speaker

• Dr. Kati Schindler, DIW Berlin

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Graduate Center Masterclasses Topics in Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

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Speaker

• Jörg Breitung, Universität Bonn

Zeit

09:30-18:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Georg Weizsäcker

Tel.: +49 30 89789 247

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
All in the Family British Style: Does Family Smoking Cause British Youth to Smoke?

Laura Fumagalli (ISER, University of Essex)
joint work with Dean R. Lillard (Cornell University)

Smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of death in every developed economy. In the U.S. smoking is estimated to be a significant cause of more than 400,000 premature deaths annually. Recent policy debates in most countries have tended to focus on how to prevent youth from starting to smoke. Embedded in these debates is a stylized fact that has yet to be established in a systematic waywhether smoking by older family member (parents and/or older siblings) causes youth to be more likely to take up smoking. Many policy experts assume the answer to this question is obvious. In this paper we use data from the British Household Panel Study to try to estimate whether the relationship is causal. We estimate both naive models that ignore the endogeneity of the smoking decisions of family members and models that control for those choices. The results suggest that failing to control for the endogenous choice of parents to smoke leads to incorrect inferences.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar The Gender Wage Gap and its Cumulative Effects over the Early Career. A Comparison of Cohorts with the British Household Panel Survey
Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

Abstract:
The paper examines how patterns of gender inequality change with new cohorts entering the labour market. It is well established that the gender wage gap in Britain has narrowed considerably since the 1970's. One of the explanations refers to the fact that women enjoy wider participation in education and start their careers at higher levels of occupational attainment. Consequently, the gender wage gap has seen a decline. However, more research is needed to establish how this equalization in terms of educational chances works out over the career. The research uses a lifecourse perspective on barriers to gender equality in the labour market. It examines the evolution of the gender wage gap in different cohorts of British labour market entrants. The main question concerns why the gender wage gap grows over the professional lifetime. Moreover, the comparison of different cohorts of labour market entrants allows us to investigate whether the gender wage evolution has become more equal for more recent cohorts. The results are based on change-score regression analyses, as well as random effects models of the British Household Panel Survey and show that the start wages of men and women have indeed become more equal over time. However, a substantial gender wage gap arises within the first 10 years in the labour market, due to the tendency of women to have interruptions in the career and smaller promotion chances. There are some signs that this trend is slightly declining for the more recent birth cohorts, but this is entirely explained by changes in the employment situation for the more recent cohorts, rather than a reduction in the residual gender effect.

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Keynote Speaker

• Leen Vandecasteele, University of Manchester

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Internet users and non-users: comparing SOEP-data and a probability-based online panel

Bella Struminskaya (GESIS)

Online surveys are gaining in importance as a tool of data collection and as a platform for methodological experiments. However, certain challenges in regard to the quality of data need to be considered. Volunteer as well as probability-based online panels pose problems of non-coverage bias. Internet users differ from non-users in demographic characteristics: they are younger, better educated, non-immigrants, and have higher income compared to non-users.

In addition to the differences in demographics there are some "webographic" or attitudinal dissimilarities between the two groups: Internet-users tend to be more "socially content" - they are more trusting, have lots of people to draw on for support, and tend to think that others are generally fair (Lenhart et al. 2003). Thus, attitudes and values of Internet users may differ from those of non-users and data collected online would lack representativeness.
The goal of this explorative study is to evaluate the data quality of an online panel comparing SOEP-data and data from the offline-recruited probability-based online panel (GESIS). The analysis includes three steps.

First, using SOEP2008 data the differences between Internet users and non-users are studied.
The results replicate the finding of Lehnart et al. showing that German Internet users tend to be more socially content: after controlling for demographic differences Internet users significantly differ in their opinion that generally people are trustworthy and fair (though that doesn't hold true for readiness to help others).

Second, the quality of the online panel is assessed by a comparison of the panelists' answers to the SOEP-data (the recruitment for the online panel started in December 2010). In the third step it would then be possible to estimate the non-coverage bias of the online panel by contrasting data collected via the Internet to the SOEP-data of the general population (Internet users and non-users).  

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Seminar Do extreme temperatures redistribute mortality rates? Evidence from Germany
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Background: In this study we analyse the relation between extreme temperature events and mortality in Germany. The main research questions are: Do heat events lead to rising mortality and if yes are the effects contemporary and compensated in near future or are they continuing? Furthermore, differences of the heat impact between urban and rural environments are analysed.
Data and Methodology: Cause specific daily mortality and meteorological data is connected on the county level. We assumed static as well as dynamic relations between extreme temperatures and mortality and used panel data estimation approaches.
Main Findings: We found a significant positive impact of extreme heat on mortality and thus a negative impact on public health. Strongest mortality effects can be measured on the days when heat occurs and the first week afterwards. The mortality increase ranges between 0.003 and 3.5 per 100,000 inhabitants depending on the particular cause specific sample. Effects are even stronger, the more days after another are very hot. Our results are in contrary to the Harvesting Hypothesis. Using meteorological climate scenarios we approximated that till the end of this century over 4100 additional deaths per year in Germany will be induced by the occurrence of heat events. Furthermore, the environment plays an important role for the intense of the heat impact. We estimated significantly higher increases in mortality in urban areas.

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Keynote Speaker

• Martin Karlsson and Maike Neumann, TU Darmstadt

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Room 125 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin
Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin

Applied Micro Seminar Adieu Rabenmutter - The Effect of Culture on Fertility, Female Labour Supply, the Gender Wage Gap and Childcare

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Speaker

• Rainald Borck, University of Passau

Zeit

13:15-14:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yun Cao

Tel.: +49 30 89789 210

Seminar Kick It Like Özil? Second Generation Migrants' Initial Disadvantage and the Failure of the Education System
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

We investigate second generation migrants and natives in Germany's education system. We determine at what stage the persistent native-migrant gap in labor market and schooling outcomes emerges. Controlling for family background and other characteristics, we employ a matching approach in order to account for the fact that migrants and natives are different. We find that second generation migrants are initially disadvantaged due to both their socioeconomic family background and the education system. We also find that comparable natives, in terms of family background, face similar difficulties. Thus, Germany's education system fails to provide equal opportunities for all initially disadvantaged individuals.

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Keynote Speaker

• Ulf Rinne, IZA

Zeit

6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Naturgefahren, Atomrisiken - Wir brauchen ökonomische Strategien des gesellschaftlichen Risikomanagements!

DIW Berlin, IZA Bonn, OECD Centre und CEPR London laden ein zum
Berlin Lunchtime Meeting.

Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze, Climate Service Center Germany am Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Hamburg
Dr. Jochen Diekmann, DIW Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner, DIW Berlin

Das Ausmaß dieser Schäden lässt sich - zumindest in den hoch entwickelten Volkswirtschaften wie Deutschland - reduzieren. Zum Beispiel durch die Einführung einer Versicherungspflicht. Flächendeckend führt eine solche Versicherung nicht nur dazu, dass Katastrophenopfer schneller und sicherer Hilfe erhalten. Versicherungsprämien, die Vorsorge belohnen, helfen, die Welt sicherer zu machen.
In diesem Zusammenhang ist auch danach zu fragen, wer für Schäden durch große Unfälle in Kernkraftwerken aufkommt. Die bisherigen Regelungen zur Haftung und Deckungsvorsorge sind sehr unterschiedlich und angesichts möglicher Schäden insgesamt unzureichend.

Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze ist Leiter der Abteilung "Ökonomie und Politik" an der nationalen Klimaagentur - CSC in Hamburg und Sprecher für den Bereich „Ökonomie des Klimawandels" der Klimainitiative der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF). Er befasst sich mit den ökonomischen Folgen des Klimawandels und Fragen der internationalen Klimapolitik. Er entwickelt mit seinem Team Strategien, wie die mit dem Klimawandel einhergehenden Risiken, aber auch Chancen effektiv an Entscheider aus Politik und Wirtschaft sowie die breite Öffentlichkeit vermittelt werden können. Er ist Professor für internationale Umweltökonomie an der Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/ Oder.
Dr. Jochen Diekmann ist stellvertretender Leiter der Abteilung Energie, Verkehr, Umwelt am DIW Berlin. Er befasst sich mit politischen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien und Maßnahmen. Seine Schwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Energiewirtschaft, Energie- und Umweltpolitik, Mikroökonomik.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Gert G. Wagner ist Vorstandsvorsitzender des DIW Berlin, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung und Wirtschaftspolitik an der TU Berlin sowie Max Planck Fellow am MPI für Bildungsforschung (Berlin). Wagner ist Vorsitzender der Zensuskommission der Bundesregierung und des Rats für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten, Mitglied des Statistischen Beirats sowie Mitglied im Methodology and Infrastructure Committees (MIC) des britischen Economic and Social Research Councils (ESRC).

Die Veranstaltung findet in deutscher Sprache statt.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung und bitten Sie, Ihre verbindliche Anmeldung via e-mail an events@diw.de zu senden.

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• Präsentation

Zeit

13:00 - 13:45 (Lunch Buffet)
14:00 - 15:45

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Symposium Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Information? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Zensus 2011

Warum braucht Deutschland einen Zensus? Warum gibt es keine klassische Volkszählung mehr? Wird das neue Zensusverfahren genauso verlässliche Informationen liefern? Wer wird eigentlich noch befragt, welche Registerdaten werden verwendet, ist der Datenschutz gewährleistet?

Das Symposium wird die politische Relevanz der Zensusergebnisse thematisieren, von der nationalen bis zur kommunalen Ebene. Die neuartige Zensusmethode wird zum einen überblickartig erläutert, zum anderen wird die wichtige Frage geklärt, warum eine Stichprobenbefragung bei Haushalten ausreicht, um die Qualität der Ergebnisse zur amtlichen Einwohnerzahl zu sichern und um eine ganze Reihe anderer wichtiger Ergebnisse - Erwerbstätigkeit, Bildung, Migrationshintergrund, Religion - zu liefern.

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Zeit

10:00-16:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christine Kurka

Tel.: +49 30 89789 283

Workshop EUSECON workshop on the microeconomic analysis of determinants and effects of insecurity

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DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

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im DIW Berlin

Myroslava Purska

Tel.: +49 30 89789 277

Seminar Panel data econometrics: Established methods and challenges 
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

The 2011 BeNA Lecture Series will be given by Manuel Arellano (CEMFI Madrid). He will hold three lectures and one research talk.

Dates and Time:
April 7
3:00-4:30pm: Lecture on linear panels: Unobserved heterogeneity and dynamics
5:00-6:30pm: Lecture on nonlinear panels: Random effect and Bayesian approaches
April 8
2:00-3:30pm: Lecture on nonlinear panels: Fixed effects and bias reduction
4:00-5:30pm: "Identifying Distributional Characteristics in Random Coefficients Panel Data Models" (research talk)

The lectures and the research talk will be in English. They are free of charge and open to the public. Please register by sending an e-mail to Thomas Siedler (tsiedler@diw.de).

The Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA) was founded in 2004 as a forum for the discussion and development of research projects by young labour market researchers working at universities and research institutions in Berlin. At the heart of the network lies the Leibniz Seminar on Labour Research and the Lecture Series. Previous BeNA lectures were held by Steve Pischke, Steve Machin, Michael Lechner, Andrea Ichino, Robert Hart and Gerard van den Berg.

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Keynote Speaker

• Prof. Manuel Arellano, CEMFI Madrid

Ort

Humboldt Universität Berlin Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Raum 220 Spandauer Str. 1 10178 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Silke Anger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 526

Thomas Siedler

Tel.: +49 30 89789 464

Ansprechpartner
extern

Dorothee Schneider, HU Berlin
Michael Kvasnicka, RWI, Essen

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Two-stage indirect sampling of Kindergarten children in the National Educational Panel Study

Solange Koch (National Educational Panel Study )

In general sampling is based on a complete list. Complete lists of information concerning all units of the target population enable using sampling strategies and getting – depending on the quality of list and strategy – unbiased estimators for parameters of the target population. Without a sampling frame direct sampling is not possible. In this situation Lavallée (2007) suggests to use an indirect sampling approach. If there exists a population with an available sampling frame and this population is connected to the target population in a uniquely defined manner, indirect sampling allows provision of a random sample of the target population and the provision of weights permitting an unbiased estimation of population parameters. There are different kinds of indirect sampling approaches, depending on the kind of link between two populations U^A (the population with an available sampling frame) and U^B (the target population) and whether a multistage sampling strategy is incorporated. The connection between both populations is called link and can be described by an indicator variable: If there is a connection between a unit j of U^A and a unit k of U^B , then let l_j,ik =1 and l_j,ik =0 otherwise, with i describing the structure of clusters in population U^B , if there exists one .With this indicator variable and the knowledge of the selection probabilities of all units in U^A weights can be calculated.

In the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) six main cohorts are sampled by a multicohort sequence design to get a longitudinal analysis of education in Germany. In contrast to institutions of other cohorts there is no sampling frame available for Kindergartens. However, in Germany all children have to attend at elementary school. Therefore every child that had been in Kindergarten can be found in an elementary school and for elementary schools a sampling frame exists. Hence, in the NEPS we sample elementary schools s^A from the population U^A and ask them to list all Kindergartens k from which children from their first grade came from. Proportional to the number of trespassing children Kindergartens are sampled and Kindergarten children tested. With all children tested in Kindergarten the sampling procedure is a two-stage indirect sampling.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Jan Marcus

Tel.: +49 30 89789 308

Workshop Policy Workshop "The Global Economic Costs of Conflict"

Das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), die Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung und das Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) veranstalten am 4. April 2011 einen Policy Workshop, um politischen Entscheidungsträgern die Forschungsergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts "Global Economic Costs of Conflict (GECC) zu präsentieren und ein Forum für die interaktive Diskussion der Ergebnisse und deren Auswirkungen für die Politik zu bieten.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Kerstin Ringelhan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 441

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
On the Stability of Self-Reported Measures of Willingness to Take Risks

Ingo Isphording (Ruhr University Bochum Research School)

Newly available self-reported measures of willingness to take risks are increasingly used as empirical representations of individual risk preferences. Psychological literature states that risk preferences are formed during childhood and are stable thereafter.  Referencing this literature, stability of preferences is often used as an identication assumption in econometric work.  This study supports this assumption empirically. Using data from the German SOEP, a Hausman-Taylor approach is used to test the influence of childhood characteristics and exogenous lifetime events
on the level of self-reported willingness to take risks. Childhood characteristics turn out to be important determinants of willingness to take risks. Reported willingness to take risks decreases strongly with age, shocks like inheritance or emerging work disability have only a small, but signicant impact. This induces a potential source of endogeneity when willingness to take risks is used as explanatory variable in labor market research.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Veranstaltung Gründungsversammlung und erste Jahrestagung der Globalen Jungen Akademie am DIW

Die Gründungsversammlung und erste Jahrestagung der Globalen Jungen Akadamie (Global Young Academy, GYA) findet vom 20. bis 22.März am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung in Berlin (DIW Berlin) statt. Die Globale Junge Akademie ist eine internationale und unabhängige Institution von Nachwuchswissenschaftler/innen, die derzeit annähernd 100 Mitglieder aus 46 Ländern umfasst. Sie wurde letztes Jahr auf Initiative des InterAcademy Panel (IAP) mit finanzieller Unterstützung durch die VolkswagenStiftung gegründet. Im Zuge der Tagung wird auch das wissenschaftliche Sekretariat mit Sitz in Berlin eingeweiht. Der Leiter der Abteilung Weltwirtschaft am DIW, Tilman Brück, ist Mitglied im Vorstand der GYA.

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Ort

DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Wolfgang Stojetz

Tel.: +49 30 89789 317

Symposium 7th International Young Scholar German SOEP Symposium

For the seventh time the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) of the University of Bremen and the Jacobs University and the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in collaboration with the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) are pleased to announce the "International Young Scholar German Socio-Economic Panel Symposium".

The symposium provides an opportunity for doctoral students of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, psychology, sociology) at any stage of their doctoral thesis to present empirical research in progress - carried out with SOEP or comparable panel data such as BHPS or SHP - and to discuss theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues with senior researchers. We encourage interested young scholars to submit abstracts.

Mehr Informationen

• Call for papers - Deadline November 30, 2010

Ort

Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst/ Germany

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Yvonne Lott

Tel.: +49 (0) 421-218  66355

Ansprechpartner
extern

Ekaterina Uglanova
BIGSSS, Jacobs University
euglanov@bigsss-bremen.de

Workshop SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin 2011
Einführung in die Nutzung der SOEP-Daten

Neben einleitenden Plenarveranstaltungen mit Vorträgen zu „Inhalt, Struktur und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten der SOEP-Daten" und „Hochrechnung und Gewichtung" sowie einer Online-Demonstration der vielfältigen Möglichkeiten von SOEPinfo liegt der Schwerpunkt des Workshops in Hands-on-Sessions.
(Anmeldung leider nicht mehr möglich, da Workshop ausgebucht)

Mehr Informationen

• Ankündigung im SOEPnewsletter

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christine Kurka

Tel.: +49 30 89789 283

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Managing skilled labour migration - Trends and challenges

Thomas Liebig, International Migration Division, OECD

Comment: Gunilla Fincke, Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR)

Chair: Heino von Meyer, Head, OECD Berlin Centre

By 2020, in the absence of migration, age-related exits from the working-age population will on average across the OECD be almost 30% higher than entries. In Germany they will be even 75% higher. At the same time, as skills needs are growing with recovery and the globalisation of the economy, concerns about "skills shortages" are becoming widespread. What role is there for labour migration in this context? The presentation will review recent key trends in labour migration and its management among OECD countries. It also highlights the challenges faced by OECD countries in attracting, retaining and integrating skilled migrants. It builds on the main findings from the OECD International Migration Outlook and related work.

Thomas Liebig joined the International Migration Division of the OECD’s Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs in Paris in 2004. He is currently working as migration specialist on the analysis of migration trends, the management of labour migration and the integration of immigrants and their children. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of St.Gallen.

Gunilla Fincke is the Director of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR-Migration) a Berlin based think-tank. Her areas of expertise are migration regimes and the integration of the second generation. She holds a Ph.D. from Free University Berlin. In 2003-05 she has been a McCloy-Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Registration is required. Please send an email to: events@diw.de.
We look forward to your participation.

Zeit

12.00 - 14.00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Women's Career and Children - Human Capital and Earnings of Women in Korea and Germany. A Comparative Study

Mee-Kyung Jung (PhD student in Economics at the University of Frankfurt am Main)

Die Studie stellt zufolge Mincer und Polachek (1974, 1978) eine Verdienstdiskontinuität der beschäftigten Mütter als Hypothese auf. Mincer und Polachek teilten in ihrem Modell eine Arbeitsmarkterfahrung der Frauen in die 3 Phasen - die Beschäftigungsphase vor der Heirat, Kindererziehungsphase und Beschäftigungsphase nach der Kindererziehung - auf. Wir erwarten dabei eine Verdienstminderung der berufstätigen Frauen aufgrund des Kindergebärens und der Kindererziehung. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist das Identifizieren des Verdienstbruches der berufstätigen Mütter und der Vergleich dieser Effekte zwischen Korea und Deutschland. Die Komparation der Effekte des Humankapitals der Frauen in Korea und Deutschland sowie das Herausfinden der Verdiensteffekte der Kinder für die Frauen in Korea gehören zu den Beiträgen dieser Studie im Bereich der Forschungen des Humankapitals und Arbeitsmarktes in Korea. (Vortrag in englisch)

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Seminar Does income taxation affect partners’ household chores?

Mehr Informationen

• Programm

Keynote Speaker

• Prof. Arthur van Soest, Tilburg University

Zeit

17:00-18:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Peter Haan

Tel.: +49 30 89789 165

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Power within couples: What factors and transitions affect power?

Yvonne Lott (DIW Berlin and BIGSSS, Bremen)

Social inequality within the family is a crucial dimension of inequality in the wider society. Power imbalances between partners are linked with intra-family inequality. Surprisingly, power has mostly been neglected in German research so far. First goal of this study, therefore, is to get an idea about what factors are related to power. Rational choice theories as well as gender theory provide explanations for who has power and who doesn't. Furthermore, recent studies on power within intimate relationships mainly treat power as a static concept rather than a dynamic process. Since social relationships change during individuals’ lives, power also changes over partners’ life-courses. Given that transitions such as marriage, children and changes of employment status highly influence and shape the lives of individuals, these transitions might also have an impact on couples’ power. The second goal of this study is the analysis of the relationship between marriage, children and changes of employment status and power within couples. Power is measured on two dimensions: (1) control over financial resources and (2) financial decision-making. The analysis is based on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in 2004, 2005 and 2008.  Results show that individual income is strongest related to power, but that gender differences also exist with regard to the division of labor and household income. Furthermore, marriage and children increase cooperation in couples. Interestingly, changes to a lower employment status decrease especially female partners' power.. 

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Seminar Does gender matter for academic promotion? Evidendence from a randomized natural experiment
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Seminarplan für das Wintersemester

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Keynote Speaker

• Manuel Bagues, Universidad Carlos III Madrid

Zeit

18:30 - 20:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin
Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

Seminar IO/Finance Seminar
(Regional) Inequality in Federations

Christian Leßmann, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Zeit

16:00 - 18:00 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Andreas Harasser

Tel.: +49 30 89789 406

Maria Nieswand

Tel.: +49 30 89789 224

Alexander Schiersch

Tel.: +49 30 89789 262

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Design and early findings from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Heather Laurie (ISER, Essex, UK)

The talk describes the key design features and progress to date of Understanding Society, the new household panel survey of 40,000 households in the UK. Some early findings from the Innovation Panel of 1500 households which is used for methodological experimentation will be described along with some preliminary results from year 1 of wave 1 of the study. 

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Das Beziehungs- und Familienpanel (pairfam): Design, Feldverlauf und Methodik

Nina Schumann (Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, MZES)

Mit dem Beziehungs- und Familienpanel (pairfam) existiert seit der ersten Erhebungswelle aus dem Jahr 2008/2009 eine weitere große, repräsentative und interdisziplinäre Längsschnittstudie in Deutschland. Das auf 14 Jahre angelegte Projekt folgt einem Kohorten-Sequenz-Design; in der ersten Welle wurden Face-to-Face-Interviews mit insgesamt rund 12.000 Ankerpersonen der Geburtsjahrgänge 1971-73, 1981-83 und 1991-93 geführt. Im jährlichen Turnus finden Wiederholungsbefragungen statt. Zudem werden auch Partner, Eltern bzw. Stiefeltern und Kinder der Ankerpersonen befragt (Multi-Actor-Design). Inhaltlich stehen dabei Themen der Partnerschafts- und Familienentwicklung, der Familienplanung, der intergenerationalen Beziehungen und des Erziehungsverhaltens im Fokus.
Dieser Vortrag soll einen Überblick über Design, Feldverlauf und Methodik von pairfam liefern und somit auch die Möglichkeit zum Erfahrungsaustausch - von Panel- zu Panelkolleginnen und -kollegen - geben.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Seminar Marriage Subsidies and Divorce
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Abstract:
Policies to promote marriage are controversial. It is essential to distinguish between a marriage which is created by a marriage promoting policy (marginal marriage), and a marriage which would have been formed even in the absence of a state intervention (average marriage). In this paper we exploit the suspension of a cash-on hand marriage subsidy in Austria to examine the differential behavior of marginal and average marriages. The announcement of this suspension led to an enormous marriage boom (plus 350 percent) among eligible couples. Based on a difference-in-differences approach we show that marginal marriages are at least 26 percent less likely to have children and 17 percent more likely to divorce.

Seminarplan für das Wintersemester

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Keynote Speaker

• Martin Halla, JKU Linz

Zeit

18:30 - 20:00

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin
Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
The Causal Effect of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Germany

Jan Marcus and Daniel Kemptner, both DIW Berlin Graduate Center

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health behavior and schooling outcomes in Germany. Our paper adds to the existing literature on intergenerational transfers in various ways. We apply a new instrumental variables approach which has not yet been used in the intergenerational context. Therefore, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the number of her siblings while conditioning on a comprehensive set of variables describing the grandparents' social status. Given the grandparents' social status, the number of siblings generates exogenous variation in the years of education by affecting household's resources which are available for human capital investments per child. Unlike studies investigating returns to education by exploiting policy changes, our methodology works also for cohorts unaffected by policy changes and for the limited sample sizes of common household panels. We estimate the causal effect on a wide range of child outcomes both at birth and at age 18/19. We present evidence for strong and significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behavior for daughters at age 18/19, but not for sons. Our findings are robust over a variety of different specifications. We also discuss assortative mating and household income as possible channels of causality. Though, we do not find evidence that the effect of maternal education works through these channels.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Seminar The Causal Effect of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling Outcomes
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Abstract:
This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child's health behavior and schooling outcomes in Germany. Our paper adds to the existing literature on intergenerational transfers in various ways. We apply a new instrumental variables approach which has not yet been used in the intergenerational context. Therefore, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the number of her siblings while conditioning on a comprehensive set of variables describing the grandparents’ social status. Given the grandparents' social status, the number of siblings generates exogenous variation in the years of education by affecting household's resources which are available for human capital investments per child. Unlike studies investigating returns to education by exploiting policy changes, our methodology works also for cohorts unaffected by policy changes and for the limited sample sizes of common household panels. We estimate the causal effect on a wide range of child outcomes both at birth and at age 18/19. We present evidence for strong and significant effects on schooling outcomes for both sexes. And, we find substantial effects on health behavior for daughters at age 18/19, but not for sons. Our findings are robust over a variety of different specifications. We also discuss assortative mating and household income as possible channels of causality. Though, we do not find evidence that the effect of maternal education works through these channels.

Seminarplan für das Wintersemester

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Keynote Speaker

• Daniel Kemptner, DIW Berlin
• Jan Marcus, DIW Berlin

Zeit

18:30 - 20:00

Ort

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Raum B002/3 Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin
Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

Seminar Childcare Services

Gerlinde Verbist and Michael Foerster (both OECD) will give a talk on:
"Money or Kindergarten - What Works Better? A Comparative Analysis of the Distributive Effects of Family Cash Transfers versus Services"

Zeit

11:00 to 13:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Christine Kurka

Tel.: +49 30 89789 283

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Special Brown Bag Seminar
Nachbildung von Bildungsverläufen im SOEP: Der Datensatz BIOEDU - aktueller Stand

Henning Lohmann (SOEP, DIW Berlin)
Sven Witzke (SOEP, DIW Berlin)

Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) enthält - beginnend mit frühkindlicher Betreuung bis hin zu tertiärer Ausbildung und Weiterbildung - eine große Anzahl von Variablen zur Bildungsbeteiligung und zu Bildungsabschlüssen. Allerdings liegt der Großteil der Informationen nicht in einem Format vor, das ohne größeren Datenaufbereitungsaufwand längsschnittliche Analysen möglich macht. Der in einer beta-Version vorliegende Datensatz BIOEDU enthält zentrale Informationen zu Bildungsverläufen in längsschnittlich aufbereiteter Form: Erstes beobachtetes Jahr frühkindliche Betreuung, Einschulung, Übergang in Sekundarstufe, Verlassen der Schule, Übergang in und aus beruflicher Ausbildung, Übergang in und aus Studium, höchste Bildungsabschlüsse. In dem Vortrag werden kurz die Generierung und die Analysepotenziale des Datensatzes vorgestellt und weitere Schritte diskutiert.

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Seminar Birthright Citizenship and Parental Integration Decisions
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Abstract:
This study examines the effect of introducing the birthplace principle for children of foreigners on the integration behavior of migrant families in Germany. Using the reform of the German citizenship law in 1999 and data from the German Microcensus, I exploit the discrimination of different birth-year cohorts around the enactment date to apply a regression discontinuity design for the analysis. The results suggest that granting citizenship to immigrant children reduces their parents’ willingness to apply for naturalization for themselves. With respect to labor market integration, there seems to be no effect on the mothers, but an increase in the fathers’ propensity to receive welfare benefits.

Seminarplan für das Wintersemester

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Keynote Speaker

• Christoph Sajons, Universität Pompeu Fabra Barcelona

Zeit

18:30 - 20:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin
Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

Konferenz The Global Economic Costs of Conflict
International Research Conference

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) and the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) are organizing an international research conference on the costs of conflict and related themes. The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers and to compare theoretical, empirical and methodological research focusing on the costs and consequences of violent conflict.

The deadline for submission of papers is 8 November 2010.
Please see the call for papers for more information.

Mehr Informationen

• Programm
• Call for Papers

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Olaf J. de Groot

Tel.: +49 30 89789 334

Seminar Exporters and the Rise in Wage Inequality: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Abstract:
Using a linked employer-employee data set of the German manufacturing sector, this paper analyses the role of exporting establishments in explaining rising wage dispersion. Over the period of analysis (1996–2007), the raw wage differential between exporters and domestic establishments increased substantially, which can only partly be attributed to corresponding changes in human capital endowments and the returns to them. These findings are consistent with recent heterogeneous-firm trade models that feature an exporter wage premium as well as variability of the premium with respect to increasing trade liberalization. A decomposition analysis shows that the increase in the conditional wage gap indeed contributed to rising wage inequality both within and between skill groups. In contrast, the growing employment share of exporters contributed to a reduction in wage dispersion.

Seminarplan für das Wintersemester

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Keynote Speaker

• Daniel Baumgarten, RWI

Zeit

18:30 - 20:00

Ort

Berliner Büro des RWI Hessische Straße 10 10115 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin
Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Auszug aus dem Elternhaus - Determinanten des Auszugszeitpunkts und der Wohnentfernung mit Daten des sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP)

Ferdinand Geissler (Universität Bamberg)

Beim Auszugsprozess junger Erwachsener aus dem Elternhaus sind zwei Dimensionen von Bedeutung: Wann ziehen die Kinder aus und wie weit ziehen sie weg? Die bisherige Forschung zum Auszugsverhalten hat sich bislang auf Koresidenz und den Auszugszeitpunkt konzentriert. Über die Wohndistanz zwischen Kindern und Eltern, die beim Auszug der Kinder aus dem Elternhaus entsteht, ist hingegen nur sehr wenig bekannt. In meiner Arbeit untersuche ich sowohl den Auszugszeitpunkt als auch die entstehende Wohnentfernung vor dem Hintergrund vielfältiger Einflüsse individueller und familialer Charakteristika sowie makrostruktureller Rahmenbedingungen. In meinen empirischen Analysen betrachte ich Auszüge von Kindern mit Daten aus neun Wellen des SOEP der Jahre 2000 bis 2008. Für diesen Zeitraum liegen basierend auf Geokoordinaten exakte Informationen zur entstehenden Wohnentfernung vor. Für die Analyse des Auszugszeitpunkts nutze ich Methoden der Ereignisanalyse (N = 2.090 Auszüge), für die Analyse der entstehenden Wohndistanz lineare Regressionsmodelle (N = 1.514 Auszüge mit bekannter Distanz).

Zeit

12:30 - 13:30

Ort

DIW Berlin (Gustav-Schmoller-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Eva M. Berger

Tel.: +49 30 89789 228

Veranstaltung End of Year Summit 2010
Network Meeting of the DIW Berlin
Current state and outlook on future projects

In our December Conference 2010, we want to discuss what prospects the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) offers with regard to academic excellence. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on topics related to the research at DIW Berlin.

We invite you to present your activities in economics, behavioral and social sciences.

We hope the conference allows us to strengthen our relationship and start joint research projects. Our seven research departments, the cross-departmental groups and the Graduate Center of Economic and Social Research will be represented throughout the conference.

The conference will be held at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) in the center of Berlin. The cost for economy class travelling and accommodation for two nights will be covered by DIW Berlin, if a paper is accepted for presentation.

For the presentation of research activities, 20 minutes are allowed with 10 minutes discussion led by a graduate student. An extended abstract (approximately 300 words) or preferably an entire article should be sent in advance in doc or pdf format to president@diw.de.

The deadline for submission and registration is October 18, 2010. Authors of accepted contributions will be notified at the beginning of November 2010.

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Rolf Ketzler

Tel.: +49 30 89789 208

Berlin Lunchtime Meeting Innovating out of the Crisis - Building a Sustainable Recovery

Fällt aus!

Andrew Wyckoff Director, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry

Comment: Prof. Dr. Knut Blind, Berlin University of Technology (TU Berlin), Faculty of Economics and Management, Chair of Innovation Economics, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems

Chair: Heino von Meyer, Head, OECD Berlin Centre

In the search for a rapid, sustainable and lasting recovery from the economic crisis, science, technology and innovation are expected to play a driving role. But what are the implications for science and innovation policy? What steps are countries taking to boost their capabilities in these areas? What place are emerging economies likely to occupy in the science, technology and innovation landscape?
The presentation will review key trends in science, technology and innovation. It draws on the main finding from the OECD Innovation Strategy and the new OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2010.

Andrew W. Wyckoff is the Director of the OECD's Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI) where he oversees OECD's work on innovation, business dynamics, science and technology, information and communication technology policy as well as the statistical work associated with each of these areas. Prior to the OECD he worked as an economist for the US Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and The Brookings Institution.

Knut Blind is professor at the Berlin University of Technology, Chair of Innovation Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Management. He is leading the public innovation research group at the Fraunhofer Institute of Open Communication Systems in Berlin. Furthermore he is endowed Chair of Standardisation at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands

Registration is required. Please send an email to: events@diw.de.
We look forward to your participation.

Zeit

12 - 13

Ort

DIW Berlin (Schumpeter Saal) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Veranstaltung Kick-Off-Meeting für den neuen Querschnittsbereich "Gender Studies"

Der Präsident des DIW Berlin, Prof. Dr. Klaus Zimmermann, wird den neuen Querschnittsbereich "Gender Studies" offiziell eröffnen und Frau PD Dr. Elke Holst zur Forschungsdirektorin dieses Bereichs ernennen.

Anschließend hält Prof. Dr. Gertraude Krell a. D., FU Berlin den Auftaktvortrag zum Thema: "Geschlechterverhältnisse in Führungspositionen - Ein Blick auf den Forschungsstand".

Danach wird Frau PD Dr. Elke Holst mit einleitenden Worten die Diskussion über die Arbeitsthemen, Ziele, Wünsche und Interessen im Rahmen des Querschnittsbereichs "Gender Studies" eröffnen.

Zeit

14 - 16 Uhr

Ort

DIW Berlin (Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
im DIW Berlin

Ralf Messer

Tel.: +49 30 89789 569

Seminar Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)

Abstract:
Studies based on firm-level data find that both exporting firms and multinational corporations pay higher wages for a given skill level. However, the literature overlooks the fact that export manufacturing firms may also change the educational choices of the workforce. In this paper, I confirm that for Mexico during the period 1986-2000, the export sector pays higher wages than other sectors, but school drop out increases with the arrival of new export jobs. By the year 2000, the workers induced to enter export manufacturing are earning less than they would have earned had the jobs never appeared and they stayed in school longer. I identify the causal effects by looking within municipalities and examining how the education of different cohorts varies with new factory openings in the municipality at key school-leaving ages. Export manufacturing attracts students by paying high relative wages for unskilled workers, and offering many jobs to low-skill workers straight out of school. The magnitudes I find suggest that for every ten new jobs created, one student drops out of school at grade 9 rather than continuing on through grade 12.

Seminarplan für das Wintersemester

Mehr Informationen

• Veranstaltungs-Homepage

Keynote Speaker

• David Atkin, Yale

Zeit

18:30 - 20:00

Ort

DIW Berlin (Eleanor-Dulles-Raum) DIW Berlin im Quartier 110 Mohrenstraße 58 10117 Berlin

Ansprechpartner
extern

Jan Peter aus dem Moore, HU Berlin
Hanna Denecke, HU Berlin

Veranstaltung Frühkindliche Bildung und Betreuung heute – eine multidisziplinäre Herausforderung

Frühkindliche Bildung, Betreuung und Erziehung ist ein Thema, das in den letzten Jahren auch in Deutschland an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Dabei wird das Thema vorrangig aus pädagogischer und entwicklungspsychologischer Perspektive diskutiert. Erfreulicherweise nehmen zunehmend auch Vertreter der Ökonomie im deutschsprachigen Raum die Besonderheiten frühkindlicher Bildungsprozesse in den Blick. Dabei untersuchen sie die Entwicklung ausgewählter Fähigkeiten von Kleinkindern ebenso, wie die Frage inwiefern  spezifische frühkindliche Interventionen unter Kosten-Nutzen-Gesichtspunkten zu bewerten sind. Unterschiedliche Aspekte der Qualität des Bildungs-, Betreuungs- und Erziehungssystems werden untersucht und in einen interna-tionalen Kontext gestellt.

Die Fachtagung der Robert Bosch Stiftung und des DIW Berlin ist bereits ausgebucht. Anmeldungen für die Warteliste sind noch möglich. events@diw.de

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Workshop 6th Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN)

6th Annual Workshop of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) on Conflict, Crime and Illicit Activities will be held at the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, on 2-3 December 2010. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2010.

Seminar Ethnic Identity and Early Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants
Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA)