Objective: Leaders differ in their personalities from non- leaders. However, when do these differences emerge? Are leaders “born to be leaders” or does their personality change in preparation for a leadership role and due to increasing leader-ship experience? Method: Using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel Study, we examined personality differences between leaders (N = 2683 leaders, women: ...
We conduct a randomized field experiment to study the effects of two financial education interventions offered to small-scale retailers in rural western Uganda. The treatments contrast “active learning” with traditional “lecturing” within standardized lesson-plans. After six months, active learning has a positive effect on savings and investment outcomes, in contrast to small or zero effects for lecturing. ...
Do financial education programs affect financial knowledge and behaviors? We examine this question using a meta-analysis that incorporates studies from the past decade, which saw a rapid increase in financial education research. When examining data from 76 financial education randomized experiments across 33 countries covering over 160,000 individuals, we find that financial education improves both ...
Befragung von 100 mittleren und großen Unternehmen in Deutschland untersucht Integration Geflüchteter auf dem Arbeitsmarkt – Anstellung von Geflüchteten verbessert Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit, Attraktivität der Unternehmen und unternehmerische Entwicklung – Potenzial für Selbstständigkeit bleibt unter Geflüchteten nahezu ungenutzt Die Anstellung Geflüchteter ...
Survey of 100 medium-sized and large companies in Germany examines the integration of refugees into the labor market – Employing refugees improves employee satisfaction, company attractiveness, and business development – Potential for self-employment remains largely untapped among refugees Employing refugees has made them more attractive as employers. This is reported by 80 percent of the companies ...
Energie-Ziele der Ampel-Koalition – und was erreicht wurde Die Datengrundlage Übersicht Hinweise zu den Abbildungen Zwischenbilanz zur Energiewende: Wolf-Peter Schill im Videointerview "fossilfrei" - der Energiewendepodcast des DIW Berlin Podcast 'fossilfrei': Wo steht die Energiewende? Live von der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften Ampel-Monitor Spezial: der PV-Boom Stand der Daten und ...
BLOG Overview Note on the graphs Explanations on share of renewable energy in the electricity sector Why "traffic light"? Energy targets of the German government - and what has been achieved The traffic light coalition is history - but it has left its mark on energy policy. The traffic light coalition set out to bring new momentum to the energy transition and has set itself a number of specific ...
Nach der im Jahr 2015 verstärkt einsetzenden Zuwanderung Geflüchteter hat jüngsten Studien zufolge etwa jedes vierte Unternehmen in Deutschland Geflüchtete eingestellt. Laut einer Umfrage unter 100 Unternehmen mit Erfahrung in der Integration von Geflüchteten hat die Einstellung Geflüchteter verschiedene Effekte. Die Unternehmen berichten von einem Anstieg der Zufriedenheit in der Belegschaft, besserer ...
