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Weekly Report
Family strongly influences personal well-being—especially in the case of refugees, whose family members often remain in their homeland. This report is the first to closely examine the well-being and family structures of refugees who came to Germany between January 2013 and January 2016. It uses data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees in Germany. Among individuals aged between 18 and 49, ...
17.10.2018| Ludovica Gambaro, Diana Schacht, C. Katharina Spieß
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Weekly Report
In recent years, the global community has promoted several initiatives aimed at breaking bank secrecy in tax havens. Such treaties for the exchange of information among tax offices can be effective. A treaty between country A and tax haven B reduces deposits from A in banks of B by approximately 30 percent. However, the analysis shows that tax evaders react to such treaties not by becoming honest taxpayers ...
17.10.2018| Lukas Menkhoff, Jakob Miethe
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
This paper experimentally investigates how concerns for social approval relate to intrinsic motivations to purchase ethically. Participants state their willingness-to-pay for both a fair trade and a conventional chocolate bar in private or publicly. A standard model of social image predicts that all participants increase their fair trade premium when facing an audience. We find that the premium is ...
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European Economic Review
110 (2018), S. 61-77
| Jana Friedrichsen, Dirk Engelmann
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Startseite [Klimapolitik]
Die Abteilung Klimapolitik analysiert den Übergang zu einer klimafreundlichen Volkswirtschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Frage, wie CO₂-Bepreisung, Strommarktdesign, Förder- und Finanzierungsinstrumente sowie Standards und Informationsinstrumente wirksam ausgestaltet und aufeinander abgestimmt werden können. Dabei wird im Stromsektor die Weiterentwicklung des nationalen und europäischen Strommarktes...
16.06.2026
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Startseite [Klimapolitik]
The Climate Policy Department analyzes the transition to a climate-friendly economy. It explores CO₂ pricing, electricity market design, support and financing instruments, as well as standards and information tools and how they can be effectively structured and coordinated. In the electricity sector, the department examines the further development of the national and European electricity markets...
06.05.2026
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
This paper investigates the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, "Obamacare") on out-of-pocket medical expenditures and access to health care for households across the income distribution. Using a DDD identification strategy and simulated eligibility instruments, I parameterize three of the central policy provisions of the ACA: Medicaid expansion, insurance exchange...
17.10.2018| Cortnie Anne Shupe
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
We present evidence that the practice of holding back poorly performing students affects estimates of the impact of class size on student outcomes based on within-school variation of cohort size over time. This type of variation is commonly used to identify class size effects. We build a theoretical model in which cohort size is subject to random shocks and students whose performance falls...
31.10.2018| Maximilian Bach
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
This paper analyzes the impact of the German Parental Leave Reform on mothers' careers in the long run. To identify the causal effect, we use a difference-in-difference approach that compares labor market outcomes of mothers who gave birth just before and right after the reform and net out seasonal effects by including the year before. Using the total population of the Integrated Employment...
14.11.2018| Aline Zucco
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Weekly Report
In May, the EU Commission presented its proposal for the EU budget for 2021 to 2027—a period of change for the EU. Not only will Great Britain’s exit from the Union leave a significant hole in the budget, but at the same time the budget must cover a vast range of additional requirements. Current international policy developments are already demanding the EU acting as a community, and the ...
16.10.2018| Kristina van Deuverden
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DIW Weekly Report 41 / 2018
In May, the EU Commission presented its proposal for the EU budget for 2021 to 2027—a period of change for the EU. Not only will Great Britain’s exit from the Union leave a significant hole in the budget, but at the same time the budget must cover a vast range of additional requirements. Current international policy developments are already demanding the EU acting as a community, and the European project ...
2018| Kristina van Deuverden