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SOEPpapers 1007 / 2018
We present empirical evidence on the heterogeneity in monetary policy transmission across countries with different home ownership rates. We use household-level data together with shocks to the policy rate identified from high-frequency data. We find that housing tenure reacts more strongly to unexpected changes in the policy rate in Germany and Switzerland –the OECD countries with the lowest home ownership ...
2018| Winfried Koeniger, Marc-Antoine Ramelet
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SOEPpapers 1008 / 2018
This paper studies whether higher education tuition fees influence the intention to acquire a university degree among high school students and, if so, whether the effect on individuals from low-income households is particularly strong. We analyze the introduction and subsequent elimination of university tuition fees in Germany across states and over time in a difference-in-differences setting. Using data ...
2018| Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler
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Bericht
Seit 2015 kann in Deutschland auf sogenannten angespannten Wohnungsmärkten eine Mietpreisbremse eingeführt werden. Was hat das Gesetz, das Mieterinnen und Mieter vor übermäßigen Mietpreissteigerungen schützen soll, gebracht? Wirkt es oder muss das Gesetz weiterentwickelt werden? Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) hat Claus ...
24.01.2019| Claus Michelsen
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DIW Discussion Papers 1783 / 2019
Fairtrade certification aims at transferring wealth from the consumer to the farmer; however, coffee passes through many hands before reaching final consumers. Bringing together retail, wholesale, and stock market data, this study estimates how much more consumers are paying for Fairtrade-certified coffee in US supermarkets and finds estimates around $1 per lb. I then assess how this price premium ...
2019| Helene Naegele
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Konferenz
Ist Deutschland heute so ungleich wie vor hundert Jahren? Dieses Ergebnis von Ökonomin Charlotte Bartels zur langfristigen Entwicklung der Einkommensungleichheit in Deutschland wurde in der Öffentlichkeit kontrovers diskutiert. Ihre Studie ist Teil des groß angelegten internationalen Forschungsprojekts der World Inequality Database, die von einem Forscherteam um Anthony Atkinson,...
06.02.2019| Jan Dehley, Hartmann Kaelble, Alexander Nützenadel (Moderation), Nikolaus Wolf, Charlotte Bartels
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
Based on a 12 years panel data set for franchised regional rail services, this paper studies the impact of including service quality into an analysis of efficiency differences between the German public transport authorities (PTAs) in using their available public funds. The analysis employs a two-stage efficiency analysis with a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in the first stage and a Tobit panel model ...
In:
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
119 (2019), S. 284-300
| Heike Link
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DIW Discussion Papers 1782 / 2019
Existing long-term energy and climate scenarios are typically a rather simple extrapolation of past trends. Both qualitative and quantitative outlooks co-exist, but they often focus narrowly on individual perspectives, which is opposed to the interlinked and complex nature of energy and climate. Therefore, this study presents a set of novel and multidisciplinary narratives that give insight into four ...
2019| Dawud Ansari, Franziska Holz, Hasan Basri Tosun
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Graduate Center Short Course
On March 14, the event will take place at the Elinor Ostrom Hall. On March 18 and 19, the event will take place at the Anna J. Schwartz Room 5.2.010.
14.03.2019| Paul Heidhues
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Graduate Center Short Course
Dates: 15.04.2019 - 16.04.2019 and 23.04.2019 - 24.04.2019
15.04.2019| Christian Bayer
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Graduate Center Short Course
Location: University of Potsdam, Campus Griebnitzsee, Room 3.06.H01
The content is tailored towards PhD candidates and early career researchers.
Registration via workshop@empwifo.uni-potsdam.de by August 1, 2019.
09.09.2019| Guido Imbens, Stanford Graduate School of Business