We are pleased to announce that the script generator and basket in Paneldata.org, which can be used by simply registering and logging in, have been thoroughly revised and now offer the following improved functions: More intuitive design and navigation Variables placed in the basket are now easier to supplement with connected variables over time. A list of variables can be exported as a csv file Several ...
For a more detailled What's new version, please refer to the Changes in the Dataset' 1. New, user-friendly integrated data format In the new wave of the SOEP-Core study, we are bringing together the wide and long data formats, which were previously provided to users separately. In so doing, we aim to eliminate any confusion about what is available in which format and to make data use easier overall. ...
What makes people happy? Australian Political Scientist Bruce Headey was not only one of the first SOEP data users—he was one of the first researchers in the world to discover the value of the SOEP for research on happiness. Headey is a Principal Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research in the University of Melbourne. He is a specialist in welfare and distributional ...
Das Konjunkturbarometer des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) signalisiert für das Schlussquartal mit einem Indexstand von 102 Punkten ein überdurchschnittliches Wachstum: Nachdem das Bruttoinlandsprodukt im dritten Quartal sogar gesunken war, dürfte die deutsche Wirtschaft zum Jahresausklang wieder spürbar um 0,4 Prozent im Vergleich zum vorangegangenen ...
Fairtrade-Siegel sollen die Einkommen und Lebensbedingungen von ProduzentInnen erhöhen und so zu mehr Gerechtigkeit im internationalen Handel führen. Ökonomische Überlegungen und empirische Untersuchungen zeigen jedoch, dass dieses Ziel bei Kaffee nur eingeschränkt erreicht wird: Das Fairtrade-Siegel führt bestenfalls zu geringen Einkommenserhöhungen für die ...
The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices—from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles are widely employed. In this contribution, we examine the performance of profiles using the example of career ...
Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner, langjähriger ehemaliger Vorstand des DIW Berlin, erhielt für sein anhaltendes ehrenamtliches Engagement in der Vermittlung wissenschaftlicher Expertise in Politik und Gesellschaft vom Bundespräsidenten das Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Als Sozialökonom und Berater politischer AkteurInnen in verschiedenen ...
This paper proposes a new nonparametric method of constructing joint confidence bands for impulse response functions of vector autoregressive models. The estimation uncertainty is captured by means of bootstrapping, and the highest density region (HDR) approach is used to construct the bands. A Monte Carlo comparison of the HDR bands with existing alternatives shows that the former are competitive ...
