We use machine learning techniques to quantify trade tensions between the United States and China. Our measure matches well-known events in the US-China trade dispute and is exogenous to the developments on global financial markets. Local projections show that rising trade tensions leave US markets largely unaffected, except for firms that are more exposed to China, while negatively impacting stock ...
Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early daycare attendance on health has received little attention in the economic literature. In this study, I investigate the impact of a large daycare expansion in ...
The German Socio-Economic Panel Study is a representative panel study for the German population, collecting data on a broad variety of topics of everyday life, including general wellbeing, household composition, educational aspirations and educational status, income and occupational biographies, leisure time activities, housing, health, political orientation and more. With its long running panel...
Am 9. und 10. März 2023 organisieren wir einen zweitägigen Workshop zum Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) am DIW Berlin. Neben Vorträgen zu Aufbau, Datenstruktur, Ziehungsdesign und Gewichtungsstrategie bieten Hands-On Sessions eine praxisorientierte Annäherung an die Daten und ihre Potentiale. Der Workshop richtet sich an Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler auf allen Qualifikationsstufen,...
Der Winter stellt sowohl die Verbraucher*innen als auch die Wirtschaft vor große Herausforderungen, deren Auswirkungen bis in die Mitte der Gesellschaft reichen. Zur Mittelschicht zählen in Deutschland etwa drei Viertel der Bevölkerung, sie gilt bislang als stabiles Fundament der Gesellschaft. Während jedoch viele Menschen bis weit in die Mittelschicht hinein mit steigenden Preisen und hohen...
The most popular method to acquire a job is to use one's circle of acquaintances or social networks to find a position. However, in the current research, there is still no clear conclusion if this job search method has positive implications for different job outcomes such as wages. This paper studies the effects of this job search approach in the context of Germany compared to the formal...
