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Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2022

Am 2. Juli 2022 von 17 bis 24 Uhr öffnen etwa 70 wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen in Berlin und auf dem Potsdamer Telegrafenberg ihre Türen und laden herzlich zur Langen Nacht der Wissenschaften ein. An über 100 Veranstaltungsorten heißt es: staunen, berühren, begreifen! Gemeinsam mit fünf anderen Leibniz-Instituten nimmt das DIW Berlin in den Räumen der Geschäftsstelle der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft in...

Integration und Unternehmen: Animierte Infografik

Companies Contribute Significantly to the Integration of Refugees in Germany

Following the 2015 refugee influx, recent studies have found that around one in four companies have hired refugees. A survey of 100 companies that hired refugees shows that hiring refugees can increase employee satisfaction, improve reputations, and positively affect corporate developments. At the same time, hiring refugees also poses challenges for employers. These include barriers in the hiring process, ...

Longitudinal Bidirectional Associations between Personality and Becoming a Leader

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: ...

Active Learning Improves Financial Education: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

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. ...

Financial Education Matters: Testing the Effectiveness of Financial Education Across 76 Randomized Experiments

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 ...

Beschäftigung von Geflüchteten macht Unternehmen produktiver und attraktiver

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 ...

Employing refugees makes companies more productive and attractive

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 ...

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende

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 ...

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende (Monitor of the German "Traffic Light" Coalition’s Energy Transition Targets)

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 ...