familial socioeconomic background can impact not only academic success, but also the personality of offspring. Yet, there is little evidence on whether it might influence how parents describe their children’s personality. To fill this gap, we used latent multitrait-multimethod (CTCM-1) models to examine familial socioeconomic background as possible predictor of parental perceiver effects regarding ...
We describe the joint permanent health distribution of parents and children in Germany using 25 years of data from the Socio-Economic Panel. We derive three main results: First, a ten percentile increase in parental permanent health is associated with a 2.3 percentile increase in their child’s health. Second, employing our anchoring method, we find that a percentile point increase in permanent health ...
Zu viel Bürokratie kann Unternehmen die Luft zum Atmen nehmen. Wichtiger als die Zahl der Vorschriften ist aber die Qualität der Verwaltung. Behörden müssen der Versuchung widerstehen, bürokratische Schritte auf Unternehmen und Bürger abzuwälzen. Dieser Gastbeitrag von Alexander S. Kritikos erschien am 6. November 2023 in der FAZ. Die jedes Jahr pünktlich zum medialen Sommerloch auftauchende Forderung ...
The Berlin IO Day is a one-day workshop sponsored by the Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) and supported by the Berlin's leading academic institutions, including DIW Berlin, ESMT Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin. The aim is to create an international forum for high quality research in Industrial Organization in the heart...
