Heute wird der Sozialbericht 2024 vorgestellt, der in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel entstanden ist. Herausgeber sind das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis), das Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) und das Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB). Der Sozialbericht (bisher: „Datenreport“) enthält zahlreiche Analysen zu den Lebensverhältnissen in Deutschland, ...
“Social Report 2024” published: What are living conditions like in Germany? Publications use Socio-Economic Panel data The “Sozialbericht 2024,” produced in collaboration with the Socio-Economic Panel, is being presented today. It is published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), and the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB). The ...
Preise für Heizenergie legten 2023 trotz Gaspreisbremse um 31 Prozent gegenüber Vorjahr zu – Temperaturbereinigter Heizverbrauch und Emissionen sanken nur um rund vier Prozent – Mit künftig nachlassendem Preisdruck sind mehr Investitionen in Energieeffizienz und Wechsel der Heizungssysteme erforderlich, um weniger Kohlendioxid (CO2) zu emittieren Wer im vergangenen Jahr gedacht hat, die Energiepreiskrise ...
The DENeB seminar series gives invited senior researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their current work and is open to everyone interested in ongoing research in development economics. The Development Economics Network Berlin (DENeB) is a network for early career researchers in development economics. The network’s main purpose is to be a platform for knowledge exchange related to...
An influential body of economic literature has consistently shown strong associations between cognitive abilities and economic preferences. However, much of this research has overlooked the potential endogeneity of cognitive abilities - an oversight given that these abilities stem from a series of investment decisions influenced by factors likely correlated with economic preferences. To address...
We study the impact of fossil fuel subsidy removal on presidential popularity using difference-indifference approaches and a stylized theoretical model. Analyzing macro level data for two subsidy removal events in Mexico and Bolivia in the early 2010s, we find evidence of a negative impact on presidential approval. Our theoretical probabilistic voting model predicts that the decline in popularity is ...
We evaluate German purchase subsidies for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) using data on new vehicle registrations in Germany dur¬ing 2015-2022. We account for confounding time trends and interacting EU-level CO2 standards using neighboring countries as a control group. We find that 40% of BEV and 25% of PHEV registrations were subsidy-induced. The program ...
