Top-wealth holders are typically underrepresented or completely missing in population surveys. The lack of comprehensive national registers on high-wealth individuals in many countries challenged previous attempts to remedy this under-representation. In a novel research design, we draw on public data on the shareholding structures of companies as a sampling frame. Our design builds on...
This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We exploit a German reform from 2007 that both expanded paid leave in the first year and removed paid leave in the second year following childbirth. Higher-income households benefited relatively more from the reform than low-income households. We use administrative ...
Der Energieverbrauch in Deutschland wird laut Arbeitsgemeinschaft Energiebilanzen (AGEB), an der auch das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung beteiligt ist, in diesem Jahr spürbar sinken. Aktuellen Berechnungen zufolge lag der Energieverbrauch hierzulande in den ersten neun Monaten dieses Jahres um insgesamt 2,3 Prozent niedriger als im entsprechenden Vorjahreszeitraum. Da der Verbrauch ...
Das Konjunkturbarometer des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) ist im Oktober im Vergleich zum Vormonat leicht gestiegen und liegt nun bei gut 90 Punkten. Zwar dürfte das Bruttoinlandsprodukt in Deutschland im dritten Quartal gegenüber den vorangegangenen drei Monaten erneut gesunken sein (um 0,2 Prozent). Im laufenden vierten Quartal wird es aber wohl zumindest ...
There is a huge interest in deriving and comparing socio-economic indicators across societal groups and domains. The indicators are usually derived from population surveys like the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) by direct estimation. Small sample sizes in the domains can limit the precision of these estimates. For example, while SOEP may be a suitable database for determining mean income in Germany, ...
In the course of the energy transition, the German Commission on “Growth, Structural Change and Employment” recommended a stepwise phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation until 2038 and a partly substitution by gas-fired power plants. In this context local externalities of various types of fossil fuel-fired power plants are investigated and quantified using the life satisfaction approach. Therefore, ...
