We examine the impact of the war in Ukraine on long-term contracts in energy markets. We find that traded contract volumes fall by 65 percent in the first months of the war. A collapse in bilateral trading contributes most to this decline. To protect themselves from price shocks, firms increasingly turned to long-term contracts already before the war. In sum, our results show that the market continued ...
Das RDCnet (Research Data Center Network) verfolgt das Ziel, ein nationales Netzwerk von gesicherten Datenzugangsstellen aufzubauen, indem gesicherte Arbeitsplätze verschiedener Forschungsdatenzentren miteinander vernetzt werden. Dieses Netzwerk wird durch den Einsatz von Remote-Desktop-Systemen realisiert: Die Nutzenden erhalten Zugang zu virtuellen Desktops, die nicht lokal, sondern ausschließlich ...
An interdisciplinary approach to the spatial analysis of survey data and the usage of social science and spatial science research data is a proper way to analyse questions of spatial justice and spatial inequality in more detail. The required technical linkage entails a number of hurdles such as data privacy, data access, reproducibility, and technical knowledge. The ’Geolinking Service SoRa’ is being ...
The role of demographic change for wealth inequality remains underexplored. This study analyzes how shifts in population aging, immigration, partnership status, educational attainment, and female labor force participation influenced wealth inequality in West Germany between 1988 and 2017, focusing on households with children. Our findings reveal that while overall wealth inequality remained stable, ...
Large-scale socio-economic panel studies aim to document societal trends and public opinions using representative population samples. Despite the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on public and private life across diverse contexts, these studies have rarely addressed the use and evaluation of AI for individual respondents. Therefore, a standardized assessment instrument is introduced ...
What kind of earnings mobility regime defines our society? Are individuals’ earnings trajectories primarily shaped by their social class position, or do trajectories vary within them? These unresolved questions lie at the heart of debates on social class and labor market rewards. To address them, we leverage employment relations theory and data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We use mixed effects ...
SOEP-Befragung zu sozialen Medien: Rund 90 Prozent sehen Risiken für Kinder und Jugendliche – Nutzungsverbot wird aber nur bis zwölf Jahre befürwortet, nicht bis 16 Jahre – Große Unterstützung für mehr Medienkompetenz, elterliche Begleitung und Plattformregulierung Eine große Mehrheit der Bevölkerung in Deutschland sieht Risiken in der Nutzung sozialer Medien durch Kinder und Jugendliche. Ein generelles ...
