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Martin Kittel has successfully defended his dissertation

Martin Kittel, Research Associate in the Energy, Transportation, Environment Department, successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Five Essays in Energy System Analysis - Exploring the Dunkelflaute and Unintended Storage Cycling” on January 27, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Tom Brown, Claudia Kemfert, and Wolf-Peter Schill. Congratulations!

Umwelt- und Energieforschung früher und heute

Der Podcast Wirtschaft bewegt – 100 Jahre DIW Berlin widmet sich den prägenden Themen und Entwicklungen des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) in den letzten 100 Jahren. In der aktuellen Folge sprechen Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert, Leiterin der Abteilung Energie, Verkehr, Umwelt am DIW Berlin, und Prof. Dr. Jürgen Blazejczak über die Entstehung und Bedeutung der Umwelt- und Energieforschung ...

Die EZB agiert zu zögerlich

Die heutige Entscheidung des Rates der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB), die Leitzinsen erneut zu senken, kommentiert Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), wie folgt:

GENELLI

Die Ungleichheit der Geschlechter ist nach wie vor ein drängendes Problem in unserer Gesellschaft. Frauen sind in vielen Entscheidungspositionen unterrepräsentiert und der Gender-Pay-Gap liegt bei 16 %. Ob und wie Sprache zu dieser Ungleichheit beiträgt, hat eine intensive wissenschaftliche und öffentliche Debatte ausgelöst, v.a. in Bezug auf genderinklusive Sprache. Im Deutschen werden maskuline...

GENELLI

Gender inequality remains a pressing issue in our society. Women are underrepresented in many decision-making positions and the gender pay gap remains at 16%. Whether or how language contributes to forming and transporting gender stereotypes has sparked intense scientific and public debate. In German, masculine role nouns are still often used in a generic sense to address people of unknown gender ...

SOEP-Core – 2022: Sampling, Nonresponse, and Weighting in Sample R

IAB-SOEP-Migration – 2022: Sampling, Nonresponse, and Weighting in Sample M8b

Earnings Expectations of “First-in Family” University Students and Their Role for Major Choice

How do students’ earnings expectations differ by being the first in their family to attend university (FiF) and how do they affect field of study choice? We leverage unique survey and administrative data to document sizable gaps in expected earnings between FiF and non-FiF students. Our data can explain two-thirds of this gap, with the largest share attributable to field of study choice. We show that ...

Gender gaps in the labour market

This project investigates the underlying causes of gender gaps in the labor market, emphasizing skill mismatches, task divisions, social norms, and implicit gender biases. By employing quasi- and survey-experimental methods with data from Germany and OECD countries, the research examines policies like parental leave and public child care. It explores the effects of these factors on skill...

Gender gaps in the labour market

This project investigates the underlying causes of gender gaps in the labor market, emphasizing skill mismatches, task divisions, social norms, and implicit gender biases. By employing quasi- and survey-experimental methods with data from Germany and OECD countries, the research examines policies like parental leave and public child care. It explores the effects of these factors on skill...