Refugees are at an increased risk of mental health problems and low subjective well-being. Living circumstances in the host country are thought to play a vital role in shaping these health outcomes, which, in turn, are prerequisites for successful integration. Using data from a representative survey of 4325 adult refugees who arrived in Germany between 2013 and 2016, we investigated how different living ...
Drei DIW-Studien beleuchten finanzpolitische und wirtschaftliche Unterschiede zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland – Neue Länder stehen in Zukunft trotz vergleichsweise guter Haushaltslage unter permanentem Sparzwang– kaum Haushaltsspielräume für notwendige Investitionen – Produktivität in der Industrie in Ostdeutschland bleibt weiter zurück – Größter ...
Es ist sehr viel passiert seit der Wiedervereinigung, aber die Produktivität ostdeutscher Unternehmen liegt immer noch um die 20 Prozent hinter den westdeutschen Unternehmen zurück. Martin Gornig betont, dass wir einen langen Atem brauchen.
The phase-out of fossil fuels, and a growing use of variable renewable energy sources, increase the flexibility needs of the power sector. In this context, different energy storage technologies become more relevant. Yet the role and use of electricity storage depends on many factors, for example technology costs and availabilities, as well as the level and flexibility of sector coupling strategies...
We estimate the dynamic effects of government spending shocks, using time-varying volatility in US data modeled through a Markov switching process. We find that the average government spending multiplier is significantly and persistently above one, driven by a crowding-in of private consumption and non-residential investment. We rationalize the results empirically through a contemporaneously countercyclical ...
People differ in their willingness to take risks. Recent work found that revealed preference tasks (e.g., laboratory lotteries)—a dominant class of measures—are outperformed by survey-based stated preferences, which are more stable and predict real-world risk taking across different domains. How can stated preferences, often criticised as inconsequential “cheap talk,” be more valid and predictive than ...
