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Vielversprechender Start der Ampel-Koalition, aber Nachbesserungen bei Finanzierungsfragen notwendig

Den Koalitionsvertrag von SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und FDP kommentiert Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), wie folgt:

Public Good Provision and Local Employment: Evidence from Grammar School Closures in East Germany

This paper assesses the impact of public good provision on the spatial distribution of employment as predicted by a local labor market model that allows for commuting. Using local grammar school closures in East Germany after 2000 in a difference-in-differences estimation framework coupled with an entropy balancing strategy, we find that the school closures triggered a decline in the number of (employed) ...

Ökonomische Indikatoren von Maßnahmen zur Steigerung der Energieeffizienz - Materialien Berichtsjahr 2019: Investitionen, Produktion und Beschäftigung in ausgewählten Bereichen ; Forschungsprojekt im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes (FKZ 3719 14 101 0)

Nuclear Turn: Closing Down Nuclear Power Plants Opens up Prospects for the Final Repository Site Search

With the closure of the final six nuclear power plants, the commercial use of nuclear energy for electricity generation in Germany will come to an end in 2022. Due to the German power system's sufficient capacities—in 2020, the sector exported 20 terawatt hours (TWh), or about four percent of its electricity production—and its integration into the European electricity system, there is no reason to ...

Adrian Santonja receives the doctoral scholarship from the German Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU). Congratulations!

Congratulations to Adrian Santonja for receiving the doctoral scholarship from the German Environmental Foundation. Being one of Europe's largest foundations, it promotes innovative exemplary projects in the field of environmental protection. Overall up to 60 PhD scholars are funded per year for a period of 36 months. 

Adrian Santonja receives the doctoral scholarship from the DBU

Congratulations to Adrian Santonja for receiving the doctoral scholarship from the DBU! Very well deserved!

Abschaltung letzter Kernkraftwerke in Deutschland reißt keine Versorgungslücke

Deutschlands verbliebene sechs Kernkraftwerke gehen in diesem und nächstem Jahr vom Netz – DIW-Studie untersucht energiewirtschaftliche Folgen – Energieversorgung bleibt sicher – Abschaltung ist zudem Bedingung für erfolgreiches Standortauswahlverfahren von Endlager Die Abschaltung der letzten Atommeiler in Deutschland führt nicht zu Versorgungsengpässen. Zu ...

Housing Market and Sentiment Analysis

The housing issue is one of the hottest social problems. It is widely debated by the society. These debates contain a large subjective component. In addition, they are expected to correlate with the phases of the housing cycle. One of the most visible and durable manifestationsof these debates are the media items. In this study, we aim at assessing the sentiment of these media publications in...

The Dynamics of Attitudes toward Immigrants: Cohort Analyses for Western EU Member States

Public opinion climates on immigrants are subject to certain dynamics. This study examines two mechanisms for such dynamics in Western EU member states for the 2002–2018 period. First, the impact of cohort replacement and, second, the impact of periodic threat perceptions, namely, changing macroeconomic conditions and shifts in immigration rates. To date, empirical research on anti-immigrant sentiments ...

People Underestimate the Errors Made by Algorithms for Credit Scoring and Recidivism Prediction but Accept Even Fewer Errors

This study provides the first representative analysis of error estimations and willingness to accept errors in a Western country (Germany) with regards to algorithmic decision-making systems (ADM). We examine people’s expectations about the accuracy of algorithms that predict credit default, recidivism of an offender, suitability of a job applicant, and health behavior. Also, we ask whether expectations ...