Die wirtschaftspolitischen Aussichten für das Jahr 2019 fasst DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher wie folgt zusammen:
Dieser Beitrag ist am 28. Dezember in der ZEIT ONLINE–Kolumne „Fratzschers Verteilungsfragen“ erschienen. Müssen wir Männer die Gleichstellung von Frauen fürchten? Als weißer, christlicher, deutschstämmiger, heterosexueller und gut ausgebildeter Mann in Deutschland könnte man kaum privilegierter sein und deshalb, so zumindest die ...
Minimum prices above the competitive level can lead to allocative inefficiencies. We investigate whether this effect is more pronounced when decision makers are influenced by their social environment. Using data of minimum prices for renewable energy production in Germany, we test if individual decisions to install photovoltaic systems are affected by the investment decisions of others in the area. ...
This study investigates how the durations of childcare leaves taken by mothers and fathers in Germany relate to the gender division of housework and childcare after labour market return. It examines to what extent changes in economic resources because of leave take-up may account for adaptations in the division of domestic work of dual-earner couples. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel ...
A time-varying parameters Bayesian structural vector autoregression (TVP-BVAR) model with stochastic volatility is employed to characterize the monetary policy stance of the Bank of Canada (BoC) in terms of an interest rate rule linking the policy rate to the output gap, inflation and the exchange rate. Using quarterly bilateral Canadian–US data, we find such an interest rate rule to have little explanatory ...
Tomaso Duso wurde mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar 2019 zum akademischen Mitglied des Stearing Committee der Association of Competition Economics (ACE) gewählt. Seit der Gründung im Jahr 2003 bringt ACE Wettbewerbsökonomen aus Regierung, Wissenschaft und Privatwirtschaft zusammen und bietet ein Forum für Diskussionen und Debatten über wettbewerbspolitische Maßnahmen. Es ...
Marie Le Mouel, who worked at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Knowledge-Based Capital and Firm Productivity" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Tomaso Duso (Technische Universität Berlin, DIW Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Alexandra Spitz-Oener (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). We congratulate ...
Last week, 12 new Ph.D. graduates received their certificates. In a festive ceremony with musical accompaniment, the new Ph.D.s were honored by the Graduate Center dean Prof. Georg Weizsäcker Ph.D. and the head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Hans Joachim Schellnhuber who held the commencement speech. We wish each and every one much success in their future careers! ...
