Zu den von US-Präsident Donald Trump angekündigten Strafzöllen auf Stahl- und Aluminiumimporte äußert sich DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher wie folgt:
Working time preferences of employees have been discussed in scientific and public debates more frequently. Yet, representative studies show controversial results regarding over- and underemployment for Germany. But these differences can only partially be explained by varying definitions of populations or sample selection. By means of data from the Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) this article highlights ...
US-Präsident Donald Trump geht mit seinen Strafzöllen auf Stahl- und Aluminiumimporte auf Konfrontationskurs. Die EU sollte schnell und hart darauf reagieren. Sie muss nun umgehend für die US-Wirtschaft wichtige Produkte mit Strafzöllen belegen, um die amerikanische Regierung durch ihre eigenen Unternehmen, die die Leidtragenden wären, unter Druck zu setzen. Es braucht ein ...
Household survey data provide a rich information set on income, household context and demographic variables, but tend to under report incomes at the very top of the distribution. Administrative data like tax records offer more precise information on top incomes, but at the expense of household context details and incomes of non-filers at the bottom of the distribution. We combine the benefits of the ...
This paper analyzes optimal product lines when consumers differ both in their taste for, quality and in their desire for social image. The market outcome features partial pooling and, product differentiation that is not driven by heterogeneous valuations for quality but by image, concerns. A typical monopoly outcome is a two-tier product line resembling a “masstige”, strategy as observed in luxury ...
This dissertation consists of three self-contained research articles, each making an independent contribution to the higher education literature.
