The second local SOEPremote client has been opened as part of the “The Politics of Inequality” Cluster of Excellence at the University of Konstanz. This SOEPremote client can also be used under restricted conditions by users outside the Cluster of Excellence. The other SOEPremote client is at the University of Bielefeld. What is unique about these local, highly secure SOEPremote clients ...
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
This article focuses on scholarly discourse on the science-policy interface, and in particular on questions regarding how this discourse can be understood in the course of history and which lessons we can learn. We aim to structure the discourse, show kinships of different concepts, and contextualize these concepts. For the twentieth century we identify three major phases that describe interactions ...
Overcommitted individuals cannot withdraw from work obligations. We examine whether work goal engagement attenuates the negative effects of overcommitment on work and health outcomes. For overcommitted professionals it should matter whether they dedicate time and energy to work goals they feel bound to or to goals they do not feel attached to (unengaged overcommitment). In a longitudinal study of 752 ...
On December 5, 2019, DIW Berlin honored this year's graduates of the Graduate Center, the BDPEMS and the graduates at DIW. In a festive ceremony DIW President Marcel Fratzscher congratulated all new PhDs and GC Vice Dean Carsten Schröder presented the certificates. The program was musically accompanied by Benedikt Bindewald (violin) and Tabea Schrenk (cello). Back row from ...
Am 5. Dezember 2019 ehrte das DIW Berlin die diesjährigen AbsolventInnen des Graduate Centers, des BDPEMS und die Promovierten am DIW. In einer Feierstunde gratulierte DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher allen frisch gebackenen Promovierten und GC Vize-Dekan Carsten Schröder überreichte die Urkunden. Umrahmt wurde das Programm von Benedikt Bindewald (Violine) und Tabea Schrenk ...
The high prevalence of forced migration in recent years has induced a shift in attitudes towards immigrants and refugees and, in turn, increasing xenophobic violence. We address this topic and estimate the effect of xenophobic attacks against refugee shelters on refugees’ mental health. For this purpose, we combine two innovative data sets: administrative records on xenophobic crime by...
