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Global Offshore Wealth, 2001-2023

This paper constructs homogeneous time series of global household offshore wealth covering the 2001–2023 period, during which major international efforts were implemented to curb offshore tax evasion. We find that: (i) global offshore wealth remained broadly stable as a fraction of global GDP since 2001, following a sharp increase in the 1980s and 1990s; (ii) the location of offshore wealth changed ...

Eine kluge Rentenpolitik sollte niemals Klientelpolitik sein

Bundesarbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas will das Renteneintrittsalter an die Beitragsjahre koppeln. Doch zu einer klugen Reform gehören ganz andere Schritte. Bundesarbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas regt für die geplante Rentenreform an, das Renteneintrittsalter an die Dauer der sozialversicherungspflichtigen Beschäftigung zu koppeln. Einige Ökonomen und Politikerinnen begrüßen den Vorschlag. Was auf den ersten ...

Ein „Solarjahr“ als Zukunftsdienst: junge Menschen könnten freiwillig bei der Energiewende mithelfen – für Klima, Gemeinschaft und Frieden

The Dynamics of Recent Refugees’ Language Acquisition: How Do Their Pathways Compare to Those of Other New Immigrants?

Do the processes underlying destination-language acquisition differ between recently arrived refugees and other new immigrants? Based on a well-established model of language learning according to which language fluency is a function of efficiency, incentives, and exposure, this study addresses general processes of language learning as well as conditions specific to refugees. Longitudinal data on refugees ...

Vorwort 2025: DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher begrüßt zum Jahresrückblick

Response Quality in Nonprobability and Probability-based Online Panels

Recent years have seen a growing number of studies investigating the accuracy of nonprobability online panels; however, response quality in nonprobability online panels has not yet received much attention. To fill this gap, we investigate response quality in a comprehensive study of seven nonprobability online panels and three probability-based online panels with identical fieldwork periods and questionnaires ...

New DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue event series launched

The Berlin-based "DIW-OECD industrial strategy dialogues" event series was launchend on December 8. It provides a platform for dialogue between key stakeholders from policy, business, society, and academia to discuss cutting-edge research and which industrial strategies can work for Germany, Europe and their global partners to address the major challenges of our time. Successful industrial strategies ...

Neue Veranstaltungsreihe „DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue“ gestartet

Das DIW Berlin und das OECD Centre Berlin haben am 8. Dezember 2025 die neue Veranstaltungsreihe „DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue” gestartet. Sie bietet eine Plattform für den Dialog zwischen wichtigen Akteur*innen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft, um über aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zu geeigneten Industriestrategien für Deutschland, Europa und ihre globalen Partner zu ...

Binary Response Format or 11-Point Scale? Measuring Justice Evaluations of Earnings in the SOEP

Questions on justice of earnings are regularly fielded in large-scale surveys but insights intothe role of response formats on measures of the justice of earnings are missing. This problem isillustrated by the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which, in 2017, changed its question onthe justice of one’s own earnings from a binary response scale to an 11-point scale. Meanwhile, the shareof respondents ...

Associations of Socioeconomic Disparities with Buccal Dna-Methylation Measures of Biological Aging

Background: Individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are at increased risk for aging-related diseases and perform less well on tests of cognitive function. The weathering hypothesis proposes that these disparities in physical and cognitive health arise from an acceleration of biological processes of aging. Theories of how life adversity is biologically embedded identify epigenetic alterations, ...