Was bewegt unsere Gesellschaft – heute und morgen? Das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) stellt sich den großen Fragen unserer Zeit: Von sozialer Ungleichheit über Klimaschutz bis hin zur europäischen Integration. In einem neuen Video gibt DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher Einblicke in die Arbeit des Instituts. Im Video erklärt er: „Unser Auftrag ist nicht der Elfenbeinturm, sondern ...
Barbara Stacherl hat am 9. September ihre Dissertation mit dem Titel „‚Spatial Healthcare Access: Measurement, Health-Related Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization“ mit summa cum laude erfolgreich an der Universität Bielefeld abgeschlossen. Die Dissertation hat Barbara im Rahmen des Promotionsstudiengangs Public Health eingereicht und verteidigt. Die Kommission bestand aus Prof. Odile Sauzet (Erstbetreuung, ...
On September 9, Barbara Stacherl successfully completed her dissertation entitled “Spatial Healthcare Access: Measurement, Health-Related Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization” with summa cum laude at Bielefeld University. Barbara submitted and defended her dissertation as part of the Public Health doctoral program. The committee consisted of Prof. Odile Sauzet (primary supervisor, Bielefeld University), ...
Machine learning is increasingly used in social science research, especially for prediction. However, the results are sometimes not as straight-forward to interpret compared to classic regression models. In this paper, we address this trade-off by comparing the predictive performance of random forests and logit regressions to analyze labor market vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a ...
Stock market participation among working household heads jumped upwards in 2020 - in Germany by about 25 %. A major cause is the required use of work from home (WfH). We show this by adding WfH to a large set of explanatory variables. Moreover, we implement an instrumental variables estimation based on industry-specific levels of WfH-capacity. The transmission channels seem to work via increased available ...
The ongoing expansion of wind and solar electricity generation alongside increasing electrification is leading to a considerable strain on transmission capacities and grid bottlenecks in the EU. Coping with this challenge requires increasing system flexibility, e.g. by exploiting the potential for demand-side flexibility. However, in the current market design, demand-side flexibility responds to zonal ...
Numerous studies in recent decades have shown a significant association bet-ween familiar socioeconomic status (SES) and child development. Less is known about the cumulative effects of socioeconomic risk factors, which may have a greater impact on child outcomes than single factors, especially in the first years of life. The study utilized latent mixture models to investigate the effects of socioeconomic ...
Als DIW-Forscherin Dorothea Schäfer im Sommer 2007 auf dem Weg zur Arbeit in der Berliner U-Bahn saß, konnte sie ihren Augen kaum glauben. Zwischen Wettervorhersagen und Promi-News verkündeten die Nachrichtenbildschirme des Berliner Fensters: Deutsche Industriebank IKB steht vor der Insolvenz. Schäfer war zwischen 2002 und 2023 am DIW Berlin, wo sie unter anderem die Forschungsgruppe Finanzmärkte ...
