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The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments

Climate Neutral Production, Free Allocation of Allowances under Emissions Trading Systems, and the WTO: How to Secure Compatibility with the ASCM

To reach climate neutrality, carbon emissions from the production of basic materials need to be significantly reduced. For governments’ support measures to be consistent with their World Trade Organization obligations, they need to be compatible with the WTO’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM). This paper analyzes the ASCM consistency of three selected support schemes, namely: ...

Effectiveness, Spillovers, and Well-Being Effects of Driving Restriction Policies

We study the effectiveness, spillovers, and well-being effects of low emission zones in Germany, an emission-intensity-based driving restriction rapidly growing in popularity. Using regression discontinuity and group-time difference-in-differences designs, we show that previous estimates of the policy’s impact on traffic-related air pollution significantly underestimate its effectiveness. We provide ...

Ungleichheit im Alter: Lebenserwartung, Pflege und Reformen des Wohlfahrtstaats

Ziel des Forschungsprojektes ist es zu untersuchen, wie sich Ungleichheiten im Alter über die Zeit und zwischen Kohorten entwickelt haben, welche Rolle die Politik dabei gespielt hat und welches Potenzial sozialpolitische Reformen haben, um Ungleichheit zu reduzieren. In dem Projekt sollen Daten und sozialpolitische Reformen insbesondere im Bereich Rente und Pflege aus Nordamerika (Kanada),...

Unequal ageing: life-expectancy, care needs and reforms to the welfare state

The main objective of this project is to analyse how inequalities in old age have developed over time and birth cohorts, to what extent public policies have influenced these trends, and to assess the potential of sociopolitical reforms to reduce such inequalities. This project analyses and compares data and sociopolitical reforms (retirement and longterm care) from North America (Canada), Western...

Mobile Phone Network Expansion in Sparsely Populated Regions in Germany: Roaming Benefits Consumers

As part of the 2019 frequency allocation process for mobile communications, the Federal Network Agency required network providers to achieve a certain level of mobile network coverage for the population. Cooperation between different network providers was also permitted for the first time, although it was not specified what forms of cooperation are permitted. Using a model, this report shows that providers ...

The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap

We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has fallen since 1981. Previous research has found divergent results across techniques, identification strategies, data sets, and time periods. Using Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics data and a number of different identification strategies, we find robust evidence that, after controlling ...

Die Produktivität dürfte bei wissensintensiven Unternehmensdienstleistungen wieder steigen: Interview mit Alexander Schiersch

Fusion von Vonovia und Deutsche Wohnen würde europäischen Immobilienriesen schaffen

Zur geplanten Übernahme von Deutsche Wohnen durch Vonovia äußert sich Claus Michelsen, Immobilienökonom und Konjunkturchef des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), wie folgt: