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Implementing the local heating transition: Future initiatives for the energy transition in Lüneburg (Wärme-ZIEL)

The project “Implementing the local heating transition: Future initiatives for the energy transition in Lüneburg (Wärme-ZIEL)” investigates feasible strategies to support the shift toward a climate-neutral heat supply in the Lüneburg region. The goal is to accelerate the implementation of municipal heat plans, gather feedback from local stakeholders, and develop recommendations and strategies that...

Heizenergiebedarf, Heizenergiepreise und Heizausgaben in Zwei- und Mehrparteienhäusern 2022–2024, nach Raumordnungsregionen (interaktive Grafik)

"Award for outstanding research" went to Jonas Hannane

Jonas Hannane received the “Best Paper Award for Junior Scholars” from Faculty VII at TU Berlin for his article “Who Is AI Replacing? The Impact of Generative AI on Online Freelancing Platforms”, published in the journal Management Science in 2025. Congratulations! Jonas was a GC/BSE PhD researcher in the Firms and Markets Department. The award-winning paper was part of his dissertation.

"Preis für herausragende Forschung" an Jonas Hannane

Jonas Hannane erhielt den "Preis für herausragende Forschung" der Fakultät VII an der Technischen Universität Berlin für seinen im Jahr 2025 im Journal Management Science veröffentlichten Beitrag “Who Is AI Replacing? The Impact of Generative AI on Online Freelancing Platforms”. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Jonas war GC/BSE-Doktorand in der Abteilung Unternehmen und Märkte. Die nun ausgezeichnete Forschungsarbeit ...

How Do My Earnings Compare? Pay Referents and Just Earnings

Comparisons are crucial in shaping evaluations of one’s own position. Following this notion, we investigated the role of historical, financial, partner, occupational, and regional pay referents in predicting the just gross hourly earnings in a representative sample of German workers. Looking at this broad range of pay referents, we find that higher reference earnings were generally associated with ...

Earnings Trajectories After Divorce: The Legacies of the Earner Model During Marriage

Divorce marks the legal endpoint of a marital union. While divorce is increasingly seen as a ‘clean break’, the past marital history of the couple may nevertheless shape their present conditions. In particular, there may be a legacy of a highly gendered division of labour during marriage that may affect the ex-spouses’ earning trajectories beyond the date of divorce. Using register data from the German ...

The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes: Replicating and Extending “Dohmen, Falk, Huffman and Sunde 2012” Using Genetically Informed Twin Data

This replication revisits an influential contribution on the intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes, which, based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), reveals a positive correlation between parents' and children's attitudes. The authors of the original study argue that socialization in the family is important in the transmission process. The replication is motivated ...

Gratitude in Fundraising: Do ‘Thank You in Advance’ and Handwritten Thank You Notes Impact Fundraising Success?

While almost all charities rely on a set of donor appreciation strategies, their effectiveness for the success of fundraising campaigns is underresearched. Through two preregistered field studies conducted in collaboration with a leading German opera house (N = 10,000), we explore the significance of expressing gratitude and examine two different approaches to doing so. Our first study investigates ...

Pandemic-Ready Data: Linking the Socio-Economic Panel with Administrative Health Records

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant weaknesses in Germany’s ability to generate timely, equity-sensitive evidence at the household level. While national surveillance systems produced daily counts of confirmed cases, hospitalisations, and deaths, they offered little insight into the social and economic conditions shaping the spread and impact of the virus. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), ...

The Origins of Entrepreneurship: How Parental Role Models and Socialization Shape Later Entrepreneurial Intentions

This exploratory study examines the effects of parental socialization and parental role models at ages 7 to 10 on the entrepreneurial intentions of their children in adolescence. Analysis of German household data and more than 1,400 observations shows a moderation effect between parental role models and socialization. An adolescent’s willingness to become self-employed in the future is influenced by ...