We investigate policies for increasing recycling to facilitate decarbonization within the basic material sector, including market-based policies, such as carbon pricing, advanced disposal fee and minimum recycled content requirement, and non-market policies, such as product design standard. We develop an analytical model to assess the role of these policy instruments for recycling related choices of ...
This study provides novel evidence about the pension wealth elasticity of employment. For the identification we exploit reform-induced variation of pension wealth that is related to the number of children but which does not affect the implicit tax rate of employment. We use a difference-in-differences estimator based on administrative data from the German pension insurance and find that, on average, ...
This paper presents a data fusion approach combining German National Travel Survey data with aggregate transport indicators such as passenger counts in order to generate annual passenger kilometers travelled (PKT) for the German National Transport Statistics. To cover all travel adequately, the model combines two MiD data sets (a 24-hour-trip diary and an overnight journey questionnaire) and includes ...
In this paper, we analyse a sample of voluntarily published country-by-country reports (CbCRs) of 35 multinational enterprises (MNEs). We assess the value added and the limitations of qualitative and quantitative information provided in the reports based on a comparison to individual MNEs’ annual financial reports and aggregate CbCR data provided by the OECD. In terms of data quality, we find that ...
In times of crises, democracies face the challenge of balancing effective interventions with civil liberties. This study examines German states’ response during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the interplay between civil liberties and public health goals. Using state-level variation in mobility restrictions, we employ a difference-in-differences design to show that stay-at-home ...
DIW-Forscher Johannes Geyer zieht zwei Jahre nach ihrer Einführung Bilanz. Hat sie ihren Zweck erfüllt? Transkript des Videos zum Nachlesen
Im Jahr 2021 führte Deutschland nach jahrelanger Debatte die Grundrente ein, ein Rentenzuschlag für Geringverdienende mit langen Versicherungsbiografien, niedrigen Rentenanwartschaften und geringem Einkommen. Die Einführung dieses komplexen Instruments – laut SPD ein „sozialpolitischer Meilenstein“ – dauerte allerdings zwei Jahre. Die Auswirkungen der Grundrente sind bisher kaum erforscht. Erst seit ...
16. Januar 2024 – Im Jahr 2021 führte Deutschland nach jahrelanger Debatte die Grundrente ein, ein Rentenzuschlag für Geringverdienende mit langen Versicherungsbiografien, niedrigen Rentenanwartschaften und geringem Einkommen. Die Einführung dieses komplexen Instruments – laut SPD ein „sozialpolitischer Meilenstein“ – dauerte allerdings zwei Jahre. Die Auswirkungen der Grundrente sind bisher kaum...
