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The global economy and the Euro area: expansion continues but is losing momentum

The global economy is likely to grow by over four percent this year and somewhat less next year. DIW Berlin has slightly raised its forecast for both years. Developed economies as well as emerging markets are experiencing an upturn; however, growth rates are likely to be slightly lower in the future. One reason for the sound global economy is the fact that the labor market situation is steadily improving, ...

New Government Prolongs German Economic Upswing: Editorial

The Global Economy and the Euro Area: Expansion Continues but Is Losing Momentum

The global economy is likely to grow by over four percent this year and somewhat less next year. DIW Berlin has slightly raised its forecast for both years. Developed economies as well as emerging markets are experiencing an upturn; however, growth rates are likely to be slightly lower in the future. One reason for the sound global economy is the fact that the labor market situation is steadily improving, ...

New Government’s Policies Give the Thriving German Economy an Additional Boost

The German economy will grow by 2.4 percent this year, especially due to strong foreign demand. Brisk investment activity continues in this economic climate; stimulus from foreign trade, however, is weakening somewhat. Despite strong consumer demand in the coming quarters, employment and economic output growth are losing momentum. However, stimulus measures from the new federal government will increase ...

Consumers' Costly Responses to Product-Harm Crises

BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.

Workshop on Policy packages for low-carbon road maps in the materials sector

The workshop gives an overview of mitigation options, possible set of policy instruments, and how they influence decisions (engage, improve economics, support innovation etc.), outline for the analytic approach and discussion of the day.

Soeben veröffentlicht: SOEP Wave Report 2018

Der SOEP Wave Report 2018 enthält Informationen und Berichte des zurückliegenden Jahres zu den Aktivitäten und Veranstaltungen des SOEP und seiner Mitarbeitenden, zu Veröffentlichungen auf SOEP-Datengrundlage sowie die Methodenberichte des Umfrageinstituts KANTAR. Zusätzlich gibt der Wave Report einen Einblick in das SOEP-IS Modul: "Füchse in der Stadt", in das Forschungsprojekt ...

Just released: the 2018 SOEP Wave Report

The 2018 SOEP Wave Report with reports from Kantar and the SOEP unit at DIW Berlin on our fieldwork, publications, activities, and new developments including the SOEP-IS module "Foxes" and the research project SOEP-RV, linking the SOEP with administrative pension data.

Time to Care? The Effects of Retirement on Informal Care Provision

This paper analyzes the impact of a reduction in women's labor supply through retirement on their informal care provision. Using SOEP data from the years 2001- 2016 the analysis addresses fundamental endogeneity problems by applying a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. We exploit early retirement thresholds for women in the German pension system as instruments for their retirement decision. We ...

Workshop on Trade and climate policy in 2018 and beyond. How to get the incentives right?

Workshop on Trade and climate policy in 2018 and beyond. How to get the incentives right?