Clara Schäper, Research Associate in the Public Economics Department and Gender Economics research group and Ph.D. student at the University of Potsdam, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “The Personal is Political: Five Essays in Labor and Family Economics” on May 12, 2026. She was supervised by Katharina Wrohlich and C. Katharina Spieß. Congratulations!
In structural vector autoregressive analysis, it has become quite popular to identify some structural shocks of interest by external instruments or proxies. This study points out a variety of areas where such proxies have been used and sketches the way the proxies have been constructed. It reviews identification and estimation methods that have been considered in this context. Moreover, it points out ...
We are proud to share that our PhD student Gökhan Ider (Freie Universität Berlin) and Hedda Thorell from Stockholm University were awarded the Lamfalussy Research Fellowship 2026 by the European Central Bank. They are among five fellows and will work on their paper "News-driven fluctuations and monetary policy transmission" during their fellowship. The Lamfalussy Fellowship program was launched in ...
Coping with prolonged periods of low availability of wind and solar power, also referred to as variable renewable energy droughts or “Dunkelflaute”, emerges as a key challenge for realizing decarbonized energy systems based on renewable energy. Here we investigate the role of long-duration electricity storage and geographical balancing through transmission in dealing with such events in Europe, combining ...
Krankheitsbedingte Fehltage von Beschäftigten in Deutschland sind 2022 stark gestiegen – Grund ist aber nicht primär die elektronische Krankschreibung – Atemwegserkrankungen und verändertes Verhalten nach der Pandemie sorgen für mehr Fehlzeiten am Arbeitsplatz – Teilkrankschreibung und mehr Präventionsmaßnahmen könnten dem entgegenwirken Die krankheitsbedingten Fehltage von Beschäftigten in Deutschland ...
Die Reichen stärker besteuern? Klingt fair und könnte Milliarden einbringen. Doch eine Vermögensteuer ist nicht effizient, Immobilien lassen sich besser besteuern. Deutschland steht vor einer gewaltigen finanzpolitischen Herausforderung: Bildung, Innovation, Klimaschutz, Infrastruktur und sozialer Zusammenhalt erfordern Milliarden. Gleichzeitig schrumpft der Spielraum des Staates – Schuldenbremse ...
