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Gender, Loneliness and Happiness during COVID-19

We analyse a measure of loneliness from a representative sample of German individuals interviewed in both 2017 and at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Both men and women felt lonelier during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did in 2017. The pandemic more than doubled the gender loneliness gap: women were lonelier than men in 2017, and the 2017-2020 rise in loneliness was far larger for ...

Verteilungswirkungen von finanziellen Unterstützungsmodellen für pflegende Angehörige: Gutachten des DIW Berlin im Auftrag des Sozialverbands VdK

Global Commodity Markets and Sovereign Risk across 150 Years

How do commodity price movements affect sovereign default risk over the long-run? Using a novel dataset covering 41 countries and 42 raw commodities, we take a comprehensive long-run view to shed light on this so far understudied relationship between commodity risk and sovereign risk across 150 years. We create a novel country-specific commodity price index that allows us to take advantage of countries’ ...

Das sind die größten Wirtschaftsrisiken 2023

Dieser Kommentar erschien am 27. Dezember 2022 in der WELT. Treffen die Konjunkturprognosen für 2023 zu, dann steht Deutschland und dem Rest Europas kein schlechtes Jahr bevor. Erwartet wird ein Jahr der Stagnation trotz Kriegs in der Ukraine, Energiekrise und geopolitischer Konflikte. Dieses Bild ignoriert jedoch zwei wichtige Aspekte: Es gibt fünf große Risiken, die jedes für sich genommen die deutsche ...

Warum Deutschland von der Zuwanderung profitiert

Die Integration der Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine ist eine Erfolgsgeschichte. Eine neue Studie des DIW Berlin zeigt: Deutschland hat aus vergangenen Fehlern gelernt. Über eine Million Ukrainer und Ukrainerinnen sind seit Beginn des Krieges nach Deutschland gekommen – für viele fast unbemerkt. Anders als 2015 und 2016 hat die Zuwanderung das Land nicht gespalten und konnte von Populistinnen und Populisten ...

Workshop-Serie: Learn to use SOEP over lunch (18./25. Januar und 1. Februar 2023)

On January 18, January 25, and February 1, 2023 the online workshop "SOEPcampus: Learn to use SOEP over lunch" takes place again. This online workshop series offers a short online introduction to the data of the Socio-economic panel study. Participants will be introduced to the content of the study, its data-structure, sample selection and weighting strategy and they will be provided with an overview ...

Workshop-Serie: Learn to use SOEP over lunch (18./25. Januar und 1. Februar 2023)

On January 18, January 25, and February 1, 2023 the online workshop "SOEPcampus: Learn to use SOEP over lunch" takes place again. This online workshop series offers a short online introduction to the data of the Socio-economic panel study. Participants will be introduced to the content of the study, its data-structure, sample selection and weighting strategy and they will be provided with an overview ...

Wealth Accumulation in Germany: Current Trends and Drivers

The dynamic recent development of asset prices, especially of real estate since 2010, and the widening wealth gap have sparked renewed public debate on the topic of wealth accumulation. Yet the existing literature leaves important questions about wealth accumulation unanswered: How great is the disparity in capital gains between rural and urban real estate owners? What are the drivers of wealth...

The Role of Pre-pandemic Depression for Changes in Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Longitudinal Probability Sample of Adults from Germany

Background: The present study aims to delineate the role of preexisting depression for changes in common mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Using mixed-effects linear regression models, we analyzed data on the course of depressive (Patient Health Questionnaire-2) and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2) symptoms as well as loneliness (three-item UCLA Loneliness Scale) ...

Gender, Loneliness and Happiness during COVID-19

We analyse a measure of loneliness from a representative sample of German individuals interviewed in both 2017 and at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Both men and women felt lonelier during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did in 2017. The pandemic more than doubled the gender loneliness gap: women were lonelier than men in 2017, and the 2017-2020 rise in loneliness was far larger for ...