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The Economic Costs of Hybrid Wars: The Case of Ukraine

With more than ten thousand casualties, the ongoing hybrid Ukrainian war between pro-Russian separatists and the government in the Donbass region, Ukraine’s productive core, has taken a severe toll on the country. Using cross-country panel data over the period 1995–2017, this paper estimates the causal effects of the Donbass war on Ukraine’s GDP. Our counterfactual estimation by the synthetic control ...

Employment alongside Bachelor’s Studies in Germany: Implications for Education Outcomes, the School-to-Work Transition, and Equity

This study seeks to examine the implications of student employment for the studies, the entry into the labour market, and social inequalities in higher education. The main argument is that both the quantity and quality of work alongside studies can affect relevant academic and labour market outcomes. On the one hand, high amounts of work may prolong the studies and decrease academic achievement. Side-jobs ...

Staff and community news October 2020

Ulrike Ehrlich of the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA), Lara Minkus and Moritz Hess of SOCIUM, Bremen, received the Best Paper Award 2020 for young researchers from the German Society for Demography in April 2020. The paper, entitled “Einkommensrisiko Pflege? Der Zusammenhang von familiärer Pflege und Lohn” (“The care-wage penalty: the association between family care and ...

SOEPnewsletter 2020-10

SOEPnewsletter 2020-10

Population Decline Creating Constant Pressure on Eastern German States and Municipalities on the Expenditure Side

As the German constitution aims for equal living conditions, a huge number of political measures to enhance the conditions in the new states were undertaken after unification (known as the “Aufbau Ost”). In the new states, expenditure per capita rose significantly over the average expenditure of the old states and their municipalities and huge budget deficits occurred. Beginning in the mid-1990s, expenditure ...

SOEP-LEE2: SOEP workplace survey enters second round

The SOEP Linked Employer-Employee (SOEP-LEE) survey was conducted for the first time in 2012 and is now entering its second round as SOEP-LEE2. In cooperation with the Institute for Employment and Labour Relations (IPA) at the Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg and funded by the Center for Digitization and Technology Research of the German Armed Forces (DTEC.Bw), ...

SOEP-LEE2: Die Betriebsbefragung des SOEP geht in die 2. Runde

Die Betriebsbefragung des SOEP – zuerst im Jahr 2012 durchgeführt – geht in die 2. Runde. In Kooperation mit dem Institut für Personal und Arbeit (IPA) der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg (HSU) und gefördert durch das Zentrum für Digitalisierungs- und Technologieforschung der Bundeswehr (DTEC.Bw) werden in den kommenden vier Jahren zwei Wellen des SOEP-LEE2 erhoben werden. ...

Optionen zur Auszahlung einer Pro-Kopf-Klimaprämie für einen sozialverträglichen CO2-Preis: Endbericht; Forschungsprojekt im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Finanzen (fe 3/19)

Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2020

Unterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern treten in allen wirtschaftlichen Kontexten auf. Löhne und Karrierewege unterscheiden sich stark zwischen Männern und Frauen. Auch ihre Wahlmöglichkeiten und Präferenzen unterscheiden sich. Eine große Anzahl neuer Studien hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die Ursachen und Folgen derartiger geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschiede zu untersuchen. Welche Auswirkungen...