Please consider our Call for Papers for the workshop on "Firms, Workers, and Households in Times of Crisis and Digital Transformation" (November 26-27, 2026 at DIW Berlin). The Linked Employer-Employee Study of the Socio-Economic Panel was first conducted in 2012 and is now entering its second round. The focus of SOEP-LEE2 is on longer-term changes in labor relations in the context of ongoing...
This paper analyses the relationship between locus of control (LOC) and the demand for supplementary health insurance. Drawing on longitudinal data from Germany, we find robust evidence that individuals having an internal LOC are more likely to take up supplementary private health insurance (SUPP). The increase in the probability to have a SUPP due to one standard deviation increase in the measure ...
Usually, it is expected that income increases life satisfaction. In recent years tough, research emerged that shows how subjective well-being, including satisfaction, influences objective measures, as for example income. This would then require explicit identification strategies for estimating effects of income on life satisfaction. I address this issue using German SOEP data and Lewbel’s (2012) method, ...
DIW Berlin forecasting experts are lowering their forecast for 2021 from 3.2 to 2.1 percent - Supply bottlenecks and material shortages are weighing on German industry - Private consumption remains restrained - With growth of just under five percent, the German economy will pick up speed in 2022 once bottlenecks have been overcome and infection rates have fallen on a sustained basis - Inflation no ...
DIW-KonjunkturforscherInnen senken Prognose für 2021 von 3,2 auf 2,1 Prozent – Lieferengpässe und Materialknappheit belasten deutsche Industrie – Privater Konsum noch verhalten – Erst im kommenden Jahr könnte die deutsche Wirtschaft mit einem Plus von knapp fünf Prozent Fahrt aufnehmen, wenn Engpässe überwunden und Infektionszahlen nachhaltig gesunken ...
Marcel Fratzscher rechnet damit, dass die Rente in 25 Jahren zu mehr als der Hälfte vom Bund bezuschusst werden muss. Doch selbst das würde nicht zu Stabilisierung reichen, warnte er im Deutschlandfunk. Dieses Interview wurde am 29. Oktober 2021 im Deutschlandfunk gesendet. Herr Fratzscher, sind die Jungen die Dummen? Marcel Fratzscher: Na ja, das ist die Gefahr. Unser Rentensystem funktioniert ...
