Wie entstehen Konjunkturprognosen und welche Rolle spielen sie für die Politik? Im Podcast „Wirtschaft bewegt – 100 Jahre Wirtschaftsforschung am DIW Berlin“ gewährt Geraldine Dany-Knedlik, Leiterin des Bereichs Prognose und Konjunkturpolitik, Einblick hinter die Kulissen. Sie beschreibt, wie wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen analysiert und daraus konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für die Politik...
Who makes it to the top? We use the leading socio-economic survey in Germany, supplemented by extensive data on the rich, to answer this question. We identify the key predictors for belonging to the top 1 percent of income, wealth, and both distributions jointly. Although we consider many, only a few traits matter: Entrepreneurship and self-employment in conjunction with a sizable inheritance of company ...
BackgroundHealth system resilience, the ability of a health system to maintain its functions under stress, has received increasing attention in recent years. Shortcomings in health system resilience are often most visible in the most vulnerable settings, including the care for asylum seekers and refugees. We therefore examined how the German health system responded to challenges and uncertainties during ...
Background: Populations experiencing precarity face heightened mental health inequities, especially during crises. In this regard, it is established that socio-economic status (SES) and social isolation are critical factors influencing mental health outcomes, which interact syndemically. Understanding their interrelated mechanisms is crucial for developing effective public health strategies to support ...
Earnings are often top-coded (right-censored) in administrative registers. The censoring threshold in the case of Germany is the limit value for social security contributions, leading to a substantial fraction of censoring: For example, about 12%of male workers inWest Germany are affected, rising to above 30% for highly educated prime-aged workers. This missing right tail of the earnings distribution ...
Kai Wegner hat anlässlich von 100 Jahren Wirtschaftsforschung aus der Hauptstadt ins Rote Rathaus geladen. Dem DIW um Präsident Marcel Fratzscher will er ein besonderes Geschenk machen. Beitrag von Felix Kiefer in "Der Tagesspiegel" vom 6. März 2025. Die Freude ist dem Regierenden Bürgermeister am Mittwochnachmittag im Roten Rathaus ins Gesicht geschrieben. Das Deutsche Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung ...
