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SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin: Präsenzworkshop am 8./9. Februar 2024

Am 8. und 9. Februar 2024 organisieren wir einen zweitägigen Präsenz-Workshop zum Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) am DIW Berlin. Der Workshop wird in deutscher Sprache abgehalten und neben Vorträgen zur Datenstruktur, zum Stichprobendesign und zur Gewichtungsstrategie werden auch praktische Übungen angeboten, um einen praxisorientierten Zugang zu den SOEP-Daten und ein Verständnis für deren Potenzial ...

Access to Digital Finance: Equity Crowdfunding across Countries and Platforms

Financing entrepreneurship spurs innovation and economic growth. Digital financial platforms that crowdfund equity for entrepreneurs have emerged globally, yet they remain poorly understood. We model equity crowdfunding in terms of the relationship between the number of investors and the amount of money raised per pitch. We examine heterogeneity in the average amount raised per pitch that is associated ...

The Internationalisation of R&D: Past, Present and Future

In this perspective paper we discuss major trends that will shape the internationalisation of business R&D in the future. New scientific discoveries will provide new opportunities to innovate; the growing scientific capabilities in emerging economies will create new hot spots for relevant knowledge; new research activities will emerge from the need to combat climate change; digital technologies including ...

The Long-Term Effects of Measles Vaccination on Earnings and Employment: A Replication Study of Atwood (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022)

Atwood analyzes the effects of the 1963 U.S. measles vaccination on long-run labor market out-comes, using a generalized difference-in-differences approach. We reproduce the results of this paper and perform a battery of robustness checks. Overall, we confirm that the measles vaccination had positive labor market effects. While the negative effect on the likelihood of living in povertyand the positive ...

Climate Change and Monetary Policy: Risks, Instruments, and Chances: In-Depth Analysis ; Requested by the ECON Committee

Rising inflation complicates the alignment of the ECB’s policies with the Paris Agreement. This paper provides novel evidence for inflationary pressures arising from natural disasters. We then discuss the effectiveness of monetary instruments to boost a green transition, concluding that the scope of policy measures used thus far is limited. As additional measures, we advise active rebalancing of the ...

Decline in Job Satisfaction and How it Relates to Investment Decisions of the Self-Employed

Despite substantial research on job satisfaction in self-employment, we know little about the specific consequences for the venture when job satisfaction declines after an external shock. Taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of an external shock and drawing on a sample of nearly 7,000 self-employed individuals living in Germany, we investigate how declines in job satisfaction are related to investment ...

Lockert die Wohnsitzauflage, bessert die Bleibeperspektive

Die Integration von Geflüchteten in den Arbeitsmarkt läuft besser als oft behauptet. Doch noch erschweren viele Restriktionen die Jobsuche. Die Regierung muss das ändern. Der Umgang mit Geflüchteten wird sicher auch nächstes Jahr Streit entfachen. Es wird neue Forderungen von Politik oder Medien, die Zuwanderung zu begrenzen, Abschiebungen zu beschleunigen oder Leistungen für Geflüchtete zu kürzen, ...

„Politik muss lernen, dass Geld knapp ist“

Ein Urteil aus Karlsruhe hat die Ampelkoalition in die Haushaltskrise gestürzt. Welche Lehren sind daraus zu ziehen? Ein Streitgespräch zwischen den Ökonomen Thomas Mayer und Josefin Meyer über Sinn und Unsinn der Schuldenbremse. Dieses Interview mit Josefin Meyer erschien am 15. April 2024 bei Cicero. Frau Meyer, Herr Mayer, das Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zur Schuldenbremse hat in Berlin ...

Routes to the Top

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 ...

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