Using machine learning methods in a quasi-experimental setting, I study the heterogeneous effects of introducing waste prices - unit prices on household unsorted waste disposal - on waste demands and municipal costs. Using a unique panel of Italian municipalities with large variation in prices and observables, I show that waste demands are nonlinear. I find evidence of constant elasticities at low ...
The upward trend in women’s representation on executive and supervisory boards of major companies in Germany continued in 2022, although the overall momentum has slowed yet again. Growth on executive boards in particular has slowed, as the most recent DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer shows: Following a significant increase at the 200 largest companies from 2020 to 2021, there was only a one-percentage-point ...
Many companies in Germany must provide information beyond financial figures in their annual reports. For some years now, legislators have increasingly required information on non-financial aspects, such as the shares of women in leadership positions. Using a quantitative text analysis of annual reports, this second report in the 2023 DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer shows that the major publicly ...
Energieökonomin Claudia Kemfert vom Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung war zu Gast bei Markus Lanz am 26. Januar 2023. Weitere Gäste: Politiker Jens Spahn, Journalistin Eva Quadbeck und Journalistin Kathrin Witsch. Die Sendung kann in der ZDF-Mediathek angesehen werden.
Energieökonomin Claudia Kemfert vom Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung war zu Gast MDR um 4 vom 1. Dezember 2023. Die Sendung kann in der hier angesehen werden.
We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We find that people with pessimistic beliefs about their income position are more attuned to populist statements. ...
Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck stellt heute den Jahreswirtschaftsbericht der Bundesregierung vor. Dazu ein Statement von Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):
