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The Dynamics of Recent Refugees’ Language Acquisition: How Do Their Pathways Compare to Those of Other New Immigrants?

Do the processes underlying destination-language acquisition differ between recently arrived refugees and other new immigrants? Based on a well-established model of language learning according to which language fluency is a function of efficiency, incentives, and exposure, this study addresses general processes of language learning as well as conditions specific to refugees. Longitudinal data on refugees ...

Vorwort 2025: DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher begrüßt zum Jahresrückblick

Response Quality in Nonprobability and Probability-based Online Panels

Recent years have seen a growing number of studies investigating the accuracy of nonprobability online panels; however, response quality in nonprobability online panels has not yet received much attention. To fill this gap, we investigate response quality in a comprehensive study of seven nonprobability online panels and three probability-based online panels with identical fieldwork periods and questionnaires ...

New DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue event series launched

The Berlin-based "DIW-OECD industrial strategy dialogues" event series was launchend on December 8. It provides a platform for dialogue between key stakeholders from policy, business, society, and academia to discuss cutting-edge research and which industrial strategies can work for Germany, Europe and their global partners to address the major challenges of our time. Successful industrial strategies ...

Neue Veranstaltungsreihe „DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue“ gestartet

Das DIW Berlin und das OECD Centre Berlin haben am 8. Dezember 2025 die neue Veranstaltungsreihe „DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue” gestartet. Sie bietet eine Plattform für den Dialog zwischen wichtigen Akteur*innen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft, um über aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zu geeigneten Industriestrategien für Deutschland, Europa und ihre globalen Partner zu ...

Binary Response Format or 11-Point Scale? Measuring Justice Evaluations of Earnings in the SOEP

Questions on justice of earnings are regularly fielded in large-scale surveys but insights intothe role of response formats on measures of the justice of earnings are missing. This problem isillustrated by the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), which, in 2017, changed its question onthe justice of one’s own earnings from a binary response scale to an 11-point scale. Meanwhile, the shareof respondents ...

Associations of Socioeconomic Disparities with Buccal Dna-Methylation Measures of Biological Aging

Background: Individuals who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are at increased risk for aging-related diseases and perform less well on tests of cognitive function. The weathering hypothesis proposes that these disparities in physical and cognitive health arise from an acceleration of biological processes of aging. Theories of how life adversity is biologically embedded identify epigenetic alterations, ...

Goodbye Willkommensgefühl

Geflüchtete berichten in Deutschland häufig von Diskriminierung – besonders bei der Wohnungssuche und auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Ellen Heidinger, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) des DIW Berlin, erklärt im Interview, warum Diskriminierung Integration massiv erschwert, wie sich das Willkommensgefühl seit 2018 verändert hat und welche politischen Maßnahmen dringend notwendig ...

Best Paper Award für Lavinia Kinne

Auf dem 2025 European Winter Meeting der Econometric Society, das vom 7. bis 9. Dezember in Nicosia auf Zypern stattfand, wurden Lavina Kinne und Virginia Sondergeld mit dem Best Paper Prize ausgezeichnet. Das prämierte Projekt der beiden heißt: “Meet my family: women in leadership and gender stereotypes in the media”. Wir gratulieren herzlich zu diesem tollen Erfolg!  In der Studie untersuchen die ...

Best Paper Award for Lavinia Kinne

At the 2025 European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, which took place from December 7 to 9 in Nicosia, Cyprus, Lavina Kinne and Virginia Sondergeld were awarded the Best Paper Prize. The award-winning project by the two authors is entitled: “Meet my family: women in leadership and gender stereotypes in the media.” We congratulate them on this great success!  In their study, the two ...