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The Global Economy and the Euro Area: Expansion Continues but Is Losing Momentum

The global economy is likely to grow by over four percent this year and somewhat less next year. DIW Berlin has slightly raised its forecast for both years. Developed economies as well as emerging markets are experiencing an upturn; however, growth rates are likely to be slightly lower in the future. One reason for the sound global economy is the fact that the labor market situation is steadily improving, ...

Die Energiewende in Deutschland: Strategische Entscheidungen für die Zukunft

Zu den wichtigsten Aufgaben für Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Technik gehört die Energiewende. Sie ist eines der größten Projekte, die Deutschland sich je vorgenommen hat und – für alle Länder in der Welt – das beste Friedensprojekt, das wir derzeit haben. Ausgehend vom Pariser Klimaabkommen und dem Klimaschutzplan 2050 der Bundesregierung stellt der Beitrag dar, worin die Energiewende im einzelnen ...

El Tribunal Supremo y los casos por negligencias médicas en Espana

This short paper focuses on outcomes of medical malpractice claims decided by the Spanish Supreme Court from 2006 until 2010. Section 1 provides a brief introduction to the problem of medical malpractice. Section 2 describes the dataset and provides an overview of the main results in Amaral-Garcia and Garoupa (2015) and in Amaral-Garcia (2015a). The former assesses whether administrative courts can ...

Child Poverty during the Recession in Germany

Wenn der Job zur Persönlichkeit passt, ist das Gehalt höher

Wer in einem Job arbeitet, dessen Anforderungen seiner Persönlichkeit entsprechen, verdient mehr als andere. Vor allem Menschen, die genau das für ihre Arbeit erforderliche Maß an Offenheit für Neues mitbringen, werden besser bezahlt als ihre KollegInnen. Das belegt nun erstmals eine Studie auf Basis der Daten der für Deutschland repräsentativen Langzeitstudie Sozio-oekonomisches ...

Der Mythos der bösen Geldpolitik

Social Causation Versus Health Selection in the Life Course: Does Their Relative Importance Differ by Dimension of SES?

A person’s socioeconomic status (SES) can affect health (social causation) and health can affect SES (health selection). The findings for each of these pathways may depend on how SES is measured. We study (1) whether social causation or health selection is more important for overall health inequalities, (2) whether this differs between stages of the life course, and (3) between measures of SES. Using ...

How Does Education Improve Cognitive Skills? Instructional Time versus Timing of Instruction

This paper investigates two mechanisms through which education may affect cognitive skills in adolescence, exploiting a school reform carried out at the state level in Germany as a quasi-natural experiment to identify causal effects: between 2001 and 2007, years at academic-track high school were reduced by one, leaving the overall curriculum unchanged. First, I exploit the variation over time and ...

China's Emissions Trading Takes Steps Towards Big Ambitions

China recently announced its national emissions trading scheme, advancing market-based approaches to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Its evolution over coming years will determine whether it becomes an effective part of China’s portfolio of climate policies.

A Review of Technology and Policy Deep Decarbonization Pathway Options for Making Energy-Intensive Industry Production Consistent with the Paris Agreement