We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is – starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female-owned firms than in maleowned firms. Results are robust ...
Noch nie wurde hierzulande so viel gearbeitet. Überstunden steuerlich zu entlasten, ist trotzdem falsch, schreiben die DIW Ökonom*innen Marcel Fratzscher, Mattis Beckmannshagen und Annika Sperling. Der Arbeitskräftebedarf ist eine große wirtschaftliche Herausforderung für Deutschland, denn bei fortschreitender Automatisierung und künstlicher Intelligenz braucht es Menschen, die in den Unternehmen die ...
In diesem Bericht werden Ergebnisse bis zum Berichtsjahr 2021 für Indikatoren Energieeffizienzinvestitionen, Bruttoproduktion, Beschäftigung sowie Umsätze mit Gütern und Dienstleistungen, die der Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz dienen, betrachtet. Schwerpunkte sind Maßnahmen zur Steigerung der Energieeffizienz im Gebäudebestand und im Produzierenden Gewerbe, Energieeffizienzdienstleistungen sowie ...
We consider structural vector autoregressions identified through stochastic volatility. Our focus is on whether a particular structural shock is identified by heteroskedasticity without the need to impose any sign or exclusion restrictions. Three contributions emerge from our exercise: (i) a set of conditions under which the matrix containing structural parameters is partially or globally unique; (ii) ...
Achieving climate neutrality and energy independence will require the accelerated diffusion ofexisting technologies, further cost reductions, as well as innovation in new technologies.However, climate related frontier innovation, as measured by patent fi lings, has been decliningsince 2012. In contrast, the deployment of existing technologies seems on the rise. The focus ondiffusion and commercialization ...
Making macroeconomics fit for a climate-neutral future: The European Union decided to be climate-neutral by 2050 and, hence, become the first climate-neutral continent in the world. Becoming climate-neutral can be considered one of the biggest challenges in our industrial societies. This transition will shape our future tremendously. The invasion of Ukraine further reinforced the necessity to speed ...
