Am 9. und 10. März 2023 organisieren wir einen zweitägigen Präsenz-Workshop zum Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) am DIW Berlin. Neben Vorträgen zu Aufbau, Datenstruktur, Ziehungsdesign und Gewichtungsstrategie bieten hands-on Sessions eine praxisorientierte Annäherung an die Daten und ihre Potentiale. Der Workshop richtet sich an Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler auf allen Qualifikationsstufen, ...
We study the multifaceted effects of trade policy shocks on financial markets using a structural vector autoregression identified via event day heteroskedasticity. We find that restrictive US trade policy shocks affect US and international stock prices heterogeneously, but generally negatively. They increase market uncertainty, lower US interest rates, and lead to an appreciation of the US dollar. ...
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit from a minimum wage. We combine a “differential trend adjusted difference-in-differences estimator” (DTADD) and descriptive evidence to evaluate the impact of the ...
This paper studies if workers infer from correlation about causal effects in the context of the part-time wage penalty. Differences in hourly pay between full-time and part-time workers are strongly driven by worker selection and systematic sorting. Ignoring these selection effects can lead to biased expectations about the consequences of working part-time on wages (’selection neglect bias’). Based ...
Bauvolumen geht inflationsbereinigt im Jahr 2022 zurück – Preisentwicklung und steigende Zinsen werden auch in den kommenden Jahren der Bauwirtschaft schwer zu schaffen machen – Wohnungsneubau bricht stärker ein als gesamtes Bauvolumen – Politik wird Strategiewechsel vollziehen müssen, um Ziele bei Schaffung neuen Wohnraums und energetischer Gebäudesanierung mittelfristig zu erreichen Inflation und ...
This study examines the money-subjective well-being nexus by studying the link between changes in jointly and solely (i.e. respondents’ own and their partner’s own) held gross wealth and changes in married individuals’ subjective well-being. Joint assets reflect norms of sharing responsibilities and resources. Solely held assets, in contrast, offer individual economic independence. Using wealth data ...
