Organiser: Prof. Dr. Timm Teubner (TU Berlin) In this beginner’s guide to web crawling, we will cover the basics of how to automatically extract information from static and dynamic websites. The course will include a fair share of “hands on” work, in which we will write and run code ourselves (Java). If you plan to code along (highly recommended), please have a Java IDE...
Content: A quick review of the panel SF models (True Random effects, 4 component models) Address endogeneity of regressors(i) a two-step approach sing expect profit max framework(ii) A single-step approach using IV Spatial SF production models with dependence via(i) output(ii) Input(s)(iii) noise term(iv) inefficiency Examples of spatial models that I plan to go through(i) crime...
Die Große Koalition hat sich in einer Arbeitsgruppe des Koalitionsausschusses grundsätzlich auf eine verbindliche Geschlechterquote für Vorstände geeinigt. Dazu ein Statement von Katharina Wrohlich, Leiterin der Forschungsgruppe Gender Economics am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):
Background: Some have hypothesized that the coronavirus crisis may result in a retraditionalization of behaviour. This paper examines this hypothesis by analyzing how the time fathers and mothers spent with their children changed during the first lockdown in the case of Germany.Methods: Data for this investigation come from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The outcome variable is the time spent on ...
About two billion people in the world do not own a financial account and there are many more who use financial services only occasionally. In the past, initiatives which address these problems of financial exclusion focused on the supply side of financial markets, in particular by increasing the branch network of banks and by offering cheap bank products. While this had the desired effect, recent ...
Sabine Zinn wurde am 4.11.2020 zur Professorin für Sozialwissenschaftliche Methoden mit dem Schwerpunkt Survey-Methodik an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ernannt. Wir gratulieren und freuen uns, dass sie dem SOEP dabei weiterhin als Mitglied des Direktoriums und Leiterin des Bereichs „Surveymethodik und -management“ erhalten bleiben wird. „Darüber hinaus freuen ...
Sabine Zinn was appointed Professor of Social Science Methods with a focus on survey methodology at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin on November 4, 2020. We congratulate her and are pleased that she will continue to serve as a member of the SOEP Board of Directors and as head of the division of Survey Methodology and Management. SOEP Director Stefan Liebig commented, “We are also very pleased ...
While the economic voting hypothesis is a well-researched approach to explain behavior at the ballot box, a broader perspective of economic, social and environmental issues regarding a government’s chances to get re-elected is still missing in the literature. In this context, this paper makes use for the first time of the Agenda 2030 with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the comprehensive ...
