Using COME-HERE longitudinal data from 2021, this investigation links mask wearing, prosocial behaviour, and well-being. Given that mask wearing has positive externality properties, wearing one can be seen as pro-social behaviour. Individuals are categorised into three groups based on a comparison between their own mask wearing frequency and what is required by law. Those...
Auf seiner Sitzung Anfang November 2021 hat das Kuratorium des DIW Berlin fünf neue Mitglieder in den SOEP Survey Rat berufen. Diese werden das SOEP-Team in den kommenden Jahren zu Inhalt und Methodik der Haushaltsbefragungen, sowie zur Forschung und dem Dienstleistungsangebot des SOEP beraten. Die Ökonomin Conchita D'Ambrosio ist Professorin an der Universität Luxemburg. Sie forscht ...
At its meeting in early November 2021, the DIW Board of Trustees appointed five new members to the SOEP Survey Committee. In the coming years, they and the rest of the Survey Committee will advise the SOEP team on the content and methodology of the surveys, as well as on SOEP’s research and services. Economist Conchita D’Ambrosio is a professor at the University of Luxembourg. She conducts ...
Den Koalitionsvertrag von SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen und FDP kommentiert Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), wie folgt:
This paper assesses the impact of public good provision on the spatial distribution of employment as predicted by a local labor market model that allows for commuting. Using local grammar school closures in East Germany after 2000 in a difference-in-differences estimation framework coupled with an entropy balancing strategy, we find that the school closures triggered a decline in the number of (employed) ...
With the closure of the final six nuclear power plants, the commercial use of nuclear energy for electricity generation in Germany will come to an end in 2022. Due to the German power system's sufficient capacities—in 2020, the sector exported 20 terawatt hours (TWh), or about four percent of its electricity production—and its integration into the European electricity system, there is no reason to ...
Congratulations to Adrian Santonja for receiving the doctoral scholarship from the German Environmental Foundation. Being one of Europe's largest foundations, it promotes innovative exemplary projects in the field of environmental protection. Overall up to 60 PhD scholars are funded per year for a period of 36 months.
Congratulations to Adrian Santonja for receiving the doctoral scholarship from the DBU! Very well deserved!
Deutschlands verbliebene sechs Kernkraftwerke gehen in diesem und nächstem Jahr vom Netz – DIW-Studie untersucht energiewirtschaftliche Folgen – Energieversorgung bleibt sicher – Abschaltung ist zudem Bedingung für erfolgreiches Standortauswahlverfahren von Endlager Die Abschaltung der letzten Atommeiler in Deutschland führt nicht zu Versorgungsengpässen. Zu ...
