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  • 6. Juli 2011

    Seminar

    Peer Effects in the Workplace - An Empirical Investigation with German Linked Employer-Employee Data
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Thomas Cornelissen (UCL) with Christian Dustmann (UCL) and Uta Schönberg (UCL)
    Ort: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

    Abstract: We develop a theoretical framework in which productivity spillovers between workers lead to peer effects in wages. We test the key implications of this model using wage data from a large-scale linked employer-employee data set for one well-defined local labour market. Our preliminary results provide evidence for positive peer effects in wages. We explore the heterogeneity in peer effects ...

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  • 4. - 8. Juli 2011

    Graduate Center Masterclasses

    Operations Research Course

    Speaker: Prof. Steven Gabriel and Jeremy Eckhause from the University of Maryland
    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 09:00-18:00

    The course will take place on the week from July 4 to July 8 at DIW in the Eleanor Dulles room (5.2.010). On July 6, it will take place in the Gustav Schmoller Room (1.2.026). The course will be held by Prof. Steven Gabriel and Jeremy Eckhause from the University of Maryland. Topics will include:non-linear optimizationinteger modelingcomplementarity modelingstochastic modelingapplication of these ...

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  • 30. Juni 2011

    Berlin Lunchtime Meeting

    Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung international: Die neugefassten OECD-Leitsätze für multinationale Unternehmen

    Ort: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 11:30 - 13:00

    vorgestellt von: Heino von Meyer, OECD Berlin CentreEin Jahr intensiver Konsultationen und Verhandlungen haben sich gelohnt: Vor wenigen Wochen einigten sich die 34 OECD-Mitgliedsländer sowie acht weitere Regierungen, darunter Argentinien und Brasilien, auf eine aktualisierte Fassung der OECD-Leitsätze für multinationale Unternehmen. Die Leitsätze bilden ein international ...

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  • 30. Juni 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Why some companies are sold below their market value

    Speaker: Utz Weitzel, Radboud University Nijmegen
    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • 29. Juni 2011

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar: Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers
    Spite and cognitive skills in preschoolers

    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 12:30 - 13:30

    Elisabeth Bügelmayer (SOEP and FU Berlin)C. Katharina Spieß (SOEP and FU Berlin)Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children’s cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214 ...

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  • 29. Juni 2011

    Seminar

    Are Uzbeks Better Off? Economic Welfare and Ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Susan Steiner (DIW Berlin) Damir Esenaliev (DIW Berlin)
    Ort: Berliner Büro des RWI
    Hessische Straße 10
    10115 Berlin
    Zeit: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

    Abstract: In the light of violent clashes between Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 we investigate the association between economic welfare and ethnicity in this country. We intend to answer two questions. First, are Uzbek households better off than Kyrgyz households, as is often claimed in the media and also by some academics? Second, what are the correlates of household welfare ...

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  • 24. - 25. Juni 2011

    Konferenz

    Development Economics and Policy

    Speaker: Alan Winters (Universität Sussex und Chefökonom DFID)Eliana La Ferrara (Universität Bocconi, Italien)
    Ort: DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin

    Die diesjährige Jahrestagung "Development Economics and Policy" findet am 24. und 25. Juni 2011 in Berlin statt und wird von der KfW Entwicklungsbank und dem Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) ausgerichtet.

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  • 23. Juni 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle

    Speaker: Johannes Schmieder, Boston University
    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • 22. Juni 2011

    Seminar

    Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies and Multiple Equilibria: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Enrico Moretti (UC Berkeley)
    Ort: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Room 125
    Spandauer Str. 1
    10178 Berlin
    Zeit: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

    Enrico Moretti is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley where he holds the Michael Peevey and Donald Vial Career Development Chair in Labor Economics. He is the Director of the Infrastructure and Urbanization Program at the International Growth Centre (London School of Economics and Oxford University). He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic ...

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  • 20. - 22. Juni 2011
  • 16. Juni 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    The Role of Absorptive Capacity for Growth

    Speaker: Sascha O. Becker, University of Warwick
    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 12:30-14:00

    Transfers to individuals, firms, and even regional jurisdictions are often regulated by threshold rules, giving rise to a regression discontinuity design. An example are transfers provided by the European Commission to regions of member states below a certain income level. Commonly, researchers focus on estimation of the average treatment effect, assuming that it does not vary in a systematic way ...

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  • 16. - 17. Juni 2011

    Graduate Center Masterclasses

    Behavioral Economics and Firms

    Speaker: Steffen Huck, University College London
    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 14:00-18:30 (16.06.)
    09:00-12:00 (17.06.)

    Masterclasses are a series of one- or two day courses on various topics in Economics, organized by the DIW Graduate Center. The target audience consists of graduate students in Economics at Berlin universities and research institutes. The GC Masterclasses are held on an irregular basis at DIW Berlin (about once a month) and are open to all affiliates of DIW Berlin, those of the BDPEMS program, and ...

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  • 15. Juni 2011

    Seminar

    Regional Availability of Education and Student Sorting
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Hanna Virtanen (Aalto University) Lotta Väänänen (NOKIA)
    Ort: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

    Abstract: We examine how the regional availability of education affects the schooling choices of young people. We use rich individual-level data on 4 cohorts of Finns leaving comprehensive school in 2000-2003 to study the sorting of individuals across 8 schooling alternatives (gymnasium and 7 vocational fields) and the option of not to study, applying a discrete choice model with random ...

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  • 15. Juni 2011

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar: Low-paid Jobs - Stepping Stone or Dead End?
    Low-paid Jobs - Stepping Stone or Dead End?

    Ort: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 12:30 - 13:30

    Alexander Plum (DIWecon)Andreas Knabe (FU Berlin)We examine whether low-paid jobs have an effect on the occupational advancement probability of unemployed persons to obtain better-paid jobs in the future (stepping-stone effect). We make use of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and apply a dynamic random-effects multinomial logit model. Our results suggest that low-wage jobs can act ...

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  • 9. Juni 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    The dynamics of welfare entry and exit among natives and immigrants

    Speaker: Regina T. Riphahn, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
    Ort: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 13:15-14:45

    Abstract: This paper uses panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to analyze welfare entry and exit and to determine the relevance of state dependence. We separately consider natives and immigrants after a substantial reform of the German welfare system ("Hartz reform"). Based on results from dynamic multinomial logit models, we calculate transition matrices between three ...

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  • 9. - 10. Juni 2011

    Konferenz

    The Role of Finance in Stabilizing the Past, Present, and Future Real Economy

    Ort: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin

    The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Boston College, Finance Center Münster, and Deutsche Bundesbank in cooperation with the Journal of Financial Stability will organize a conference on the future Role of Finance. The conference takes place on the 9th and 10th of June, 2011, in Berlin, Germany.

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  • 8. Juni 2011

    Seminar

    The long-term effects of school selection. Evidence from the "11 plus" and a truly unique longitudinal dataset
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Emilia del Bono (ISER, University of Essex) Damon Clark (University of Florida)
    Ort: Berliner Büro des RWI
    Hessische Straße 10
    10115 Berlin
    Zeit: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

    Abstract: Based on analyses of the effects of a wide range of educational experiences in different countries and time periods, the recent education literature suggests that high school interventions can affect a wide range of outcomes, including earnings, family life, health and happiness. In this paper we use a uniquely valuable dataset to document how a single educational intervention ...

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  • 8. Juni 2011

    Berlin Lunchtime Meeting

    Chancen und Risiken für Europäische Hochschulen im internationalen Wettbewerb

    Ort: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 12.00 - 14.00

    Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen Moderation: PD Dr. Hilmar Schneider, IZA, BonnDer ehemalige niederländische Bildungsminister und langjährige Präsident der Universität Maastricht, Prof. Dr. Jo Ritzen, hat unter dem Titel „Eine Chance für europäische Universitäten" soeben ein lesenswertes Buch vorgelegt. Darin befasst er sich mit der Frage, warum europäische ...

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  • 3. - 4. Juni 2011

    Konferenz

    Behavioral Finance Conference

    Ort: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 09:30-17:10 (03.06.)
    09:15-15:25 (04.06.)

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  • 1. Juni 2011

    Seminar

    New Perspectives on the Evaluation of Public R&D Funding
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Daivde Sala (Aarhus University) Marianna Marino (EPFL) Pierpaolo Parrotta (Aarhus University)
    Ort: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Zeit: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

    Abstract: Any economic criteria for an efficient allocation of resources is based on marginal "thinking". Such criteria can equally be applied to the evaluation of the public allocation of R&D funds. Differently from the usual evaluation schemes - mainly dichotomous - this study implements the continuous treatment matching approach to investigate the optimality of the modulation of ...

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