Ort:Schumpeter SaalDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Agenda and PresentationsOttmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research: Emission trading, linking, and offsettingFelix Matthes, Öko-Institute for Applied Ecology: Emission trading, linking, and offsetting
Ort:Schumpeter SaalDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:13 Uhr
SEI is an independent international research institute with 7 centers in Europe, the US, Asia and Africa. We conduct applied scientific research, bringing the best available science to policy makers. This talk will give an overview of the climate change work at our US offices and will include introductions to: Energy scenario work with SEI's modeling tool LEAP, SEI's climate economics work based ...
Ort:Gustav-Schmoller-RaumDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Room 3.3.002AMohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:12.30 - 13.30
Jürgen Faik, FaMa - Neue Frankfurter SozialforschungDer Vortrag befasst sich mit Trends der Lebenszufriedenheit und der Zufriedenheit in einzelnen Lebensbereichen sowohl in West- als auch in Ostdeutschland. Diese Form der Analyse ist teilweise in einen internationalen Kontext eingebunden. Außerdem werden querschnittsbezogene Strukturen zur Lebenszufriedenheit präsentiert. Ein ...
Ort:Gustav-Schmoller-RaumDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Room 3.3.002AMohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:12.30 - 13.30
Peter ValetStefan Liebig, Universitäg BielefeldEmpirical research on distributive justice seeks to identify justice perceptions in a society which can be considered as patterns that legitimate inequalities. Therefore the analysis of distributive justice evaluations primarily focuses on the perceived justice of (labour) incomes. So far empirical justice research using large scale survey data ...
Speaker:Prof. Dr. Karl W. Steininger
Department of Economics & Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz, Austria
Ort:Gustav-Schmoller-RaumDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Room 3.3.002AMohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:11:00-12:00
AbstractIn this study CO2 emissions embodied in Austrian international trade are quantified employing a 66-region input output model of multidirectional trade. We find that Austria's final demand CO2 responsibilities on a global scale are 38% higher than conventional statistics report (110 Mt-CO2 versus 79 Mt-CO2 in 2004). For each unit of Austrian final demand, currently two thirds of the thus ...
Speaker:Daniel Gros, Direktor des Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brüssel
Ort:Schumpeter SaalDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:12 - 14 Uhr
Wie sollte ein Rettungspaket im Falle einer Zahlungsunfähigkeit Griechenlands aussehen? Sollte Griechenland aus dem Kreis der Euro-Länder ausgeschlossen werden?Der renommierte Ökonom und Politikberater Daniel Gros plädiert für einen Europäischen Währungsfonds - analog zum Internationalen Währungsfonds. Wie könnte dieses Modell funktionieren und ist ...
Ort:Gustav-Schmoller-RaumDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Room 3.3.002AMohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Neben einleitenden Plenarveranstaltungen mit Vorträgen zu „Inhalt, Struktur und Nutzungsmöglichkeiten der SOEP-Daten" und „Hochrechnung und Gewichtung" sowie einer Online-Demonstration der vielfältigen Möglichkeiten von SOEPinfo liegt der Schwerpunkt des Workshops in Hands-on-Sessions. Anmeldung leider nicht mehr möglich, alle Plätze sind ...
The aim of the workshop is to bring together leading scholars and young researchers working on topics related to entrepreneurship research at the intersection of economics and psychology. Acknowledging the increasing importance of understanding the determinants of entrepreneurial development, we invite contributions from various methodological backgrounds: theoretical contributions as well as ...
Ort:Gustav-Schmoller-RaumDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Room 3.3.002AMohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:12.30 - 13.30
Anne Busch, DIW BerlinAlthough women and men nowadays are similarly work-oriented and show a comparable human capital accumulation (e.g. concerning education), most women still work in typical "women's jobs" and most men in typical "men's jobs". While there exists much research about consequences of working in gender typical or atypical occupations, only few studies analyze ...
Speaker:Prof. Jörn Steffen Pischke
London School of Economics (LSE)
Jointly organized with BENA lecture series (3 lectures of 90 mins).The lectures will be largely based on the recently published book "Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion" by Joshua Angrist and Jörn-Steffen Pischke. Topics covered in the lectures include:(1) Basics in regression analysis: The role of control variables and measurement error(2) Grouped data and two ...
Ort:Schumpeter SaalDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
WATERDAYWorkshop on Water Economics and TechnologyOrganized by the Joint Research Program "Water Economics and Management"Berlin, Thursday, 25 February 2010DIW Berlin, Mohrenstraße 58, Berlin1st Floor, Schumpeter Hall
Speaker:Prof. Stefan Gerlach/ Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Ort:Ferdinand-Friedensburg-RaumDIW BerlinRoom 2.3.001Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:14:14 - 15:15
Using data for the euro area, we seek to explore the relative importance of weaker macro economic conditions and concerns about the zero lower bound in accounting for the sharp relaxation of monetary policy in 2008-2009.
Ort:Schumpeter SaalDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:18:00 - 19:30
Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees – The effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vis-à-vis wage employeesMirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam
Ort:Ferdinand-Friedensburg-RaumDIW BerlinRoom 2.3.001Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:12.30 - 13.30
Man Yee Kann, University of OxfordAbstract:Sequence analysis is a useful tool for analysing time diary data, which provide detailed information about frequency and duration of daily activities (e.g. paid work, housework, leisure and rest) as well as sequences of these activities. We conduct optimal matching analyses (OM) on "workweek-grid" data from the UK Time Use Survey (2000-01) and ...
Ort:Schumpeter SaalDIW Berlin im Quartier 110Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Agenda and PresentationsHani El Nokraschy, DESERTEC Foundation, Member of the Supervisory Board: The Deserts as Everlasting Power Houses for Security of Electricity and WaterChristian von Hirschhausen and Florian Leuthold, TU Berlin/TU Dresden: The Economics of DESERTEC
Ort:Ferdinand-Friedensburg-RaumDIW BerlinRoom 2.3.001Mohrenstraße 5810117 Berlin
Zeit:9.30 bis 18.00 Uhr
Luigi Guiso, European University Institute, FlorenceIf you want to participate, or have a question, please send an email to gweizsaecker@diw.de.Affiliates of the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS) can also register on the BDPEMS webpage.The Masterclasses are open to all affiliates of DIW Berlin and BDPEMS.