Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Transitory Shocks, Permanent Inequality and the Welfare State: Decomposing Half a Century of Earnings Dynamics in Germany

Differential Taxation and Firms' Financial Leverage: Evidence from the Introduction of a Flat Tax on Interest Income

Do Parties Matter? Estimating the Effect of Political Representation in Multi-party Systems

Lifetime Earnings Inequality in Germany

How Do Taxes Affect Investment When Firms Face Financial Constraints?

Quantitative Längsschnittstudien

The Dispersion in Profit Rates in Germany: A Result of Imperfect Competition?

While the model of perfect competition proves to be a very practical benchmark for assessing existing economies, most economists agree that this ideal state is practically never reached. Observed dispersions in return rates on capital seem to prove that the existence of monopolistic profits is more the rule as an outlier. However, recent research on intangible capital has shown that at least part...

Wealth Distribution within Couples and Financial Decision Making

While most previous studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Men in couples possess on average 33,000 Euro more net worth than women. We look at five different sets of factors (demographics,...

Interindustry Differences in Rates of Return: New Evidence from Germany

Researchers have found plenty of evidence that profit rates vary considerably across industries. Moreover, existing evidence suggest that these interindustry differences in rates of return are not temporary but tend to persist. This is at odds with standard theories of open and (perfectly) competitive markets that underly, for instance, applied empirical work in growth accounting. At the same time...

Personality Characteristics and Entrepreneurship: Do Women Differ from Men?

Volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Technologie- und Innovationsförderung im Mittelstand

Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?

The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are moderated by firm size. Drawing on economic and organizational approaches and the devaluation of women's...

Immigrant Occupational Composition and the Earnings of Immigrants and Natives in Germany

Der neue Datensatz BIOSIB

Beschäftigtenentwicklung in deutschen Stadtregionen

The Multiple-Cohort Longitudinal Study SOEP as a Rich Data Source for Psychological Research

Sozialräumliche Spreizungen auf Grundlage des SOEP

Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: A Geographically Weighted Regression Approach

Demography and Dependency in European Countries

Die wirtschaftlichen Chancen einer klugen Energiewende