Vorträge des DIW Berlin

vermögensgerecht. Armut in unserer reichen Gesellschaft: Einkommen, Vermögen und Armut in Deutschland

The Russian Regional Convergence Process: Where Does It Go?

This paper investigates the income convergence among Russian regions in the period 1998-2006. It makes two major contributions to rather extensive literature on the regional convergence in Russia. First, it identifies spatial regimes using the exploratory spatial data analysis. Second, it examines the impact of spatial effects on the convergence process. Our results show that the overall speed of...

One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich...

Gov-aargh-nance: Jolly Rodgers and Dodgy Rulers

Retail Concentration, One-Stop Shopping, and Upstream Merger Incentives

Die wirtschaftlichen Chancen einer klugen Energiewende

Intergenerational Spillover Effects of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling

Frauen und Männer in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Deutschland

Trade Creation and the Status of FTAs: Empirical Evidence from East Asia

Social Background, Relationship with Parents, and the Cultural and Social Capital of Adolescents: Longitudinal Evidence from Germany

The In-work Poverty Risk and Its Entry Transitions: Differences in Risk Patterns between Britain and Germany

School Tracking and the Intergenerational Transmission of Education in Germany

Private School Attendance in a Differentiated Education System: Recent Developments in Germany

The paper provides evidence on the determinants and the development of private school attendance in Germany since the late 1980s. Germany is often cited as one of the prime examples of educational differentiation, since streaming into different types of schools starts early and the educational outcomes produced by these schools differ widely. Most empirical evidence on private school choice...

Division of Labor and Power: Does the Division of Housework and Child Care Affect Couples¿ Power Allocation?

Trivial Pursuit or Checkmate? How Changes in Labor Market Integration Affect Peoples¿ Social and Cultural Participation in Germany

Social Status and Occupational Values of Teenagers: Evidence from Germany

Are Geese Flying by Themselves inside China?: An LSTR-SEM Approach to Income Convergence of Chinese Counties

Wie viel Familie verträgt die moderne Gesellschaft?

Atomrisiken - Haftung, Deckungsvorsorge und Versicherung

Naturgefahren, Atomrisiken - wir brauchen ökonomische Strategien des gesellschaftlichen Risikomanagements!