Vorträge des DIW Berlin

The Globalization of Steam Coal Markets and the Role of Logistics: An Empirical Analysis

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive multivariate cointegration analysis of three parts of the steam coal value chain - export, transport and import prices. The analysis is based on a rich dataset of international coal prices; in particular, we combine data on steam coal prices with freight rates, covering the period December 2001 until August 2009 at weekly frequency. We then test whether...

Vom Winde verweht?: Strommarktpreise und Anreize für Investitionen in thermische Kraftwerke bei wachsendem Windstromangebot

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...

Global Oil Markets Revisited: Cartel or Stackelberg Market?

This paper investigates the existence of market power and the sequentiality of games in the crude oil market. In particular, we examine whether Saudi Arabia acts as a Stackelberg leader or in a simultaneous-move framework, in a number of market power scenarios ranging from perfect competition to cartel. We develop a numerical simulation model that is formulated as a complementarity problem,...

Glass Ceiling Effect and Wages: The Gender Pay Gap in Management Positions in Germany

Although there are a variety of studies on the gender pay gap, only a few relate to managerial positions. The present study attempts to fill this gap. Managers in private companies in Germany are a highly selective group of women and men, who differ only marginally in their human capital endowments. The Oaxaca/Blinder decomposition shows that the gender pay gap in the gross monthly salary can...

Determinants of the Gender Specific Occupational Channeling

Social Welfare Policies and a Sustainable Economy: Keynote Speech

Sekundäranalyse von komplexen Datensätzen: Erfahrungen aus den Nutzerschulungen des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEPcampus)

Income and Longevity Revisted: Do High-Earning Women Live Longer?

Unfulfilled Aspirations among Egypt's Educated Youth

Participation in Microfinancial Markets: The Use of Insurance, Savings, and Credit in Rural Ghana

Die wirtschaftlichen Chancen des Klimaschutzes: Keynote Speech

Die Integration "à la francaise"

The Cyclicality of Effective Wages within Employer-Employee Matches in a Rigid Labor Market

Stop Smoking, Your Paycheck Will Thank You!: Wage Effects from Smoking Cessation

The Design of Unemployment Transfers: Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Life-Cycle Model

The Global Economic Costs of Conflict

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Intangibles in Service Industries: Evaluation from a Micro Dataset for Germany