Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Are Uzbeks Better Off? Economic Welfare and Ethnicity in Kyrgyzstan

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 in recent...

Bullet Proof? Program Evaluation in Conflict Areas: Evidence from Rural Colombia

Recently, Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCT) became increasingly popular in developing countries due to their positive outcomes on health and education. In this paper, we are particularly interested in testing if children participating in CCT (treated) in conflict affected regions benefit more (or less) than their counterparts in peaceful areas. To test this, we combine longitudinal CCT data...

Long-Run Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from Tangshan

Exploiting Tangshan 1976 - the deadliest earthquake in the 20th century - as a source of exogenous variation, we estimate the long-run effect of a historical shock on contemporary socio-economic outcomes. Cohorts born after the earthquake were not only larger, but exhibit lower school completion rates, particularly among the female today. Despite lower schooling levels, there is no evidence for...

Managers and Their Type of Personality

Wirtschaftsmotor Klimaschutz: Chancen und Struktureffekte

Bargaining, Vertical Integration and Entry

Technology-Skill Complementarity and International TFP Differences

Toward an Efficient Use of R&D: Accounting for Heterogeneity and Dynamics in the OECD

Public Expenditure Efficiency of German Local Authorities

Measuring Local Governments¿ Spending Efficiency: An Application to French Counties

R&D Efficiency in Manufacturing: A Non-Parametric DEA Approach

Consolidating the Water Industry: An Analysis of the Potential Gains from Horizontal and Vertical Integration in a Conditional Efficiency Framework

Staatspleite USA: Auswirkungen auf die Weltwirtschaft und die deutschen Exporte

Verschiebungen in der globalen Industrieproduktion und die Bedeutung der BRIC-Staaten

Diskussionsteilnahme

Einführung in das SOEP II

Paneldatenanalyse

Einführung in das SOEP I

Arbeiten mit dem SOEP: Datenstruktur, SOEPinfo

Arbeiten mit dem SOEP: Aufbereitung von Querschnittsdatensätzen und Längsschnittdatensätzen