Vorträge des DIW Berlin

The Strategic Use of Private Quality Standards in Food Supply Chains

Mobilization by Opportunity? Direct Democracy and Political Interest

OiI and Inequality: Is Kazakhstan Different?

Interessen und Interessenkonflikte bei Politikberatung durch Ökonomen

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills during Adolescence and Young Adulthood

This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic status. Using representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we contrast the impact of parental cognitive abilities (fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence) and personality traits (Big Five,...

Seventy Years of Climbing: Post-socialist Transition and Educational Mobility in Kyrgyzstan

It is widely believed that twenty years of post-socialist transformation has strengthened the association of socio-economic status, such as education or incomes, between parents and children. This finding is mainly based on studies conducted in post-socialist countries in Europe. Little is known about Central Asia. This paper investigates developments in educational mobility during the transition...

Spite and Cognitive Skills in Preschoolers

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children¿s cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214 preschoolers aged 5-6 and their mothers. Other-regarding behavior of both mothers and children is elicited...

A New Look at Intergenerational Mobility in Germany Compared to the US

Motivated by the contradictory existing evidence on estimated German intergenerational earnings elasticities (IGE), I present a cross-country comparison of intergenerational earnings mobility in Germany and the US reassessing the question whether intergenerational mobility is higher in Germany compared to the US. In particular I analyze whether the two countries differ in the structure of...

Diskussionsteilnahme

Einführung in das SOEP I

Einführung in das SOEP II

Arbeiten mit dem SOEP: Datenstruktur, SOEPinfo

Arbeiten mit dem SOEP: Aufbereitung von Querschnittsdaten und Längsschnittdatensätzen

Arbeiten mit dem SOEP: Personen, Haushalte, Haushaltsmitglieder

Paneldatenanalyse

International Comparisons of Response Rates: What We Can Learn from HRS, ELSA and SHARE

Is Car Drivers' Response to Congestion Charging Schemes Based on the Correct Perception of Price Signals?

This paper deals with the question how the capability of car drivers to estimate travel distance, travel time, fuel costs and other motoring costs as well as the cost of a new hypothetical congestion charge influences their decision to change their travel behaviour. The analysis makes use of an integrated choice and latent variable model (ICLV) which merges classic choice models with the...

Cost Efficiency and Subsidization in German Local Public Bus Transit

Subsidies are considered important means to facilitate the provision of public transit, yet the empirical evidence implies that they can have harming effects on costs and possibly also on operators' performance. This paper examines the impacts of deficit-balancing subsidies on the cost inefficiency of local public bus companies in Germany, where a complex system allocates ample financial support....

The Business Case of Fast Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles

Modelling for Determinants of Human Trafficking