Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"

A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a "fresh start" after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover less of their credit after a debtor's bankruptcy, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more forgiving personal...

Industrienahe Dienstleistungen: Bedeutung und Entwicklungspotenziale

Frauen und Männer in Aufsichtsräten großer Unternehmen: Statement

Conjunctural Developments in Germany and the World Economy

Frauen in Führungspositionen: Podiumsdiskussion

Stationarity Changes in Long-Run Fossil Resource Prices: Evidence from Persistence Break Testing

Environmental Regulation, Solar Energy Technology Components and International Trade: An Empirical Analysis of Structure and Drivers

Current Account Imbalances in the Euro Area: Catching up or Competitiveness?

In the debate on global imbalances, the euro area countries did not receive much attention so far. While the current account is on balance for the entire area, divergences between individual member states have increased since the introduction of the common currency. In this paper, the imbalances are traced to catching up and competitiveness factors using paneleconometric techniques. In line with...

The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda

Determinants of Trade with Solar Energy Technology Good: Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis?

The Effects of Conflict on Fertility in Rwanda

Die aktuelle Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland

Renewables Support and the IEM: An Academic Perspective

Credit Reporting Business and Regulation in Europe

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,...

Kick It Like Özil? Second Generation Migrants¿ Initial Disadvantage and the Failure of the Education System

This paper studies second generation migrants and natives in Germany's education system. It has been shown that native-migrant gaps in labor market outcomes as well as schooling are surprisingly persistent over migrant generations. We shed more light on this puzzle and address the question at which point(s) in time those developments are initiated. By employing a matching approach, in which we...

The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System

This article analyzes the effects of an increase in statutory sick pay from 80 to 100 percent of forgone gross wages in Germany. Difference-in-differences approaches show that the increase in generosity decreased employee attendance by about ten percent or one day per employee per year. Heterogeneity in response behavior was of great importance and employee health its main driver. For employers,...

Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy Advice: The Case of 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...