Vorträge des DIW Berlin

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

In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for sickness episodes of up to six weeks. We show that this reform has led to an increase in average absence days of about 10 percent or one additional day per employee, per year. The estimates are based on SOEP survey data and parametric, nonparametric, and combined matching-regression...

Eine Bestandsaufnahme: Kinderarmut in Deutschland

Der Beitrag der technologieoffenen Forschungsförderung zur Entwicklung der ostdeutschen Industrie

Informal Finance, Investments and Infrastructure Upgrading

A Smart Power Market for the European Grid

Demand Management and Storage Sizing in Electricity Distribution Grids

Erweiterung der empirischen Basis für Vermögensanalysen durch statistisches Matching von Administrativ- und Befragungsdaten

On the Role of Sectoral and National Wage Components in the Wage Bargaining Process

Assessing the Real-Time Informational Content of Macroeconomic Data Releases for Now-/Forecasting GDP: Evidence for Switzerland

Correlation Neglect in Financial Decision-Making

Good decision-making often requires people to perceive and handle a myriad of statistical correlations. Notably, optimal portfolio theory depends upon a sophisticated understanding of the correlation between financial assets. In this paper, we examine people's understanding of correlation using a sequence of portfolio-allocation problems and find it to be strongly imperfect. Our experiment uses...

Long-Run Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from Tangshan

Bundesländervergleich Erneuerbare Energien 2010: methodische Grundlagen und Ergebnisse

Competition and Selective Bargaining in the German Health Care Market

Frauen in Führungspositionen - Anteile und Verdienste

Armut in Deutschland - Kompensation oder Gegenstrategie?

Auswirkungen des Energiekonzepts auf die Immobilienwirtschaft

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...

Makroökonometrische Modelle und Politikanalyse mit dem DIW-IMM-Modell

Commenting on the Future of Military Expenditures and Capabilities

Combating ¿Maritime Terrorism¿ in Somalia

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the international naval mission in the Gulf of Aden from 2008-2010, both in terms of its counter-piracy and its counter-terrorism objectives. We draw on arguments developed in the literature of law and economics, detailed statistical analyses and a large number of in depth interviews. Counter-piracy operations are a qualified success: their main effects...