The talk provides a hopefully not too selective bird’s eye perspective on research revolving around the role of historical change for adult development and aging. Walking in the footsteps of Baltes and Smith, Gerstorf will first summarize the scientifically good news that over the past decades age and aging have become younger in a number of different areas of people’s behaviors and experiences....
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Younger than ever? How adult development and aging have changed over the past decades”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
We show that inventors' personal experiences of natural disasters lead to increased green innovation through changes in their higher-order beliefs about consumer preferences. We match patent records of French and German inventors and a survey of inventive firms to detailed information on natural disasters. This allows us to exploit exogenous variation in inventors’ exposure to natural disasters....
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Inventors‘ Personal Experience of Natural Disasters and Green Innovation” Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
This study explores the responsiveness of climate policy preferences and individual behaviors to variations in beliefs about climate change impacts. Using an information provision experiment embedded within the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we analyze how updated beliefs influence pro-environmental engagement and whether these effects persist over time. By linking experimental data with rich...
Der Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) Transregio „Rationalität und Wettbewerb“ bündelt die Forschungsprogramme der Verhaltensökonomik und der Neoklassik, um angewandte ökonomische Fragen von hoher politischer Relevanz zu untersuchen. Der Schwerpunkt des SFB TRR 190 liegt auf dem ökonomischen Verhalten und der Performance von Individuen und Unternehmen: Wie wirken sich systematische Verzerrungen in...
The Collaborative Research Center Transregio “Rationality and Competition” combines the research programs of behavioral and neoclassical economists to study applied economic questions that are of high policy relevance. The focus CRC TRR 190 is on the economic behavior and performance of individuals and firms: How do systematic biases in expectations, decision processes, and preferences affect the...
Receiving a formal diagnosis for a depressive disorder is a prerequisite for getting treatment, yet the illness inherently complicates care-seeking. Thus, understanding the process from depression symptoms to diagnosis is crucial. Aims: This study aims to disentangle (1) risk factors for depression symptoms from (2) facilitators and barriers to receiving a diagnosis after experiencing depression symptoms. ...
Investigating how non-cognitive skills—captured by traits—influence entrepreneurial behaviour helps understand why some individuals are more likely to become and remain entrepreneurs. This chapter reviews research on the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship. With respect to the entry decision, research finds that high scores in three of the Big Five factors (openness to experience, ...
The DENeB seminar series gives invited senior researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their current work and is open to everyone interested in ongoing research in development economics. The Development Economics Network Berlin (DENeB) is a network for early career researchers in development economics. The network’s main purpose is to be a platform for knowledge exchange related to...
