The 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime will be held in Berlin at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) on September 26-27, 2025. The event will be jointly organized by Anna Bindler (DIW Berlin & University of Potsdam) and Christian Traxler (Hertie School). We aim to bring together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to present and discuss their...
This study explores the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and workers’ wellbeing and mental health using longitudinal survey data from Germany (2000-2020). We construct a measure of individual exposure to AI technology based on the occupation in which workers in our sample were first employed and explore an event study design and a difference-in-differences approach to compare AI...
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Artificial Intelligence and Workers’ Well-Being”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
We study the wage and employment effects of a German place-based policy using a research design that exploits conditionally exogenous EU-wide rules governing the program parameters at the regional level. The place-based program subsidizes investments to create jobs with a subsidy rate that varies across labor market regions. The analysis uses matched data on the universe of establishments and...
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Who Benefits from Place-based Policies? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
A consistent finding in research on the success of right-wing populist parties is that they gain support in regions that are peripheralized. In such regions, the decline of manufacturing jobs, public services, and infrastructure is thought to lead to growing frustration with democratic institutions and mainstream political parties, providing opportunities for right-wing populist parties to...
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Regional Decline, Satisfaction with Democracy and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties. Evidence from Germany”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
DIW-Studie beleuchtet kognitive Fähigkeiten im Lebensverlauf – Späterer Abbau als bislang angenommen – Lesefähigkeiten nehmen erst ab Mitte 40 ab, Rechenkompetenzen ab Anfang 40 – Aktive Nutzung und lebenslanges Lernen können kognitive Alterung verlangsamen Kognitive Fähigkeiten wie Lesen und Rechnen bleiben bis weit ins mittlere Erwachsenenalter stabil – vorausgesetzt, sie werden regelmäßig genutzt. ...
Economic conditions at time of labor market entry have been shown to have large negative effects on labor market outcomes for an extended period of time. The immediate effects have been shown to be worse for lower educated entrants. In the long run, the effects may be very different as low and high educated have different possibilities to accommodate this negative shock, high educated entrants can...
