We use the prolonged Greek crisis as a case study to understand how a lasting economic shock affects the innovation strategies of firms in economies with moderate innovation activities. Adopting the 3-stage CDM model, we explore the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity for different size groups of Greek manufacturing firms during the prolonged crisis. At the first stage, we find that the ...
Der Beitrag erschien im Tagesspiegel. Nach der Auffassung der bayerischen Arbeitsministerin Scharf dient eine Verlängerung der täglichen Höchstarbeitszeit der Wirtschaft. Der Arbeitsmarktexperte Karl Brenke vom DIW ist skeptisch. Tagesspiegel: Herr Brenke, Bayerns Arbeitsministerin Ulrike Scharf möchte mehr als die bisher zulässigen zehn Stunden Arbeitszeit am Stück pro Tag zulassen. ...
The 14th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP2022) will be held in Berlin from June 30 to July 1, 2022 at DIW Berlin. The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP (including the SOEP part of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) and LIS/LWS data) with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with their peers. Researchers of all disciplines (e.g.,...
Nach dem Einmarsch Russlands in die Ukraine haben viele westliche Länder Sanktionen gegen Russland verhängt, insbesondere gegen die Finanzwirtschaft. Doch zu einer Sanktion konnten sich die EU und auch Deutschland bisher nicht durchringen: ein Embargo auf den Import russischer Energieträger. Dieses vielfach kritisierte Zögern begründet die Bundesregierung mit den...
We investigate the impact of demographic changes on local public services taking the case of water service. We apply a structural production function approach to a large panel of German water utilities between 2003 and 2014. Exploring variation of population density and the population age structure across service areas and over time, we provide evidence that demographics and their changes significantly ...
This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit from a minimum wage. We combine a “differential trend adjusted difference-in-differences estimator” (DTADD) and descriptive evidence to evaluate the impact of the ...
The advent of cloud computing promises to improve the way firms utilize IT solutions. Firms are expected to replace large and inflexible fixed-cost investments in IT with more targeted variable spending in cloud solutions. In addition, cloud usage is expected to increase the productivity of firms, as it allows them to quickly customize the IT they require to their specific needs. We assess these assertions ...