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Abstract:In Germany, those from affluent households have a significantly higher further life expectancy at the age of 65 than those with low incomes (males: 5 years, females: 3.5 years). The present analysis, which is based on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), indicates that the lower life expectancy of women in low-income households is associated with psychological pressure caused by a ...
19.09.2012
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Abstract: The present study investigates the extent to which cognitive abilities and personality traits are passed on from parents to their children during adolescence and young adulthood in Germany. Representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) indicate a higher level of intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities than of personality traits. The older children become, ...
18.07.2012
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This year’s Lecture series of the Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA) took place on 23 and 24 April with support from the DIW Berlin and in particular the Socio-Economic Panel. The lecture was held by Professor Joseph Altonji (Yale University) on the topic „Dealing with Selection on Unobservables“. Most of the more than 70 participants came from Berlin (students, PhD-students, ...
07.06.2012
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Die wichtigsten Methoden zur Analyse von Paneldaten stellt das neue Lehrbuch des SOEP-Forschers Marco Giesselmann und seines Co-Autoren Michael Windzio (Direktor EMPAS an der Universität Bremen) vor. Es ist das erste deutschsprachige Lehrbuch zu diesem Thema (Giesselmann, Marco/Windzio, Michael (2012): Regressionsmodelle zur Analyse von Paneldaten. Wiesbaden: Springer VS).Die Autoren präsentieren ...
21.05.2012
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Economic Bulletin
Top-Level Management in Large Companies: Persistent Male-Dominated Structures Leave Little Room for WomenBy: Elke Holst, Julia Schimeta in: DIW Economic Bulletin 4/2012.The aim of recruiting more women into top-level management positions in business is attracting increasing interest among the general public and policy-makers alike. Calls for a quota for women and the widely publicized appointment ...
13.04.2012
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Economic Bulletin
"It Seems Only Sanctions Will Help": Six Questions to Elke Holst
13.04.2012
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Economic Bulletin
Passed Over for Promotions: Women Still Severely Underrepresented on Financial Sector BoardsBy: Elke Holst, Julia Schimeta in: DIW Economic Bulletin 4/2012.Opportunities to increase the proportion of female board members in Germany's financial sector were missed during post-crisis period of management shakeups. As of 2011, the proportion of women on executive boards was still as low as in previous ...
13.04.2012
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Economic Bulletin
Extent and Effects of Employees in Germany Forgoing Vacation TimeBy Daniel D. Schnitzlein in: DIW Economic Bulletin 2/2012.Around 37 percent of those in paid full-time employment in Germany did not claim their full vacation entitlement last year. The number of vacation days actually taken by each employee was on average three days less than the full entitlement. This equates to around twelve percent ...
03.02.2012
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Economic Bulletin
Add-On Premiums Increase Price Transparency : More Policy Holders Switch Health PlansBy Peter Eibich, Hendrik Schmitz, Nicolas R. Ziebarth in: DIW Economic Bulletin 2/2012.The German health care reform implemented in 2009 led to a considerable increase in price transparency within the statutory health insurance (SHI) (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung, GKV) system and also made it more consumer-friendly ...
03.02.2012
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PD Dr. Joachim R. FrickPhoto: DIW Berlin We mourn the loss of our colleague Joachim R. Frick. He died on the 16th of December 2011 at the age of 49. Joachim R. Frick was one of the directors of the internationally renowned Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. At the peak of his career, Joachim fell victim to an extremely virulent form of cancer. He fought bravely and valiantly and in the end found ...
19.12.2011
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Economic Bulletin
Social and Economic Characteristics of Financial and Blood Donors in Germanyby Eckhard Priller and Jürgen Schupp in: DIW Economic Bulletin Nr. 6/2011Surveys of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) have shown that Germans donated around 5.3 billion euros in 2009- right in the middle of the financial and economic crisis. The type and amount of donations made is well documented in Germany. ...
02.12.2011
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Economic Bulletin
"At Least in Germany People Get a Second Chance": Five Questions to Ingrid Tucci
04.11.2011
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Economic Bulletin
Success Despite Starting Out at a Disadvantage: What Helps Second-Generation Migrants in France and Germany?by Ingrid Tucci, Ariane Jossin, Carsten Keller, Olaf Groh-Samberg in: DIW Economic Bulletin 5/2011. The educational and employment trajectories of migrant children in France and Germany are extremely diverse. The few successful ones dominate the public eye. Yet successful biographies of young ...
04.11.2011
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Economic Bulletin
Child Care Choices in Western Germany Also Correlated with Mother's Personalityby Liv Bjerre, Frauke H. Peter, C. Katharina Spieß in: DIW Economic Bulletin 5/2011.The expansion of formal child care, particularly for children under the age of three, has resulted in more and more children from this age group attending day care facilities. This formal child care setting is frequently combined with ...
04.11.2011
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Economic Bulletin
Alliance `90/The Greens at the Crossroads : on Their Way to Becoming a Mainstream Party?by Martin Kroh, Jürgen Schupp in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2011The Greens have been riding high in the polls for months now. In Baden-Württemberg, a stronghold of the Christian-Democratic Party (CDU), Winfried Kretschmann became the first Green party candidate to be elected Minister-President of any German ...
02.09.2011
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Economic Bulletin
"Germans Are Less Worried About Immigration." Six Questions to Ingrid Tucci in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2011
02.09.2011
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Economic Bulletin
Who Can Become German? Xenophobia and Attitudes Towards Naturalization by Claudia Diehl, Ingrid Tucci in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2011Germans are opening up to the topic of immigration: According to the representative data of this report, less and less Germans without a migration background feel threatened by immigration. Also, their attitude towards naturalization has changed. The question "What ...
02.09.2011
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Press Release
Differing methods of calculation explain recent discrepancies between OECD/DIW Berlin poverty figures According to recent estimates by DIW Berlin, children and young adults were the group most severely affected by poverty in Germany in the year 2009. DIW Berlin rejects claims that it manipulated or withheld statistical data on poverty. “These accusations are false,” said Gert G. Wagner, ...
24.05.2011
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