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  • February 18, 2015

    Cluster-Seminar Public Finances and Living Conditions

    Preference for College and Educational Inequality: Do Students Lack Information - Evidence from a Field Experiment

    Speaker: Vaishali Zambre
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    In Germany students from a non-academic family background are still underrepresented in universities. Even though access to higher education has increased, students from non-academic family backgrounds are still twenty percentage points less likely to enroll in university compared to their peers from academic backgrounds. Since in Germany no tuition fees need to be paid, financial constraints are ...

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  • February 13, 2015

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Educational choices - competitiveness or locus of control?

    Speaker: Stefan Wolter, University of Bern
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • February 11, 2015

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    The impact of tourism on the wellbeing of residents: a case of Germany

    Speaker: Oksana Tokarchuk, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    Many developed countries choose tourism development as opportunity to sustain employment and economic growth. Thus, policies aimed at attracting more and more tourists are put in place. However, increasing tourists’ flows affect local economies and lives of local residents in a number of ways not excluding negative effects. Careful consideration of benefits and pitfalls of tourism ...

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  • February 9 - 10, 2015

    Workshop

    Beyond Methodological Dualism: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Data

    Location: Universität Bielefeld
    Time: 10:00am-18:30pm and 09:00am-17:00pm

    There is a long tradition of mixed methods research in the social sciences: “Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community” by Marie Jahoda, Paul Lazarsfeld et al. (1933) was pioneering in this regard as it combined various types of data. Today, mixedmethods research and triangulation studies are popular in social scientific fields such as sociology, education sciences, and ...

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  • February 6, 2015

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Plan switching and inertia in Medicare Part D: Evidence from administrative data

    Speaker: Florian Heiß, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
    Location: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • January 21, 2015

    Cluster-Seminar Public Finances and Living Conditions

    An instrument for every child? The effects of a universal music education program

    Speaker: Adrian Hille
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    Universal music education programs have become increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries. They are presented as innovative policies that improve educational opportunities for the poor. The political hopes are based on the assumption that learning a musical instrument positively develops cognitive and non-cognitive skills. However, the educational effects of ...

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  • January 16, 2015

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Dynamic Discrete Choice Estimation of Agricultural Land Use

    Speaker: Paul Scott, Toulouse School of Economics
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • January 14, 2015

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    Factors Influencing Female Labor Force Participation in Germany and Egypt – A Comparative Study

    Speaker: Sara Hassan Hosney, German University in Cairo
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    The literature on female labor force participation (FLFP) shows which personal and household characteristics determine FLFP in Egypt and in the Global North. The question remains, however to what extent these determinants differ between the Northern hemisphere and Egypt. This paper attempts to shed light on understanding if and how specific demographic factors affect the Egyptian FLFP in ...

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  • January 9, 2015

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Fitting Parsimonious Household-Portfolio Models to Data

    Speaker: Christos Koulovatianos, University of Luxembourg
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • January 7, 2015

    Cluster-Seminar Public Finances and Living Conditions

    Inequality and Defined Benefit Pensions when Life Expectancy is Heterogeneous

    Speaker: Daniel Kemptner
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    This study analyzes the distributional effects of a defined pension benefit system under heterogeneous life expectancies. For this purpose, we propose a methodology that quantifies life expectancy-based regressive redistribution using a life expectancy-adjusted benchmark scenario. This methodology is combined with a structural life-cycle model of labor supply, retirement and consumption decisions ...

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  • December 19, 2014

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Direct and Indirect Effects of Mass Layoffs –
    Evidence from Geo-Referenced Data

    Speaker: Achim D. Schmillen, The World Bank
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • December 17, 2014

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    Basics for Conducting a Systematic Literature Review

    Speaker: Benedikt Fecher
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    The Systematic Review is an analytical approach to a literature review that aims to identify and structure high quality research evidence relevant to a specific research question. Originally a method from evidence-based medicine, the systematic review is increasingly used across all disciplines. It allows for a rule-governed overview of a research field and even high impact publications. This ...

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  • December 12, 2014

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    The Life Saving Effects of Hospital Proximity

    Speaker: Veronica Grembi, Copenhagen Business School
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • December 5, 2014

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    Zukunftsangst! Fear of (and hope for) the future and its impact on life satisfaction

    Speaker: Alan Piper, University of Flensburg
    Location: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 11:30 - 12:30

    The thoughts that an individual has about the future contribute substantially to their life satisfaction in a positive or negative direction. This is a result found via five different methods, some of which control for personality and disposition and the potential endogeneity of thoughts and life satisfaction. The reduction in life satisfaction experienced by individuals who report being ...

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  • December 5, 2014

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Poverty, labour markets and trade liberalization in Indonesia

    Speaker: Krisztina Kis-Katos, University of Freiburg
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • December 3, 2014

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    Dynamic dependencies between employment of mothers and the use of household-related services of child care

    Speaker: Carsten Haenisch, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    Employment rates of mothers with young children have increased in the past years. Similar developments can be found for the use of childcare facilities and household-related services. This paper discusses the relationship between these variables with special focus on their dynamic dependencies over time. Using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel, the effects of the use household services and ...

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  • November 28, 2014

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Innovation: Evidence from TRIPS

    Speaker: Margaret Kyle, Toulouse School of Economics & MINE Paris Tech
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • November 21, 2014

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Information Flow in Networks of Former Coworkers

    Speaker: Albrecht Glitz, Humboldt University Berlin
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • November 19, 2014

    SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

    "After Job Shopping? Employment Effects of a Deregulation of Shop Opening Hours in the German Retail Sector"

    Speaker: Annemarie Paul
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    This study investigates the employment impact which emerges from a deregulation of shop opening in the German retail sector. Exploiting the gradual change in the opening times across states difference-in-differences estimates point to an average increase in the employment probability, driven by a rise in the likelihood of working marginal part-time hours. For individuals facing high family-related ...

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  • November 14, 2014

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Bailouts and austerity

    Speaker: Thushyanthan Baskaran, University of Goettingen
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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