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German voters will vote on 27 September in the midst of a crisis that has turned Germany’s economic strength – its status as the world’s export champion – into a disadvantage. An unprecedented collapse in exports is currently expected to lower gross domestic product by about 5% in 2009, raising concerns that mass unemployment may return.In response to the challenge, the government ...
25.09.2009
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25.09.2009
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In 2009, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim presented the Heinz König Young Scholar Award for outstanding research work by young scholars to SOEP user Christina Felfe of the University of St. Gallen. She shares this year’s award with Alexander M. Danzer of the University of London. Felfe’s work deals with the question of what working conditions enable mothers ...
20.09.2009
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17.09.2009
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The Project "Economic Transformation, Household Behaviour and Well-Being in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyzstan" funded by the Volkswagen Foundation has been launched in September 2009. The aim of the project is to extend the available knowledge about the socio-economic processes in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia and improve research capacity (concerning both methodology and analysis) within ...
15.09.2009
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Just published: special issue on the "Micro-Level Analysis of Violent Conflict" of the "Journal of Peace Research" guest-edited by Philip Verwimp, Tilman Brück and Patricia Justino. For further information, see Sage Publications website and HiCN website.
15.09.2009
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In 2009 again, DIW Berlin made numerous scientific presentations at international conferences, such as the European Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM) and the annual meetings of the Verein für Socialpolitik and the European Economic Association (EEA). DIW Berlin Off-Site: Presence at conferences
15.09.2009
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On July 23, 2009, Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann presented his new book EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration, co-edited by him and Martin Kahaned, at the Center for Strategic International Studies in Washington. The book will be released on September 18 by Springer Verlag.About this bookAre immigrants from the new EU member states a threat to the Western welfare state? Do they take ...
15.09.2009
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Since the beginning of September, Tanika Chakraborty and Irina Georgescu are new members of DIW’s Quality Initiative. Tanika Chakraborty completed her Ph.D. at Washington University in St Louis in May 2009. Her interests include Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics and Labor Economics. Among others she focuses on the evaluation of education policies in terms of their impact on various ...
11.09.2009
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09.09.2009
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03.09.2009
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The department Energy, Transportation, Environment welcomes the doctoral Students Felix Groba and Aleksandar Zaklan. Starting on September 1st, Mr. Felix Groba will join the team ”Sustainability Policies and Measures”. He focusses on the analysis of potentials for renewable energy expansion. Mr. Aleksandar Zaklan will work in the research area “Empirical Market Analyses” to ...
02.09.2009
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On September 1 the department Information Society and Competition welcomes the doctoral Students Beatrice Pagel und Andreas Harasser.
01.09.2009
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Dr. Christian Schmitt (SOEP) has spent July to September 2009 as a visiting fellow at the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut/USA.
29.08.2009
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Last week, Alan S. Zuckerman, Professor of Political Science at Brown University (USA) and Research Professor at DIW Berlin passed away. Zuckerman, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and taught and conducted research at the Universities of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Florence, Pisa, New York, and Stanford, died at the age of just 64. He was associated with DIW Berlin and in particular with the ...
28.08.2009
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DIW Berlin's new website is online. We show a snapshot of all important new features.
25.08.2009
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Dr. Olaf Groh-Samberg (SOEP) has been appointed to the Junior Professorship in Sociology with a focus in education, the labor market, and social inequality in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Bremen starting in August 2009. The Junior Professorship is part of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS). Olaf will maintain his connection to SOEP as a DIW ...
20.08.2009