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Press Release
A study by DIW Berlin presents a reform proposal – tax breaks could be restricted, tax burdens could be paid over longer periods – inheritance tax revenue would increase considerably
After the German Federal Constitutional Court determined in December 2014 that far-reaching exemptions to inheritance tax on corporate assets are partly unconstitutional, a new study by DIW Berlin suggests ...
11.02.2015
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Interview
The Interview with Stefan Bach is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 7/2015. It is available for Download as pdf document.
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11.02.2015
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Report
Two ongoing political processes are set to shape the future of EU energy and climate policy. On the one hand, following up on the 2020 Strategy, the European Commission and the Member States seek to move beyond 2020 and design a 2030 Climate and Energy Framework that will address climate change and energy transformation in a manner acceptable for all the parties. On the other hand, partly as a consequence ...
09.02.2015
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Press Release
Future plans to expand the German electricity transmission grid will be based on scenarios which specifically include the federal government’s climate targets for the electricity sector. These are the findings of Christian von Hirschhausen and Claudia Kemfert, energy experts at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), one of the leading economic research institutions in Germany, ...
04.02.2015
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Report
Since early 2009, electricity and gas distribution in Germany has been subject to incentive regulation designed to ensure greater efficiency in electricity and gas grid operation. However, it remains to be seen how changes to the regulatory framework will affect the investment behavior of distribution system operators. Against this background, the present study empirically analyzes the investment activities ...
04.02.2015
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Interview
The Interview with Prof. Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 6/2015. It is available for Download as pdf document.
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04.02.2015
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Press Release
The labor force participation rate for women has increased by ten percentage points since 1995, while the corresponding figure for men has only risen by one percentage point. Reasons for this include women’s improved qualifications, which are catching up with those of men, and their greater willingness to participate in working life and take advantage of changes in the economic structure.
Women ...
30.01.2015
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Report
The Graduate Center is happy to announce that Marie LeMouel and Georg Camehl (both from the cohort of 2013) will be the new GC representatives for the year 2015. Their term will begin on February 1st. Helmut Lütkepohl, Dean of the Graduate Center, congratulates Marie and Georg for their election. At the same time he thanks Sarah Dahmann and Georg Camehl for serving as representatives during the ...
30.01.2015
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Interview
The Interview with Karl Brenke is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 4/2015. It is available for Download as pdf document.
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28.01.2015
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Report
Prof. Juan Rosellón, researcher at DIW Berlin (Dept. Energy, Transportation, Environment), was recently appointed by the Mexican president to the directing board of the newly created independent Mexican electricity system operator. Mexico has engaged in a fundamental reform of its energy sector, in particular the electricity market. One major focus is the development of a new electricity competitive ...
27.01.2015
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Press Release
Persistently low shares of women on executive and supervisory boards – very few companies presently meet pending compulsory gender quotas – DIW Berlin presents proposals to remedy this
In 2014, women remained the exception at the top of the corporate ladder: at barely five percent, the share of female executive board members in the top 200 companies (ranked by turnover) was up just one ...
21.01.2015
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Interview
The Interview with Elke Holst is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 4/2015. It is available for Download as pdf document.
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21.01.2015
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Economic Bulletin
by Mathias Bug and Kristina Meier in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2015
This report aims to show the distribution of crime in Germany. For this, police crime statistics (polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik – PKS) are treated so that they integrate dark figures (unreported crime) of crime types along with their specific grade of burden. The different treatments are based on own recent survey data. Two ...
14.01.2015
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Economic Bulletin
The Interview with Mathias Bug is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2015. It is available for Download as pdf document.
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14.01.2015
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Economic Bulletin
The construction industry remains a key pillar of the German economy. According to the latest construction volume calculations by DIW Berlin, the value of construction in 2014 and 2015 is forecast to grow far more rapidly than the economy as a whole: by a price-adjusted 3.3 percent and 2.1 percent in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Currently, new residential construction is an important engine for growth ...
14.01.2015| Martin Gornig, Claus Michelsen
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Press Release
DIW Berlin studied the effect of personality traits on intention to study – those more open to new experiences are more likely to attend college – the effect of personality is particularly high among children from non-academic families
In addition to factors such as school performance and parents’ educational background, personality is crucial as to whether students subsequently ...
09.01.2015
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Interview
The Interview with Dr. Johanna Storck is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 1-2/2015. It is available for download as pdf document.
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09.01.2015
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Report
Last Friday, twelve junior scientists received their certificates at the 2014 Commencement Ceremony of the Graduate Center at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). They were congratulated by the Dean of DIW Graduate Center, Helmut Lütkepohl, the Executive Board of the DIW Berlin, as well as Matthias Kleiner, President of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. In his speech, Mr. Kleiner emphasized ...
07.01.2015
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Report
We are happy to announce the publication of our current SOEPnewsletter 107, January 2015.
We have some interesting news about:
SOEP data distribution soep.v30beta (what's new in the data set, data ready for sending)
a note on cross-sectional weighting
our plans to revise our household questionnaire
news from the Cross-national Data Center in Luxembourg (LIS)
some upcoming events, and some past ...
05.01.2015
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Interview
At the age of just 28, psychologist Jule Specht is an Assistant Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and a Research Fellow at the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at DIW Berlin. Jule Specht completed her undergraduate and doctoral studies in Münster. Since writing her diploma thesis, she has been studying the development of the personality across the life course using data from the SOEP. ...
05.01.2015