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Germany’s debt brake is breaking its economy

The recent decision by the German Constitutional Court to block the government’s plan to redirect €60 billion in unused pandemic funds toward climate-related projects has underscored the growing divisions within Germany’s three-party ruling coalition. Moreover, the decision is set to undermine economic growth at a critical moment. Earlier this month, Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled that the government’s ...

Application portal for the Graduate Center PhD program 2024 is open now

Apply now for the PhD program in Economics at the DIW Graduate Center! The application portal is now open and we look forward to receiving your application for a PhD position at DIW by February 11, 2024!  All information on the requirements, the application process and the program structure can be found here: https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.799242.de/application.html

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Application Portal for the GC PhD Program 2024 Is Now Open

Start of the next application period for our PhD programm (cohort starting in 2024) began on November 13, 2023. The deadline is February 11, 2024. We look forward to your application! Apply here!

Boryana Ilieva has successfully defended her dissertation

Boryana Ilieva, who worked at the Public Economics department, has successfully defended her dissertation at Humboldt University of Berlin. The dissertation with the title "Essays on Labor Economics, Dynamic Decision Making and the Role of Gender" was supervised by Prof. Georg Weizsäcker, Ph. D. and Prof. Dr. Peter Haan. We congratulate Boryana on her success and wish her all the best for her future ...

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We stand in solidarity with Israel

The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and its Executive Board join the Alliance of Science Organisations in expressing solidarity with Israel. "The Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany expresses its deepest condolences for the victims of the terrorist attacks on Israel. In particular, our sympathy is with our friends and colleagues in the Israeli scientific community. Israel ...

Call for Abstracts: Joint Spring Meeting “The Power of Where - Spatial Insights from Survey Data”

The two-day spring meeting "The Power of Where: Spatial Insights from Survey Data" will take place in person at Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus on February 29 to March 1, 2024. The meeting is jointly organized by the Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR), Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), and SOEP-RegioHub at Bielefeld University and is conceived as a lunch-to-lunch ...

Call for Abstracts: Joint Spring Meeting “The Power of Where - Spatial Insights from Survey Data”

The two-day spring meeting "The Power of Where: Spatial Insights from Survey Data" will take place in person at Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus on February 29 to March 1, 2024. The meeting is jointly organized by the Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR), Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU), and SOEP-RegioHub at Bielefeld University and is conceived as a lunch-to-lunch ...

Joint Economic Forecast: Purchasing power returns ‒ political uncertainty high

According to the Joint Economic Forecast, Germany's gross domestic product declines by 0.6% in 2023. This is a strong downward revision of 0.9 percentage points from the forecast made in spring 2023. "The most important reason for this revision is that industry and private con­sumption are recovering more slowly than we expected in spring," says Oliver Holtemöller, Vice President and Head of the Macroeconomics ...

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Call for Papers

The call for papers for the 15th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference is online. SOEP 2024 will take place from July 4-5, 2024, in Berlin, and researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit an abstract. The theme of the conference and keynote speeches will be "individual and collective responses to a changing world." Keynote speakers will be Simon Jäger from IZA/MIT and ...

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

The call for papers for the 15th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference is online. SOEP 2024 will take place from July 4-5, 2024, in Berlin, and researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit an abstract. The theme of the conference and keynote speeches will be "individual and collective responses to a changing world." Keynote speakers will be Simon Jäger from IZA/MIT and ...

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

The first Scientific Use File of the German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP) is now available The SCP is a newly established longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021. The annual survey is directed not only at the selected individuals ...

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

The first Scientific Use File of the German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP) is now available The SCP is a newly established longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021. The annual survey is directed not only at the selected individuals ...

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

All registered data users can now order the current data via our online order form. In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder Due to a change of the survey institute, there was a delay in the data transfer this year. Unfortunately, we still could not include all information in this data delivery. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Key information ...

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

All registered data users can order the latest data immediately via our online order form.In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder Due to a change in the survey institute, there was a delay in the data transfer this year. We apologize for the delay in data delivery. Important news for v38 There are some additional new datasets such as the INSTRUMENTATION ...

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

Second survey wave of around 7,000 Ukrainians on their life situations and progress in social participation For the second time, Ukrainians who fled because of the Russian war of aggression were interviewed about their life in Germany. Key results are: At the beginning of 2023, almost half of the respondents intend to stay in Germany in the longer term. The number of people in employment has increased ...

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

New data, new projects, new faces: In 2022, a lot of new things happened at the Socio-Economic Panel. Last year's annual report provides again a compact and clear insight into all the SOEP's activities on topics such as forced migration, wealth, new samples, pension data, and mental health as well as on the fieldwork carried out by infas. The report is available online free of charge. We would also ...

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

New data, new projects, new faces: In 2022, a lot of new things happened at the Socio-Economic Panel. Last year's annual report provides again a compact and clear insight into all the SOEP's activities on topics such as forced migration, wealth, new samples, pension data, and mental health as well as on the fieldwork carried out by infas. The report is available online free of charge. We would ...

Response to 13 concerns relating to a renewable energy pool

The conversion of electricity generation to renewable energies such as wind and solar is the most important building block for a climate-neutral economy and Germany's independence from energy imports. The energy crisis in the wake of the war in Ukraine shows that an acceleration of the energy transition is urgently needed. "Contracts for Differences" (CfDs) can be an effective means of promoting the ...