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The SOEPnewsletter 103/ January 2014 is now available. We inform about the new SOEP dataset v29Families in Germany (FiD)the new studies PIACC-L and SOEP-ECEC News from Cornell and Ohio State University SOEP 2014 call for papersSOEP activities on happiness research in 2013SOEP SymposiumSOEPcampus@DIW Berlin 2014 1,000th SOEP-based publication in an (S)SCI Journal... and a lot more.
02.01.2014
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The DIW Berlin has raised the importance and visibility of gender research at DIW Berlin by making Gender Studies part of the Department of the Executive Board. No other member institute of the Leibniz Association in Germany has yet undertaken a similar initiative. To strengthen this research area further, the DIW has also announced a postdoctoral position opening in gender research. Gender Studies ...
02.01.2014
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In 2013, twelve doctoral students from the Graduate Center have successfully finished their study. Ten of them attended the Graduation Ceremony on December 13 in the Schumpeter Hall, together with DIW colleagues, thesis supervisors, friends and family members. The Celebration was accompanied with a violin concert by Benedikt Bindewald and Maria Jadziewicz. The DIW executive board handed over the graduation ...
30.12.2013
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With this year's data distribution, SOEP v29, the data now again are being provided in both the normal and "long" format (SOEP v29). "SOEPlong" is a highly compressed, easily analyzed version of the SOEP data that, according to numerous enthusiastic users, is much simpler to handle than the usual version. The data are no longer provided as wave-specific individual files but rather ...
20.12.2013
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Maximilian Podstawski has been granted a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) from December 2013 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
19.12.2013
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In 2013 the German economy will grow at 0.4 percent which is below the growth rate of potential output. The output gap is 0.5 percent. In 2014 gross domestic product will expand at 1,6 percent and the output gap will nearly be closed. In 2015 the economy will grow above trend at a rate of 2 percent.
The pace of expansion of the world economy has accelerated in the third quarter. Advanced economies ...
18.12.2013
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The Stata version of the SOEP data download contains the labels in German and English language.Please have a look at the Stata command label language You could change the language by using label language EN
17.12.2013
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Now included: the documentation of the Biographie and History Data!The recent SOEP-Daten (v29, 1984-2012) for the first time are distributed by download (after signing a data distribution contract and via a server with special encryption method). To save space on these special server, the data documentation is not included in the data download. We kindly ask to download the documentation of the data ...
16.12.2013
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The 54 million vehicles in Germany drove almost 720 billion kilometers in 2012. To date, alternative drive systems and fuels have not achieved any notable success in terms of vehicle numbers or vehicle use. However, the diesel engine, which has higher emissions of air pollutants, is gaining ground: diesel vehicles now constitute 29 percent of all passenger vehicles and 43 percent of all kilometers ...
16.12.2013
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From December 12 to 13, the annual Graduate Center Winter Workshop took place in the Schumpeter Hall of DIW Berlin. During the two day workshop, doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The program consisted of 12 presentations that cover a large range of topics in economics and social sciences, including four by GC alumni. Please find ...
14.12.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by Marcel Fratzscher, Philipp König and Claudia Lambert in: DIW Economic Bulletin 11/12 /2013. The debate about TARGET2, the payment system of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), has resulted in controversial discussions in Germany in recent years. The present study by DIW Berlin concludes that fears often expressed in this context of the risks to Germany are largely unfounded. ...
13.12.2013
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Economic Bulletin
in: DIW Economic Bulletin 11/12 /2013"Settling TARGET Balances after the Euro Crisis". Seven Questions to Claudia Lambert and Philipp König
13.12.2013
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Economic Bulletin
by Franziska Holz, Philipp M. Richter and Christian von Hirschhausen in: DIW Economic Bulletin 11/12 /2013. The significance of natural gas is on the rise due to the restructuring and decarbonization of energy systems worldwide. Natural gas is widely available and flexible as it can be used in electricity generation, manufacturing, transport and private households. Compared to other fossil fuels, ...
13.12.2013
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As of 2005, and since 2008 in particular, child care provision for under-three-year-olds in Germany has been expanded across the board. We examine whether this expansion of services using evidence of a reduced burden on mothers and fathers with children in this age group has significantly increased these parents’ satisfaction with various areas of their lives. To shed more light on this issue, ...
12.12.2013
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DOI: 10.5684/soep.v29 As announced, we are now offering the SOEP data to all users in EEA countries for downloading-free of charge. We are delighted to provide our users this new possibility to download the SOEP data. We ensure the highest standards of data protection in transferring the SOEP data to you through use of the program Cryptshare, which offers completely encrypted transfers as well as ...
11.12.2013
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On November 30th and December 1st the DIW Graduate Center presented itself at the PhD Workshop China in Beijing. The PhD Workshop China is an event where overseas universities and research schools can present their PhD programs and network with the Chinese postgraduates and PhD candidates. During the course of this event, GC representatives motivated top students from Chinese universities to apply ...
09.12.2013
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Since 2010, housing prices in Germany have been growing on average by 6 percent a year. During the same period, the rents have been increasing by 4 percent, which is significantly slower than the housing prices, but substantially faster than the consumer prices. This is one of the results of the DIW Berlin study that examines the housing price dynamics in 71 large German cities. The largest rent increases ...
05.12.2013
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Recently, the number of immigrants to Germany, especially from the eastern and southeastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 or 2007, has risen sharply. In addition, migration from southern Europe has regained importance. Many migrants have come to take up some training, the vast majority, however, for employment. These migration flows are having distinct effects on the recent development ...
05.12.2013
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There is an ongoing discussion about whether the German electricity market offers sufficient incentives for investment in power plants and for keeping them connected to the grid, thus ensuring sufficient security of supply. Recommendations for further securing power supply include payments, some of them comprehensive, to power plant operators - in addition to energy revenues and based on their generating ...
29.11.2013
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We would like to ask you to complete a short questionnaire. By doing so, you will help us continue improving the SOEP data and our services to the international SOEP user community.If you did not receive a personal invitation, please register at https://fragebogen.diw.de/limesurvey2/index.php/659595/lang-en(This link will be active only up to Dec. 20,2013)The entire survey will take only 10 ...
25.11.2013