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Dr. Daniel Kemptner received his doctoral title from the Free University Berlin on June 27, 2013. Under the supervision of Prof. Peter Haan and Prof. Frank Fossen, he investigated the relationship between individuals' education, health risks, and economic outcomes in Germany in his dissertation. The Dean congratulates him for successfully completing the program of the Graduate Center.
31.07.2013
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Jan Marcus, department Education Policy, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Berlin. The dissertation with the title “Four Essays on Causal Inference in Health Economics" was supervised by Gert G. Wagner (TU Berlin) and Thomas Siedler (Universität Hamburg). The Dean congratulates him for his success!
22.07.2013
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Veronika Bertram-Hümmer and Ghassan Baliki of the Development and Security Department won the “Hans Raupach Best Paper Award“ of IOS Regensburg with their paper "Measuring Deprivation: A New Index Of Visible Wealth”. The price was awarded within the 5th Joint IOS/APB/EACE Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe on the subject of „Subjective Well-being: Determinants, ...
15.07.2013
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By Stefan Bach in; DIW Economic Bulletin 07/2013.If the revenue from corporate taxation in Germany is divided by the corporate income figures from national accounts, companies' average tax burden for the period 2001 to 2008 is 21 percent. This rate is considerably lower than the statutory tax rates for this period. The reason for this is that tax-reported corporate income was well below macroeconomic ...
15.07.2013
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in: DIW Economic Bulletin 07/2013"Lack of Training for Young People Continues to be a Cause for Concern". Seven Questions to Karl Brenke
15.07.2013
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By: Karl Brenke in: DIW Economic Bulletin 07/2013. Youth unemployment in Germany has fallen to its lowest level since reunification. Between 2005 and 2012, unemployment among under 25 year olds has more than halved. By international standards, Germany is in an exceptionally strong position. Nowhere in Europe is youth unemployment lower. However, this is not so much due to structural improvements or ...
12.07.2013
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SOEP will have an exhibition stand at the 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) in Ljublijana/Slowenia, from July 15-19, 2013. Information will be provided about the wide range of analyses that can be carried out with the SOEP data. The following presentations will be given by SOEP staff members or their co-authors: Download list
10.07.2013
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Andreas Thiemann has been granted a scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) from September 2013 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates him on his success!
09.07.2013
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From June 26 to 28, the second Graduate Center Summer Workshop took place in the avendi Hotel at Griebnitz Lake in Potsdam and turned out to be a big success again. During the three-day workshop, GC10 and GC11 doctoral students presented their current research and received feedback from their supervisors and peers. The workshop was well attended by professors, doctoral students and external guests. ...
02.07.2013
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The SOEPnewsletter 101 / July 2013 is now available. We inform you about (selection):- The Future SOEP Metadata Portal: DDI on Rails- New Download Option to Be Provided with Upcoming SOEP Data Release - SOEP-IS 2011 Data Release- Use SOEP-IS for New Research Questions- IAB-SOEP Migration Sample - SOEP ...
28.06.2013
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In development aid, the idea of giving money to the poor with no strings attached received great attention during the last decade. Recently, the media took more and more interest in this topic, which Nathan Fiala from DIW Berlin is also working on. His case study on small Ugandan businesses was mentioned several times in the media. The Economist, for example, published an article called “Pennies ...
28.06.2013
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The generation of user-friendly variables for the first wave of the SOEP Innovation Sample in 2011 is finished, and the data on the core questions in the SOEP-IS are now available. Documentation on the instruments used in the sample can be found in the SOEP Survey Paper 110.For the first time ever, the data are only being provided in “long format:” a compressed form of the SOEP data. Rather ...
28.06.2013
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2012 was an eventful year for the SOEP: The survey Families in Germany (FiD) released data collected for an overall assessment of German family policy measures for use outside the project. The SOEP Innovation Sample was expanded to almost 2,500 households. And, at the 10th SOEP User Conference, more than 80 scholars from around the world presented new research on income, education, health, and happiness. ...
24.06.2013
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IAB-SOEP Immigration SampleThe Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) research infrastructure at DIW Berlin have entered into a partnership to survey immigrants in Germany. In early summer of 2013, specially trained interviewers from the survey institute TNS Infratest will survey 2,500 households containing at least one person who has immigrated to ...
21.06.2013
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Europe's Reluctant Hegemon, 14 June 2013, DIW BerlinA podcast (mp3) of the presentation by Zanny Minton Beddoes can be downloaded here. On June 15, 2013, the international affairs magazine The Economist published a Germany Special Report, analyzing Germany's economy, politics, and external image. In a remarkably short space of time, the country written off as the "sick man of Europe" only ...
18.06.2013
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On September 20, 2013 the SOEP wants to celebrate its 30th wave in the field with an 'Anniversary Colloquium on Happiness Research'.Internationally renown researchers have agreed to present their findings in keynote speeches at the colloquium. Please save the date!More information you will find on the event site, a form for application will be provided there soon.
18.06.2013
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in: DIW Economic Bulletin 06/2013"Separated Banking System Not Enough" Seven Questions to Dorothea Schäfer
17.06.2013
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By: Benjamin Klaus and Dorothea Schäfer in: DIW Economic Bulletin 06/2013. Many banks are now too big, complex, and closely interconnected to be liquidated. When they run into difficulties, they threaten the entire financial system of their economic area. Five years of financial crisis have not alleviated but exacerbated this problem. The cost of stabilizing banks is enormous, posing serious challenges ...
17.06.2013
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By: Christian Dreger and Konstantin A. Kholodilin in: DIW Economic Bulletin 06/2013. When speculative price bubbles on real estate markets burst, the effects for the real economy are often devastating taking the form of substantial losses in production and employment. This paper discusses the degree to which institutional frameworks can prevent speculative bubbles from emerging and expanding. Comparing ...
17.06.2013
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Guest Comment by Marcel Fratzscher in: Financial Times (10th of June 2013) On Tuesday, the conflict between the European Central Bank and the Bundesbank will turn into a showdown before the German constitutional court on the legality of eurozone policy decisions. No matter how the court eventually rules, the case is straining a difficult relationship. It is time to defuse this eurozone time bomb. ...
12.06.2013