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Economic Bulletin
Long Hours for Low PayBy: Karl Brenke in: DIW Economic Bulletin 7/2012.There has been no robust growth of the low-pay sector in Germany since 2006. Over the past few years, a constant 22 percent of all employees have fallen into this category. The job structure within the low-pay sector has not changed in the last decade. In the economy as a whole, however, there has been less and less demand for low-skilled ...
06.07.2012
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Publication
Ready to download: The current SOEP Wave Report .Content: The Basics of the SOEPA Selection of 2011 Publications by the SOEP team Summary Report SOEP Fieldwork in 2011PublicationsYou will find information about the mission of the SOEP, a short overview and background information and the findings of the User Survey 2011. This is followed by translations of selected DIW Wochenberichte written ...
05.07.2012
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Report
The 10th International SOEP User Conference took place in Berlin from June 28-29. Over 160 participants from 10 countries attended the event, which included numerous interesting presentations and lively discussions. Photo: Stephan Röhl Please read more in our extensive SOEP2012 Conference Report.Titles and abstracts of all presentations and posters you will find on our conference homepage www ...
05.07.2012
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Report
Abstract: In the projection period, the German economy will grow at a considerably slower pace than in the previous years. After a three per cent increase in 2011, German GDP will rise by only one per cent in this year and by close to two per cent next year. It is primarily domestic demand that drives this expansion, while exports are not expected to pick up until the turn of the year. The weaker economy ...
04.07.2012
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Report
From 25-27 June, DIW Berlin hosted the 12th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference that was co-organized by DIW’s Department of Development and Security and the Network of European Peace Scientists (NEPS). Several well-known scholars from the field of economics and political sciences attended this annual interdisciplinary meeting of European peace researchers, which was funded by the ...
28.06.2012
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Report
The SOEPnewsletter 97 / July is ready for download! We inform you about: New SOEP 1984-2011 data (v28) - order now! (The data set will be available in late summer.) Test the Beta version of v28 What's new in the SOEP 1984-2011data release (v28) New FAQ entry Documentation on SOEP questionnaires and survey reports Ordering the FiD data (Familien inDeutschland/Families ...
28.06.2012
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Report
The 12th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, organized by the Department of Development and Security of DIW Berlin and NEPS (The Network of European Peace Scientists), will be funded via the “Internationale Wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen” funding programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). The conference will take place at DIW Berlin from ...
21.06.2012
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Personnel news
Nina Vogel, a new doctoral student in the SOEP group, became a fellow of the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE). Her work focuses on late-life development of well-being and health.She studied psychology in Heidelberg, where she received her diploma in 2011. In her thesis, which was supervised by Oliver Schilling and Hans-Werner Wahl, she examined trajectories of ...
20.06.2012
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Personnel news
Simone Bartsch joined the SOEP in May 2012. Starting in June 2012, she will be working for approximately one year as SOEP Survey Manager during Elisabeth Liebau's maternity leave.Simone Bartsch completed a degree in Sociology at the University of Leipzig. From 2006-2012, she worked as a Scientific Assistant at the University of Bremen Chair for Sociology and Methodology on both the Coordination Project ...
20.06.2012
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Personnel news
Two new staff members in the BASE-II Project (Berlin Aging study II), funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and conducted in cooperation with Charité Berlin, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics have been working in the SOEP at DIW Berlin since June 2012: Denise Saßenroth and Anke Böckenhoff.Denise Saßenroth, ...
19.06.2012
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Personnel news
Jürgen Schupp was elected spokesperson of the Interdisciplinary Network of Infrastructure Facilities (IVI) of the Leibniz Association on its last meeting at the end of April. The network consists of 18 Leibniz Institutions that work with a particular high share of scientific services. Jürgen Schupp will represent the interests of the infrastructure facilities - amongst others in the Presidency ...
18.06.2012
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Personnel news
Patricia Axt - who many of you know from the German Data Forum (RatSWD) where she worked for many years - started working on May 16, 2012 as SOEP Team Assistant.She is taking the place of Birgit Pollin during her maternity leave.
13.06.2012
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Report
Our staff member Daniel D. Schnitzlein was awarded the Hermann Gutmann Foundation Award by the Faculty of Law and Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for his dissertation entitled "Four Essays on Economic Mobility."In his dissertation, he used SOEP and PSID data from Germany and the USA as well as IDA data from Denmark to compare and examine the levels ...
13.06.2012
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Report
By Astrid Cullmann, Kurt Geppert In this study, we explore how general socio-economic trends within the European Union are reflected in the development of different types of regions during the period from 1995 to 2009 and how economic disparities between EU regions change in the course of these processes. Overall, there is a decrease of regional inequalities in terms of per-capita income, but ...
11.06.2012
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Press Release
DIW Berlin and Free University Berlin use economic indicator to predict the winner Based upon team transfer values, Spain will be the 2012 European champions. At the final in Kiev, Spain will play Germany, just as in 2008, with Joachim Löw’s team most likely managing only second place, again. Using this model, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Free University Berlin ...
08.06.2012
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Report
This year’s Lecture series of the Berlin Network of Labour Market Researchers (BeNA) took place on 23 and 24 April with support from the DIW Berlin and in particular the Socio-Economic Panel. The lecture was held by Professor Joseph Altonji (Yale University) on the topic „Dealing with Selection on Unobservables“. Most of the more than 70 participants came from Berlin (students, PhD-students, ...
07.06.2012
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Publication
For a considerable time now, the lack of equality in wage incomes in Germany has been getting clearly worse. Hence it is all the more important to at least guarantee equal opportunities in our society. The level of income - both for social and economic reasons - should be dependent on individual performance and not on one's parents' status. But what shape is equality of opportunity in Germany ...
01.06.2012
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Economic Bulletin
Targeted Support for New Photovoltaic Installations Requires Flexible and Regular AdjustmentsBy: Thilo Grau in: DIW Economic Bulletin 6/2012.Feed-in tariffs have proven to be an effective instrument in supporting renewable energies. As a result of the dynamic price trend of photovoltaics, the actual number of systems installed has repeatedly exceeded initial government targets. Therefore, the support ...
01.06.2012
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Economic Bulletin
The proposed Adjustment of Germany's Renewable Energy Law: a Critical AssessmentBy: Jochen Diekmann, Claudia Kemfert, Karsten Neuhoff in: DIW Economic Bulletin 6/2012.Support through the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) has led, in the past few years, to an unexpectedly wide expansion of systems for generating solar power (photovoltaics) because the system prices for photovoltaic (PV) systems ...
01.06.2012
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Economic Bulletin
"We should not overshoot the target." Six Questions to Jochen Diekmann
01.06.2012