The SOEPnewsletter No. 90 / October 2010 is available.Please see: The Comment: Jacqui Smith underlines the importance of subjective indicators in longitudinal studies and argues for more harmonization efforts for international comparisons SOEP Data Release 1984-2009 – now available in the EEA countries What’s new in the 1984-2009 data distribution (SOEP v26)? What’s ‘v26’, ...
On Sunday afternoon (September 12, 2010) our former colleague Johannes Schwarze tragically lost his life at the age of 51 in a road accident near Bamberg where he lives. The accident was caused by a motorist.Johannes Schwarze worked for the SOEP from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. From 2000 onward, he was a Research Professor at DIW Berlin. After holding positions as Deputy Chair in Bochum and Professor ...
Experts claim no space for tax cuts and higher social spending The German economy has recovered surprisingly well from the crisis. DIW Berlin estimates that the growth will continue – although in a less rapid pace than the first half year. “We reach a massive annual growth of 3.4 percent in 2010. In 2011 the German economy is expected to grow at a rate of 2 percent”, said Ferdinand ...
The Board of Trustees of DIW Berlin has made a number of decisions in a special meeting. First of all, an adjustment of the articles was decided, reinforcing the Trustees’ right to information and participation on the one hand, and emphasizing the cooperative responsibility of the Executive Board on the other.
The shipping of the DVD containing the SOEP data 1984-2009 (wave Z, v26) just started. 26 waves of German Socio-Economic Panel data are available for Euro 30,- (plus shipping costs) within EEA.If you want to get the data, you have to have a data distribution contract and have to order the data.More information about our conditionsOrder form onlineOrder form
The recently opened SOEP Archive for Re-Analysis of Published Findings now contains the first datasets.On our website you will find not only links to completely anonymized datasets used in some publications and available for free in the internet. We also provide information to publications using a working dataset deposited at our archive, available for licenced SOEP users, as well as references to ...
DIW President Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann appointed Prof. Bernd Görzig as DIW Research Proffessor for an initial period of three years. The appointment was suggested by Prof. Dr. Alexander Kritikos, Head of the Department Innovation, Manufacturing, Service.
DIW President Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann appointed Prof. Axel Werwatz as DIW Research Professor for an initial period of three years with effect from July 31, 2010. The appointment was suggested by Prof. Dr. Alexander Kritikos, Head of the Department Innovation, Manufacturing, Service.
Photo: Stephan Röhl The 9th International Conference of SOEP Users has been a great success. More than 70 presentations (incl. poster session) were given and more than ...
DIW President Zimmermann: “Another opportunity missed at the G-20 summit in Canada.” The German economy will grow at a moderate pace through 2010 and 2011. According to the quarterly forecast released today by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the German economy will grow with an average rate of 1.9 percent in 2010, and 1.7 percent in 2011. “The recovery is ...