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Report
The new issue of the Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 4/2018 (Quarterly Journal of Economic Research) on European banking landscape between diversity, competition and concentration is now available.
Causes and consequences of institutional diversity are a largely neglected issue in economics. Only in finance, institutional variety has been at times acknowledged, though not in its ‘institution-free’ ...
09.10.2019| Dorothea Schäfer
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On October 1st, we welcomed the new Ph.D. students of the Berlin School of Economics with a welcome event.
After a short introduction at the Humboldt-University in the morning and a preparatory math course in the afternoon, the group gathered at DIW Berlin for a welcome ceremony. At a welcome reception the new students had the chance to connect with each other and the whole team.
A warm ...
04.10.2019| Juliane Metzner
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Press Release
Press release of the project group "Gemeinschaftsdiagnose": German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association, ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich in cooperation with the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), RWI – Leibniz ...
02.10.2019
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How do refugees differ from other population groups with respect to health? And how are health inequalities between refugees and others related to living conditions and the health care system? These research questions will guide the project “Refugee Migration to Germany: A Magnifying Glass for Broader Public Health Challenges” (PH-LENS), which started work on October 1, 2019, for an initial ...
24.09.2019| Monika Wimmer
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Statement
DIW president Marcel Fratzscher comments today's announcements by the ECB as follows:
12.09.2019| Marcel Fratzscher
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Personnel news
Vera Zipperer, who works at the Climate Policy department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Creating innovation incentives through environmental policies: An economic analysis" was supervised by Prof. Karsten Neuhoff, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin) and Prof. Simone Borghesi, Ph.D. ...
12.09.2019
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At the start of Summer Semester 2019, Marco Giesselmann took up his new position in the Institute of Sociology at the University of Zurich. At the SOEP, Marco was responsible for organizing SOEPcampus events. Sandra Bohmann has now taken on full responsibility for this task, which she has been carrying out as Marco’s replacement for some time. Marco is now also Senior Research Fellow at the SOEP.
Christian ...
15.08.2019
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The 2017 wave of the SOEP survey was the fourth to include a module on individual private wealth. The data from this module have been processed to deal with item non-response and to provide user-friendly harmonized variables in the widely used PWEALTH and HWEALTH files, which now include private wealth data from 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017.
The 2017 SOEP wealth module covered two new components of ...
14.08.2019
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The relaunch of our SOEP Research Data Center website will be delayed further.
The good news is: We have launched our new SOEP start page on the DIW Berlin website.It features a fresh design that’s easy to read design on all devices and new content, including Getting Started , a toolbox of services for new data users.
The new start page highlights the SOEP team’s research and policy advice ...
14.08.2019
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On thursday September 19, 2019, the Berlin School of Economics will have its official opening ceremony at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin!
For this special occasion, we are glad to welcome Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole, who will be holding the keynote address.
This event signifies the official start of a joint Berlin-wide career development program and celebrates all those who have made ...
13.08.2019| Andrea Bawamia
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It is Professor Leonardo Becchetti from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
The anonymized SOEP data are only provided for scientific research after a contract has been signed between the data user and DIW Berlin. Becchetti's topic: Heterogeneity in Beliefs Comparing West and East Germany.
We wish him success in his research!
06.08.2019
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Blog Marcel Fratzscher
As the nominee to succeed European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in November, Christine Lagarde may be hoping that her job will be somewhat easier than that of her predecessor. Yet the opposite is likely to be true. Though Draghi was tasked with guiding the ECB through years of crises, Lagarde will have to pursue eurozone reforms at a time of deepening polarization among member-state governments. ...
05.08.2019| Marcel Fratzscher
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Personnel news
Pauline Affeldt, who works at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Three Essays on the Economics of Merger Control" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Tomaso Duso (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Radosveta Ivanova-Stenzel (Technische Universität Berlin).We ...
30.07.2019
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The eighth conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) was held in Zagreb, Croatia, from July 15 to 19, 2019. The conference was hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb.
As at previous ESRA conferences, a number of SOEP staff members presented their research findings and applications of new survey methods in different SOEP samples, and some chaired ...
30.07.2019| Christine Kurka
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Personnel news
The Vienna University of Economics and Business has awarded Julia Schmieder from the Public Economics department with the Prize for Young Researchers, as well as the Prize for Outstanding Contributions to the Economic Policy Debate in Austria.
The Graduate Center and its dean Prof. Weizsäcker congratulate her on the success!
29.07.2019
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Statement
DIW president Marcel Fratzscher on the European Central Bank's latest announcements:
25.07.2019| Marcel Fratzscher
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Personnel news
Mara Berschkett, from the Graduate Center has been granted a scholarship from the Network for Old Age Provision (Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung) from Ocotber 2019 on.
The Dean of the Graduate Center, Prof. Weizsäcker congratulates her on the success!
25.07.2019
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Personnel news
Jakob Miethe, who works at the International Economics department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Offshore Finance and the Economics of Regulation and Reform" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Lukas Menkhoff (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D. (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität ...
24.07.2019
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Personnel news
Julia Schmieder, who works at the Public Economics department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Essays in Labor and Demographic Economics" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Peter Haan (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Andrea Weber (Central European University).
We congratulate Julia on her success and ...
24.07.2019
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Personnel news
Martin Bruns, who works at the Forecasting and Economic Policy department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics: Identification in Vector Autoregressive Models and Robust Inference in Early Warning Systems" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität ...
11.07.2019