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Report
The Institute of Employment Research (IAB), the Information Centre for Asylum and Migration of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are currently working together on a longitudinal survey of refugees. The survey research institute Kantar Public (formerly TNS Infratest) has been commissioned ...
20.12.2017
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Press Release
Children from families who do not speak German as their main language at home often attend childcare facilities with children in similar situations – Policies providing financial incentives for facilities with a minimum percentage of children from migrant backgrounds shouldn’t be encouraged – Separate study shows that quality is strongly influenced by children's social behavior – ...
20.12.2017
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Report
The Institute of Employment Research (IAB), the Information Centre for Asylum and Migration of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ), and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are currently working together on a longitudinal survey of refugees. The survey research institute Kantar Public (formerly TNS Infratest) has been commissioned ...
20.12.2017| Jürgen Schupp
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Economic Bulletin
In this study, we report on the current state of the international market for crude oil. The market data we analyzed indicate that competition has intensified as a result of the now firmly-established shale oil extraction industry in the U.S. Model-based simulations also show that supply-side shifts should only have moderate price effects. This applies to both an expansion in U.S. shale oil production ...
20.12.2017| Dawud Ansari, Claudia Kemfert, Aleksandar Zaklan
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Report
Last week, 10 new Ph.D. graduates received their certificates. In a festive ceremony with classical music, the new Ph.D.s were honored by the DIW Berlin president Prof. Marcel Fratzscher Ph.D., the Graduate Center dean Prof. Georg Weizsäcker Ph.D. and the former federal minister of education Dr. h. c. Edelgard Bulmahn who held the commencement speech.
We wish each and every one much success in ...
18.12.2017
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Personnel news
Nils May, a DIW PhD candidate and Research Associate at the Climate Policy Department, has received a Subsidy from Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS). The prize was awarded for his presentation "Cost-Efficient investments? Policy Impacts on Financing Costs" at this year's European Assocation of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Conference in Athens.
15.12.2017
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Statement
Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), comments the latest ECB council meeting as follows:
14.12.2017| Marcel Fratzscher
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Economic Bulletin
The German economy continues to boom and the upswing has recently gained breadth. In addition to continuing strong consumer demand on the domestic front, the flourishing global economy is making itself felt in a growing Germany economy. In view of strong exports and abating global risks companies in capital-intensive manufacturing and processing industries are currently investing more. This activity ...
13.12.2017
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Press Release
Public purchases can make a valuable contribution to decarbonizing the economy – Despite an upward trend, only 2.4 percent of public contracts in Germany include green criteria – Policy action is needed in order to fully exploit the potential
Green public procurement, by which public authorities choose their suppliers of goods and services not only based on price but also according to ...
12.12.2017
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Report
The application portal for the GC PhD Program is now open! We look forward to applications from highly qualified and motivated postgraduates from around the world.All relevant information, application documents and the online application form can be found here. To learn more about the Graduate Center and our PhD program, visit our program section or download the flyer.
12.12.2017
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Personnel news
Helene Naegele, who works at the Competition and Consumers department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Firm Strategies and Consumer Behavior under Market-Based Sustainability Policies" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Pio Baake (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Christian von ...
11.12.2017
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Interview
“Income Inequality, Inequality of Opportunity, and Redistribution” was the subject of economist Judith Niehues’ doctoral dissertation and has been a central focus of her research since then. Niehues earned her doctorate at the University of Cologne after completing undergraduate studies there and at San Diego State University in the United States. She is a Senior Economist at the ...
08.12.2017
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Report
This year we call on every user to take part in our SOEP User Survey, to participate in continuously developing the SOEP. The survey will be funtional until the end of december. We hope for a high willingness to participate and we would be happy for any feedback or ideas.
For more information on the survey and to participate please click here
08.12.2017
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Report
The scientific study MORE is designed to deliver first results on how civic engagement can support the short- and long-term integration of refugees in Germany. The intervention study is a cooperation between the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). It is funded by the Leibniz Competition (Funding Line: Innovative ...
08.12.2017
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Report
Since autumn of 2011, the SOEP has been offering in-house traineeships to students who are studying to be specialists in market and social research (Fachangestellte für Markt- und Sozialforschung, FAMS), a three-year degree program that is part of the German dual system of vocational training. Specialists in market and social research are responsible for organizational and operational tasks in ...
08.12.2017
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Report
K2ID is short for „Kinder und Kitas in Deutschland“ and refers to the German name of the surveys carried out as part of a project entitled “Early childhood education and care quality in the Socio-Economic Panel” (K²ID-SOEP).
Since October 2017 the data are distributed via the RDC SOEP.
For more information about the dataset please click here.
08.12.2017
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Report
SOEP-Core version v33 is now available and can be ordered.
We are looking foward to your order. To order the data please click here.
The new data distribution (1984–2016) “SOEP v33” provides, for the most recent survey year 2016, the usual wave-specific data files BGPBRUTTO, BGP, BGPKAL, BGPGEN, BGHBRUTTO, BGH, BGHGEN, BGKIND, and BFPLUECKE as well as the updated files with a longitudinal ...
08.12.2017
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Report
The SOEP v33 data release (1984-2016) includes data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees in Germany. This is the first SOEP data release to include this new data set. More information on the survey can be found here.
The data are provided for downloading—either as 'stand alone' data set or integrated into the SOEP-Core data set—by the Research Data Center of the SOEP. To obtain the ...
07.12.2017
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Personnel news
Clara Welteke, who works at the Public Economics department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title "Direct and Indirect Effects of Social Policies on Labor Supply Decisions - Empirical Evidence from Germany" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Peter Haan (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Albrecht Glitz ...
07.12.2017
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Press Release
The introduction of the minimum wage in Germany led to significant increases in wages –– However, around seven percent of eligible workers earn less than minimum wage, with the marginally employed and employees at small businesses being particularly affected –– When one also takes into account workers who are not eligible for a minimum wage, such as freelancers, a total of around ...
06.12.2017