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Personnel news
Marlene Karl, department of Macroeconomics, has successfully defended her dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays in Banking Risk, Regulation and Monetary Policy" was supervised by Dieter Nautz (Freie Universität Berlin) and Claudia Buch (Universität Tübingen).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates her on her su ...
01.07.2016
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In the media
This article by Marcel Fratzscher was originally published in Handelsblatt Global Edition on June 28, 2016.
The Frenchman Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of today’s Europe, wrote that the process of European unity will “be accomplished in crises.”? The Brexit decision is a catastrophe for all Europeans. It is coming at a high price in political, social and economic terms.
But ...
29.06.2016
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Personnel news
Holger Lüthen, department of Public Economics, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays on long-term labor market developments and retirement in Germany" was supervised by Giacomo Corneo (Freie Universität Berlin) and Peter Haan (DIW, Freie Universität Berlin).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl ...
28.06.2016
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Personnel news
Christopher Boortz has sucessfully defended his dissertation on June 21st at the Free University of Berlin.
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates him on his success!
24.06.2016
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Report
We would like to remind you of the possibilities of the SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) and encourage you to consider using this instrument in developing new empirical research questions. SOEP-IS is well suited to short-term experiments, but it is particularly useful for long-term surveys that are not possible in the framework of the core SOEP—whether because the instruments are not yet established ...
21.06.2016
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Press Release
DIW Berlin forecast: GDP is expected to increase by 1.7 percent this year and 1.4 percent next year – consumer spending still a growth driver, but expanding with less momentum than before – global economy failing to gain traction – Brexit would significantly hinder growth
According to the German Institute for Economic Research’s new summer forecast, the German economy—backed ...
17.06.2016
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Interview
Mr. Fichter, the German economy has recently been experiencing a moderate upswing. Can we expect more momentum in the future?
Germany’s economic development is overall very stable. Although the strong start at the beginning of the year was followed by a somewhat weaker second quarter, we are expecting steady, moderate growth and a very balanced development of the German economy for the second ...
17.06.2016
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Report
Supported by dynamic domestic demand, the German economy is expected to grow by 1.7 percent this year. As consumption and investment in construction are likely to weaken in the coming year, is hardly contributing to growth 2017 should amount to roughly 1.4 percent. Foreign trade is contributing relatively little to growth. In both years of the forecast period, capacities will be at more or ...
17.06.2016
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Press Release
DIW Berlin study reveals decline in foreign-owned companies’ R&D spending, but increase in overall R&D expenditure due to domestic companies’ considerable investment – foreign-owned companies are investing more strongly in leading-edge technologies, and midsize foreign-owned companies recently raised their R&D expenditure
Private companies’ overall R&D ...
09.06.2016
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Personnel news
Marcel Hebing successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Bamberg, Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics, and Business Administration, on May 17, 2016. In his dissertation entitled "A Metadata-Driven Approach to Panel Data Management and its Application in DDI on Rails," he presents a generic framework for the development of a metadata-driven infrastructure for panel studies developed ...
09.06.2016
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Interview
Mr. Eickelpasch, you’ve studied the participation of foreign companies in research and development (R&D) in Germany. How has this developed in recent years?
R&D expenditure decreased by ten percent in 2013 compared to 2011, bringing it down to 11.9 billion euros. We see a similar picture for the development of R&D personnel, in other words, employees tasked with research and development. ...
08.06.2016
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Report
In the file with generated longitudinal data on children (KIDLONG) in SOEP-Core v31.1 another correction had to be implemented: Some few data that only had been asked in the FiD study were missing.This applies to the variables KA06$$ (Activities for children below the age of 6) and KA16$$ (Activities for children aged 6 to 16).If you want to analyze these variables there are three ways to use the corrected ...
06.06.2016
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Report
We recently published the SOEP data (SOEP v31.1) in long format.
If you are registered as SOEP data user you may order the data online and receive a personalized link to download the data via completely encrypted transfers.
Other interested researchers please have a look at our websites or contact the SOEPhotline to get information on access to the data.
"SOEPlong" is a highly compressed, ...
06.06.2016
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Personnel news
Elisabeth Bügelmayer, department of German Socio-Economic Panel, has successfully defended her dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Survey and Experimental Evidence on the Development of Children's Preferences and Skills" was supervised by Katharina Spieß (Freie Universität Berlin).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates ...
03.06.2016
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Report
Vera Zipperer has been granted a scholarship from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) from June 2016 on. The Dean of the GC, Prof. Lütkepohl, congratulates her on her success!
31.05.2016
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Personnel news
Andreas Thiemann, department of Public Economics, has successfully defended his dissertation at Freie Universität Berlin.
The dissertation with the title “Essays in Social Policy" was supervised by Peter Haan (DIW, Freie Universität Berlin) and Frank Fossen (Freie Universität Berlin).
The Dean Prof. Dr. Helmut Lütkepohl congratulates him on his success!
30.05.2016
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Press Release
The SOEP’s Barometer of Public Opinion on Refugees in Germany examines the population’s attitudes, expectations, and fears—most respondents supported the rights of refugees to remain in the country in accordance with EU law and the 1951 Refugee Convention—but the majority are in favor of refugees returning if the situation improves in their country of origin
The majority of ...
25.05.2016
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Interview
Professor Schupp, in Germany, public debate on the refugee issue has sometimes been quite heated. Is the population really as concerned as it often appears?
If we are talking about granting refugees the right to remain in Germany in accordance with the 1951 Refugee Convention, it’s clear that the vast majority of the population are in favor of granting temporary asylum. This particularly applies ...
25.05.2016
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Report
Following the financial crisis of 2008/09, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision introduced a new framework for banking regulation, commonly known as Basel III. For the first time since the inception of global banking regulation in 1988, Basel III contains explicit mandatory rules for liquidity regulation. The cornerstones of the new liquidity regulation are two balance sheet ratios that seek ...
25.05.2016
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Press Release
DIW Berlin conducted two studies on developments in energy supply – private utilities no more efficient than public utilities – consolidation in drinking water sector offers little benefit
More and more cities and municipalities in Germany are once again taking the electricity, gas, and heating utilities into their own hands: between 2003 and 2012, the number of public utilities increased ...
20.05.2016