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  • DIW Weekly Report 13 / 2020

    STEM Careers: Workshops Using Role Model Can Reduce Gender Stereotypes

    Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM occupations (science, technology, engineering, and math). Based on a survey among secondary school students in Vienna, we show, for instance, that girls’ career aspirations, interests, and self-assessed skills in STEM fields are related to gender stereo- types. Parents also play a crucial role in this context. Further results indicate that a half-day career ...

    2020| Katharina Drescher, Simone Häckl, Julia Schmieder
  • DIW Weekly Report 13 / 2020

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    2020
  • DIW Weekly Report 12 / 2020

    Coronavirus Plunges the German Economy into Recession: DIW Economic Outlook

    The spread of the coronavirus worldwide is exerting considerable pressure on the economy. Compounded by the lack of quality data, model uncertainty, and uncertainty over government responses, economic forecasts are subject to even greater uncertainty than usual. It is difficult to predict how the pandemic will progress. Figures on the impact of the virus, obtained by comparing it with previous epidemics, ...

    2020| Claus Michelsen, Marius Clemens, Max Hanisch, Simon Junker, Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Thore Schlaak
  • DIW Weekly Report 12 / 2020

    Coronavirus Causing Major Economic Shock to the Global Economy: DIW Economic Outlook

    The ongoing corona pandemic is causing a major shock to the global economy. In the coming months, many countries are expected to suffer severe economic downturns. Sealing off entire regions disrupts supply chains, resulting in production losses and falls in consumption. The global economy is expected to grow by as little as 2.5 percent this year instead of by the 3.7 percent forecasted previously. ...

    2020| Claus Michelsen, Guido Baldi, Geraldine Dany-Knedlik, Hella Engerer, Stefan Gebauer, Malte Rieth
  • DIW Weekly Report 12 / 2020

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    2020
  • DIW Weekly Report 11 / 2020

    Nuclear Power Worldwide: Development Plans in Newcomer Countries Negligible

    At just 4.4 percent, the contribution made by nuclear power to meeting the world’s primary energy requirements is marginal and on the decline. The current nuclear power fleet is outdated with around 200 plants due to be phased out over the next ten years compared to as few as 46 new nuclear power plants under construction worldwide. Yet the nuclear industry, particularly the World Nuclear Association ...

    2020| Lars Sorge, Claudia Kemfert, Christian von Hirschhausen, Ben Wealer
  • DIW Weekly Report 11 / 2020

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    2020
  • DIW Weekly Report 10 / 2020

    The Gender Pay Gap Begins to Increase Sharply at Age of 30

    The gender pay gap increases with age: While the average gross hourly wage gap between male and female 30-year-olds is nine percent, the gap triples to 28 percent by the age of 50. This stark increase is due to differences in employment behavior in the decades between the ages of 30 and 50. Beginning at age 30, women often switch to part-time work to be able to provide childcare, whereas men tend to ...

    2020| Annekatrin Schrenker, Aline Zucco
  • DIW Weekly Report 10 / 2020

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  • DIW Weekly Report 8/9 / 2020

    Nitrate Pollution of Groundwater Long Exceeding Trigger Value: Fertilization Practices Require More Transparency and Oversight

    For many years now, nitrate concentrations have exceeded the trigger value of 50 milligrams per liter at nearly one-fifth of the groundwater sampling sites in Germany. Apart from impairing the ecosystem by, for example, causing eutrophication of water bodies, nitrate-polluted drinking water also damages human health; it is suspected to cause cancer. Econometric calculations using current data confirm ...

    2020| Greta Sundermann, Nicole Wägner, Astrid Cullmann, Christian von Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert
  • DIW Weekly Report 8/9 / 2020

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    2020
  • DIW Weekly Report 6/7 / 2020

    From Iran to Russia to Hong Kong: Geopolitical Risks Are Weighing on the German Economy

    Over the past years, there has been an increase in global geopolitical risk, the most recent example being the intensifying conflict between the USA and Iran. Such geopolitical risks also affect the German economy. A geopolitical shock, defined as an unexpected increase in risk, has a significantly negative effect on the development of the German economy, and stock prices fall. By comparison, German ...

    2020| Max Hanisch
  • DIW Weekly Report 6/7 / 2020

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  • DIW Weekly Report 4/5 / 2020

    More Women on Supervisory Boards: Increasing Indications that the Effect of the Gender Quota Extends to Executive Boards

    The statutory gender quota for supervisory boards is effective: the proportion of women on supervisory boards has increased over the past years, especially in the companies subject to the quota. But is the quota creating trickle-down effects for executive boards? As the second part of the DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer, this report analyzes whether a relationship between the growth of the proportion ...

    2020| Anja Kirsch, Katharina Wrohlich
  • DIW Weekly Report 4/5 / 2020

    Proportion of Women on Top-Decision Making Bodies of Large Companies Increasing, Except on Supervisory Boards in the Financial Sector

    The share of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany has increased somewhat more strongly than in previous years. The top 200 companies reached the ten percent mark for the first time: women held 14 more board positions than in the previous year, 94 out of 907. Growth was also somewhat more dynamic on the executive boards of the largest listed companies and companies with government- ...

    2020| Anja Kirsch, Katharina Wrohlich
  • DIW Weekly Report 4/5 / 2020

    Boards of Major German Companies Are Gradually Changing: Editorial

    2020| Anja Kirsch, Katharina Wrohlich
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  • DIW Weekly Report 3 / 2020

    Financial Stability: New, Detailed Datasets Allow for Innovation of Stress Tests

    The 2008-2010 crisis has shown that authorities were missing crucial information necessary to identify risks to the financial system in an accurate and timely manner. To be prepared for future crises, a range of legislation in Europe and beyond was passed. The scope and depth of information being reported from across the financial system, including previously disregarded segments, have thus significantly ...

    2020| Justus Inhoffen, Iman van Lelyveld
  • DIW Weekly Report 3 / 2020

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    2020
  • DIW Weekly Report 1/2 / 2020

    Construction Industry an Important Pillar of the Economy: Investment Assistance Taking Effect

    The construction industry is increasingly becoming a key pillar of the business cycle in Germany. DIW Berlin’s construction volume calculation indicates a real expansion of construction services by around three percent each year over the next two years. In nominal terms, sales in the construction industry and its related sectors will grow by around 6.5 percent in 2020 and almost six percent in 2021. ...

    2020| Martin Gornig, Claus Michelsen, Laura Pagenhardt
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