Despite substantial research on job satisfaction in self-employment, we know little about the specific consequences for the venture when job satisfaction declines after an external shock. Taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of an external shock and drawing on a sample of nearly 7,000 self-employed individuals living in Germany, we investigate how declines in job satisfaction are related to investment ...
With the 2021 introduction of Germany’s basic pension, longterm insured persons with low incomes can receive a supplement to their statutory pension. In 2024, around 1.4 million recipients received an average pension increase of 100 euros as a result. Data from the German Pension Insurance show that women especially benefit from the basic pension supplement. At the same time, it is striking that people ...
We are pleased to inform you that representatives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will visit the DIW Berlin to present the IMF Economist Program (EP) — an entry program for young economists who wish to pursue an international career in economic policy and research. The IMF Economist Program is designed for talented economists who are close to completing or have recently completed a PhD...
On October 7th, 2025, the Future Power Markets Platform (Karsten Neuhoff) and Future Power Markets Forum (Benjamin Hobbs) jointly organized a webinar, to get first-hand insights on how locational price risks are hedged in North American electricity markets. The first part of the webinar – input presentations from each of the experts – is included in this recording.
Fellows of Climate Policy Department The Climate Policy Department collaborates with a wide range of universities, research institutes and other organisations both in Germany and abroad. Research Cooperation Climate Policy
Becoming a German citizen marks a key step in the integration process of immigrants. An analysis of data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) shows that more and more refugees from six main countries who came to Germany between 2013 and 2019 were already naturalized or had applied to naturalize. The share of immigrants who had already naturalized increased from 2.1 percent in 2021 to 7.5 percent in ...
