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Populism and Narratives of Social Mobility

The rise of populism continues to shake numerous Western democracies, often leading to exclusionary or authoritarian tendencies (Mudde, 2004). This is evident in events such as the US Capitol storming in January 2021 and the attempted coup in Germany in December 2022. The destabilizing threat to democratic institutions across the EU and the US underscores the importance of understanding populism’s...

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende: ambitionierte Ziele, aber zu geringe Dynamik

The German “traffic light” (Ampel) coalition has set ambitious new energy transition targets. Using an open data tool developed at DIW Berlin, we discuss the progress and challenges of selected indicators. Since the government took over, photovoltaic capacity increased by 45 % to 87 GW by April 2024, with a planned doubling by 2030. However, onshore wind power grew by only 11 % to 62 GW. The installation ...

DECIPHE – Demographic Change and the Intergenerational Persistence in Homeownership in Europe

DECIPHE is the first project to comprehensively study whether and how profound demographic changes in Europe impact the intergenerational persistence of homeownership, considering variations across countries, regions, and birth cohorts. It adopts a life course framework on housing tenure, in which individuals’ homeownership is shaped by their household members’ preferences and resources and...

Renewable Energy and Equilibrium Hedging in Electricity Forward Markets

We study the impact of renewable energy on forward markets for electricity. Previous literature shows that forward prices are determined by time-varying demand and volatile spot prices. We introduce supply risk from renewable generation and find that stochastic renewable output mitigates income risk for generating firms, in particular when negative shocks to renewable output have large positive price ...

Technological Progress, Occupational Structure, and Gender Gaps in the German Labour Market

We analyze if technological progress and the change in the occupational structure have improved women’s position in the labour market. We show that women increasingly work in non-routine manual and in interactive occupations. However, the observed narrowing of the gender wage gap is entirely driven by declining gender wag gaps within, rather than between, occupations. A decomposition exercise reveals ...

Study on the Effectiveness of COVID-Aid on Firms

The study investigates the impact of COVID-related State aid measures (COVID-aid) on firms’ performance in selected EU countries, distinguishing among different categories of (pre-crisis) firm size, economic sector, and type of financial instrument received. The current analysis covers three countries with available National State Aid Registries, namely Italy, Poland, and Spain, which enable precise ...

Peter Krause: A Pioneer in Household Panel Surveys and Quality of Life Applications

Cookbooks, Guidance, and Best Practice: Working Group Charter (NFDI Section-metadata) ; (Meta)data, Terminologies, Provenance

Forschende brauchen auf ihre spezifischen Bedürfnisse zugeschnittene Hilfestellungen bei der Ermittlung und Anwendung von Standards und Werkzeugen für (Meta)Daten, Terminologien und Provenienz. Jedes NFDI-Konsortium identifiziert, sammelt und entwickelt Ansätze, die für Forschungsaktivitäten außerhalb der einzelnen Domänen relevant sein könnten. Die Arbeitsgruppe "Cookbooks, Guidance, and Best Practices" ...

Complementarities between Algorithmic and Human Decision-making: The Case of Antibiotic Prescribing

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to improve human decisions in complex environments, but its effectiveness can remain limited if humans hold context-specific private information. Using the empirical example of antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections, we show that full automation of prescribing fails to improve on physician decisions. Instead, optimally delegating a share of decisions ...

Provider Effects in Antibiotic Prescribing: Evidence from Physician Exits

In the fight against antibiotic resistance, reducing antibiotic consumption while preserving healthcare quality presents a critical health policy challenge. We investigate the role of practice styles in patients’ antibiotic intake using exogenous variation in patient-physician assignment. Practice style heterogeneity explains 49% of the differences in overall antibiotic use and 83% of the differences ...