-
Refereed essays Web of Science
During the 2022 energy crisis, electricity prices across Europe have risen to unprecedented heights. In a case study for Germany, this work investigates to which extent price spikes can be attributed to changes in upstream commodity prices, and to which degree strategic behavior by generators may have contributed to the situation. Electricity markets are more prone to the effects of such behavior if ...
In:
Energy Reports
13 (2025), S. 5474–5485
| Maria Krzywnicka, Lukas Barner
-
Non-refereed Articles
This chapter provides an overview of the German long-term care insurance. We document care needs and wellbeing of the elderly population. Moreover, we provide a detailed description of the German long-term care institutions (sources of finance and types of benefits), the professional care work force, and informal caregivers. Finally, we document expenditures on long-term care and estimate the value ...
In:
Jonathan Gruber, Kathleen McGarry (Eds.) ,
Long-Term Care around the World
Chicago : University of Chicago press
S. 141-176
| Johannes Geyer, Axel Börsch- Supan, Peter Haan, Elsa Perdrix
-
DIW Discussion Papers 2121 / 2025
This study examines how policies affecting the cost of using fossil fuels in production influence comparative advantage in the industrial sector. Firstly, we use a fixed-effects gravity model to estimate the export capabilities that determine comparative advantage. Subsequently, using data on direct (carbon taxes, ETS permit prices) and indirect (fossil fuel excise taxes and subsidies) carbon pricing ...
2025| Antonia Kurz, Stela Rubínová
-
Research Project
This research project examines the revenue and distributional effects of a wealth tax on households in Germany. Various scenarios with progressive tax rates and high personal allowances are analyzed, including special provisions for business assets, real estate, and retirement savings. The simulation calculations are based on microdata from the PHF/HFCS and SOEP, supplemented by additional...
Completed Project| Public Economics
-
Personen
Legal and Procurement Staff Unit Team
-
Refereed essays Web of Science
We show that in school systems with grade retention or redshirting birth cohort size is negatively related to the grade-level share of students who are too old for their grade. This compositional effect gives rise to an upward bias in estimates of class size effects based on commonly used research designs exploiting within-school variation in birth cohort size. Using data for all primary schools in ...
In:
Journal of Human Resources
60 (2025), 2, S. 578-606
| Maximilian Bach, Stephan Sievert
-
Externe Working Papers
This briefing report evaluates the ECB's monetary policy in a context of declining inflation and stagnant growth. Inflation risks have been averted and, after a period of relatively tight policy in 2024, benchmark comparisons indicate that the current interest rate is consistent with the ECB's mandate. The prevailing economic and inflation outlook supports further rate cuts. However, the high level ...
Bruxelles:
European Parliament,
2025,
27 S.
(Monetary Dialogue Papers ; March 2025)
| Kerstin Bernoth
-
Refereed essays Web of Science
Introduction Primary healthcare (PHC) is key to addressing the health and social needs of refugees. Nurses are often part of multidisciplinary teams in PHC, but little is known about their roles and responsibilities in refugee healthcare. We aimed to synthesise the existing knowledge about models of care (MoC) for refugees in primary care settings which involve nursing professionals.Methods Systematic ...
In:
BMJ Global Health
10 (2025), e018105, 17 S.
| Andreas W. Gold, Clara Perplies, Louise Biddle, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
-
DIW Weekly Report 18/19 / 2025
The average gender pay gap in Germany is 16 percent according to the most recent data. On the occasion of the 2025 Equal Pay Day, this Weekly Report using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data shows that considerable differences according to age and level of education are hiding behind this average gap. For example, the gender pay gap increases significantly with age for people of all educational backgrounds ...
2025| Fiona Herrmann, Katharina Wrohlich
-
Graduate Center Masterclasses
This course aims at giving tools to students for entering the frontier of research regarding models of financial stability and economic crises. The focus will be on presenting state-of-the-art concepts and empirical methods on financial stability empirics, and general-purpose analytical and computational techniques that enable students to replicate and extend frontier-research papers in these...
26.05.2025| Christos Koulovatianos