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Power Generation from Nuclear Fusion Not Expected in the Foreseeable Future: Applied Research Developing Dynamically

Research into nuclear fusion for military purposes has been regularly conducted since the 1940s. However, the idea of being able to use nuclear power for power generation within mere decades has not come to fruition. While some successes have been highlighted by the media, such as the experiments at the National Ignition Facility in California at the end of 2022, the main problems remain as challenging ...

Publications Decarbonization of businesses and households

The Personal Is Political: Five Essays in Labor and Family Economics

Diese Dissertation besteht aus fünf unabhängigen Kapiteln, die zur Literatur der Arbeits- und Familienökonomik beitragen. Sie untersucht, wie individuelle Handlungen, die häufig als private Entscheidungen erscheinen, etwa ob und wo man studiert, wie viele Stunden man arbeitet, wie Betreuung innerhalb von Familien organisiert wird oder ob man eine gewalttätige Beziehung verlässt, durch öffentliche Politikmaßnahmen ...

Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and the Size of Their Firms

In this study, we examine the relationship between personality traits, captured by risk tolerance and the Big Five traits, and firm size, as measured by the number of employees. We show that the personality of entrepreneurs matters for the size of their firm they operate. We use a novel add-on to the German Socio-Economic Panel that includes a sub-sample of owner-managers running larger firms. High ...

IMF Economist Program - Recruitment Outreach 2027

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...

Life After Divorce: Effects of Joint Custody on Parents and Children

Divorce reshapes family life, yet little is known about one of its most consequential features: the allocation of child custody. We study the impact of joint versus sole custody on both parents and children using rich administrative data from Sweden linked to over 25 years of newly-collected court custody rulings. To address selection concerns, we exploit random assignment of custody disputes to judges ...

A Co-Creation Approach to Selecting and Adapting Adolescent Tobacco and Air-Pollution Interventions and Strategies for Implementation in Diverse Countries: Insights from FRESHAIR4life

Background : Evidence-based interventions to reduce adolescents’ exposure to tobacco and air pollution are rarely implemented in low- and middle-income countries, often because they lack contextual fit. The ‘FRESHAIR4Life’ project aimed to optimise implementation of contextually adapted, evidence-based interventions in Greece, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Romania, and Uganda. Selecting appropriate interventions ...

Author Correction: Long-duration Electricity Storage Needs for Coping with Dunkelflaute Events in Europe

Navigating Uncertainty: Do Communicable Diseases Influence Risk Preferences?

This paper explores the effect of COVID-19 infection rates on individuals’ risk preferences using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), a large population-wide ran¬dom sample. Exploiting county-level variation in a difference-in-differences design, we find that risk preferences remain unchanged: the effect is precisely estimated at 2.1% of a standard deviation (95% CI: [−0.4%, +4.6%]), ruling out economically ...

DIW Energy Transition Monitor: Large-Scale Batteries Make a Leap Forward, While Renewables and Electric Mobility Are Progressing Too Slowly