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Refereed essays Web of Science
This article analyses how the presence of a dominant group of voters within the electorate affects voter turnout. Theoretically, we argue that its absolute size affects turnout via increased free-riding incentives and reduced social pressure to vote within a larger dominant group. Its relative size compared to other groups within the electorate influences turnout through instrumental and expressive ...
In:
Local Government Studies
45 (2019), 5, S. 724-747
| Peter Bönisch, Benny Geys, Claus Michelsen
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Sustainable Finance
After a major conference on the report of the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance in Berlin, organized by DIW Berlin together with the European Commission and the "Hub for Sustainable Finance" on 22.2 in Berlin, we sat down with a few interested colleagues from various institutions in the field of sustainable finance and decided that it would be a good idea to have a "place" to discuss...
04.05.2018
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Sustainable Finance
The aim of the research meeting is an open, informal exchange in order to promote the discourse on "sustainable finance" from a research perspective and to cooperate constructively on the basis of our different fields of research and experience. The informal discussion in a small group allows interactive and open discussions.
Agenda
11:00-11:20 Short introduction, summary of the last meeting
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27.08.2018
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Sustainable Finance
In the context of the major Sustainable Finance Conferences in February in Berlin and March in Brussels, the VfU-UNEP-FI-Roundtable and the 2.Sustainable Finance Summit Germany in September 2018, as well as in direct exchanges between experts, a number of research questions have been identified, which would need answering in order to support the implementation of a sustainable finance policy...
17.12.2018
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Sustainable Finance
Internal meeting of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Board of the German government with regard to the current discourse on the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. The Sustainable Finance Research Platform prepared a first evaluation as input.
03.09.2019
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Report
An additional call for an InGRID Summer school 25 - 26 October 2018at DIW Berlin is open.
Deadline for applications: 3 September 2018Information on applications: 11 September 2018
General information
The ‘EU-SILC trainings workshop: Comparative research on migration’ aims at training doctoral students or early-career researchers. It is also open to academics, policy practitioners ...
03.08.2018
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Children’s early years are a time when many families move home. Does residential mobility affect children’s wellbeing at age five in terms of cognitive and behavioural development? The question arises as moving home is sometimes portrayed as a stressful life event adversely affecting child development, particularly if frequent. Other studies suggest a more mixed role for home moves, which may reflect ...
In:
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
7 (2018), 3, S. 265-287
| Ludovica Gambaro, Heather Joshi
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Refereed essays Web of Science
We investigate how often replication studies are published in empirical economics and what types of journal articles are replicated. We find that between 1974 and 2014 0.1% of publications in the top 50 economics journals were replication studies. We consider the results of published formal replication studies (whether they are negating or reinforcing) and their extent: Narrow replication studies are ...
In:
Research Policy
48 (2019), 1, S. 62-83
| Frank Mueller-Langer, Benedikt Fecher, Dietmar Harhoff, Gert G. Wagner
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Externe Working Papers
We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and non-innovative industries. Entries into the largescale industries, including the innovative part of manufacturing, ...
Bonn:
IZA,
2018,
56 S.
(Discussion Paper Series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 11501)
| Alexander Konon, Michael Fritsch, Alexander S. Kritikos
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Externe Monographien
Ein eklatanter Mangel an Register- oder Steuerdaten zur Nutzung von Forschern in Deutschland führt zur Situation, dass Umfragedaten die einzig nutzbaren Anhaltspunkte zur Vermögensverteilung geben. Zwei der vier Forschungsbeiträge dieser Dissertation beschäftigen sich mit der Frage, wie zum einen die Qualität der Umfragedaten verbessert werden kann. Zwei weitere Beiträge erörtern die Möglichkeiten ...
Berlin:
Freie Universität,
2017,
X, 205 S.
| Christian Westermeier