Case and Deaton, 2015 document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the US. This trend is driven by deaths from drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol-related diseases, termed as deaths of despair, and by the subgroup of low-educated individuals. In contrast, average mortality for middle-aged men and women continued to decrease in several other high-income ...
Our annual in-house introductory workshop to the SOEP will take place on March 5 and 6, 2019. There will be lectures on the topics covered in the SOEP study, documentation, and sample structure, along with a variety of hands-on sessions allowing participants to go through the various steps in data preparation and analysis with assistance from SOEP team members. There is a small fee to cover food at ...
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
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This submission reports on the continuing efforts by OSGeo activists within the annual General Assembly gatherings of the European Geoscience Union (EGU). Starting as improvided splinter events, the format soon emerged both into dedicated topical sessions for Open Source within the EGU division of Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI), but also dedicated annual evening events (Townhalls). Further, ...
Maintaining high social and environmental standards may be costly in the short term, but these high standards are also key drivers for productivity, growth and sustained long-term technological development. Germany’s general approach is actively shaping the social and ecological character of its economy through appropriate regulation, promoting private initiative and innovation and supporting development ...
We analyze the top tail of the wealth distribution in Germany, France, and Spain based on the first and second wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Since top wealth is likely to be underrepresented in household surveys, we integrate big fortunes from rich lists, estimate a Pareto distribution, and impute the missing rich. In addition to the Forbes list, we rely on national rich ...
