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About the Discussion Papers, Notes for authors. The researchers at DIW Berlin usually publish their research results in scientific journals. However, this process can take many months, depending on the circumstances. To help bridge this gap, DIW Berlin began publishing Discussion Papers in 1989. The Discussion Papers offer a preview of the latest, not-yet-published research results, ...
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About Policy Advice compact. Political consulting is one of our main tasks. DIW Berlin produces expert assessments for governments, the European Commission, departments of German federal and state governments, political parties, interest groups, and unions. We publish these assessments in DIW Berlin's Political Advice Compact series. In addition to the political recommendations, this series also ...
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About the Data Documentation Series. DIW Berlin offers empirically-driven research using hand-collected data which is regularly published in the Data Documentation series. The Data Documentation series has appeared since 2004.
The publication series "Data Documentation" is also referenced on RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). Data Documentation
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Editors and Hints for Authors . The SOEPpapers are the chief platform for publishing research results based on SOEP data. As SOEP is a multidisciplinary panel, the SOEPpapers publishes work from all social scientific disciplines. SOEPpapers
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About SOEP Survey Papers, Series designation, Editors. Running since 1984, the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is a wide-ranging representative longitudinal study of private households, located at the German Institute for Economic Research, DIW Berlin.
The aim of the SOEP Survey Papers Series is to thoroughly document the survey’s data collection and data processing.All SOEP Survey Papers are published ...
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DIW Roundup 128 / 2019
Central bank intervention in foreign exchange markets is a common tool to influence exchange rates. Although central bankers are convinced of their policy’s effectiveness, econometric estimates of precise effects differ across studies. The difficulties with estimations mostly result from a lack of adequate data. This article highlights different econometric approaches that aim to mitigate estimation ...
2019| Lukas Boer
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Despite skepticism among experts about the effects of a minimum wage, there is remarkably widespread public support for such policies. Using representative survey data from 2015 and 2016, we investigate the subjective attitudes driving public support for Germany's minimum-wage reform. We find that socioeconomic characteristics and political orientations explain a minor part of the variation in attitudes, ...
In:
Finanzarchiv
75 (2019),4, S. 357-379
| Alexandra Fedorets, Carsten Schröder
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Before 2006, large firms in Germany were obliged to pay for the generous maternity protection of female employees, such that firms’ expected costs depended on employees’ gender and age. From 2006 onward, all firms paid for maternity protection by contributing to the statutory health insurance system, where the contribution depends only on the number of employees and their wages and is thus independent ...
In:
Labour Economics
59 (2019), S. 164-172
| Jonas Jessen, Robin Jessen, Jochen Kluve
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Non-refereed Articles
The authors introduce the GRASS GIS add-on module g.citation as an initial implementation of a fine-grained software citation concept. The module extends the existing citation capabilities of GRASS GIS, which until now only provide for automated citation of the software project as a whole, authored by the GRASS Development Team, without reference to individual persons. The functionalities of the new ...
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Preprints
(2019), 2019040008
| Peter Löwe, Vaclav Petras, Markus Neteler, Helena Mitasova
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Germany has gone from being a pioneer to a laggard when it comes to climate protection. The proportion of Germany's most polluting energy source, lignite, is higher than ever before. Renewable energies are being thwarted. There is no sustainable transport policy that focuses on traffic avoidance, relocation, and electrification as well as environmental, climate, and health protection—not even after ...
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Advanced Sustainable Systems
3 (2019), 3, 1800155, 3 S.
| Claudia Kemfert