The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices—from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles are widely employed. In this contribution, we examine the performance of profiles using the example of career ...
Helke Seitz and Tim Kaiser contributed with the topic "Promoting financial inclusion: New policies and technological innovations through digital finance" to the Young Economic Summit 2018! The topic was chosen by the Berlin International School Team II. The team tackled this topic by suggesting a digital platform which they called "Virgo". The idea of Virgo is to increase the accessibility ...
Methods for constructing joint confidence bands for impulse response functions which are commonly used in vector autoregressive analysis are reviewed. While considering separate intervals for each horizon individually still seems to be the most common approach, a substantial number of methods have been proposed for making joint inferences about the complete impulse response paths up to a given horizon. ...
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Transport in Figures DIW Energiewende-Monitor Open Energy Tracker Energy Balances “Transport in Figures” is the standard reference work on transport statistics in Germany. The transport statistics database “Transport in Figures,” compiled on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) by the DLR Institute of Transport Research and DIW Berlin, has been published every fall for more ...
Research Data Center SOEPcampus Getting Started SOEP-in-residence: Our guest program Publications using SOEP data International SOEP Conference In addition to making SOEP survey data available to researchers worldwide, we also offer a range of support services. Our goal is to help you and other researchers benefit from SOEP data as well as possible. Our SOEPcampus workshops at universities or at ...
This presentation presents recent research about the Empty Nest Syndrome using the SOEP. Using life satisfaction, the investigation considers the subjective well-being of mothers and/or fathers following the departure of the last child from the parental home. Following a brief literature review and discussion of economic considerations,...
