The Graduate Center of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw (FES UW) are organizing a joint Summer School for Ph.D. students and post-docs in economics from September 22-26, 2025 in Warsaw. The distinguished, internationally renowned lecturers will be Prof. Michael McMahon (University of Oxford) and Prof. Dr....
The 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime will be held in Berlin at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) on September 26-27, 2025. The event will be jointly organized by Anna Bindler (DIW Berlin & University of Potsdam) and Christian Traxler (Hertie School). We aim to bring together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to present and discuss their...
Investigating how non-cognitive skills—captured by traits—influence entrepreneurial behaviour helps understand why some individuals are more likely to become and remain entrepreneurs. This chapter reviews research on the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship. With respect to the entry decision, research finds that high scores in three of the Big Five factors (openness to experience, ...
Following yesterday's Bundestag elections, DIW President Marcel Fratzscher commented on the results and the challenges facing the new German government:
Despite high inflation, the real gross hourly wages of employees grew by around 15 percent from 1995 to 2022. In particular, the lowest wage decile caught back up to all other deciles following a sharp drop in real wages. At the same time, the low-wage sector has shrunk by nearly five percentage points since 2007, and by even more in the east of Germany (14 percent). In 2022, 18.5 percent of employees ...
