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Competition Enforcement Effects across the Value Chain

How do shocks to competition in one sector propagate through the value chain? Using firm-level panel data from 25 countries, we study this question by estimating the value chain effects of the formation and breakups of collusive cartels. We match the names of cartel firms to a large firm-level panel and  generate time-varying measures of exposure to cartelized sectors’ linkages in the production...

Non-Price Criteria in Renewable Energy Auctions and Consequences for the European Solar PV Industry

The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) promotes non-price criteria in renewable auctions. It aims to unlock green willingness-to-pay and scale up manufacturing capacity for net-zero technologies in the European Union (EU). This paper builds a partial equilibrium model of the European solar module sector and investigates how renewable auction design impacts solar photo- voltaic (PV) manufacturing. First, ...

Free trade agreement between the EU and India sends a signal against protectionism

The European Union and India have agreed on a free trade agreement. Sonali Chowdhry, trade expert at DIW Berlin, comments on the significance of this agreement:

The Wave 2 Scientific Use File of the German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP) is now available!

The SCP is a longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021 (n=17,027). In addition to randomly selected anchor persons, the annual survey also targets their adult household members. The SCP is funded by the Federal Ministry of ...

Manufacturing Work beyond Manufacturing Industries: Rethinking Structural Change in Germany

Child Penalties in Labour Market Skills

This paper estimates child penalties in labour-market-relevant cognitive skills, such as numeracy but also literacy and problem-solving competencies. We use international PIAAC data and adapt a pseudo-panel approach to a single cross-section covering 29 countries. Numeracy scores, which are associated with the largest returns to skills and pronounced gender differences, decline by 0.11 standard deviations ...

Career Concerns and Managerial Risk Taking: Evidence from the NFL

Risky decisions in organizations may be distorted away from profit maximization if managers care about their reputation, i.e., public perceptions of their ability. Because reputation is hard to measure, documenting such distortions is difficult in most contexts. We provide evidence that the decision making of head coaches in the National Football League (NFL) is distorted by reputation concerns....

A Typology of Younger Adults' Nuclear and Extende Family Relations in the United States

Objective: To develop a typology of relationship quality for nuclear and extended family relations of younger adults in the United States, accounting for variation across kinship types and racial/ethnic groups. Background: Existing typologies of family relationships primarily focus on nuclear ties, often neglecting relations with extended kin. Ties to extended kin are, however, central to many people's ...

Younger Adults’ Nuclear and Extended Family Relationships in Europe: A Latent Class Analysis

The present study identifies and compares typical classes of relationship qualities in the nuclear and extended family ties of younger adults across nine European countries (Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, as well as the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden). We used KINMATRIX data that were collected online in 2022-23 from an ego-centric perspective of ...

Jürgen Schupp enters well-deserved retirement

Last week, SOEP celebrated Jürgen Schupp and his forthcoming (at the end of the year) retirement. During the ceremony, he humorously referred to himself as SOEP's “dinosaur.” During his 41 years at DIW Berlin, he initially worked as a research assistant, then as the survey manager in the infrastructure unit. Subsequently, he was its director for many years. His impressive career as a researcher was ...