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Increasing the employment rate of older people has the potential to significantly counteract the skills shortage and strengthen the financial basis of social security. Empirical analyses show that this potential is particularly high among women nearing retirement, who often work part-time or in mini-jobs, or are unemployed.
The aim of this project is to investigate:
a) why employment rates are...
Completed Project| Gender Economics, Public Economics
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Research Project
Increasing the employment rate of older people has the potential to significantly counteract the skills shortage and strengthen the financial basis of social security. Empirical analyses show that the potential is high among retirees after reaching the regular retirement age, as they continue to work only to a limited extent. Increasing the employment rate of older people has the potential to...
Completed Project| Public Economics
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Research Project
Labor shortages and skills mismatches pose significant challenges for Germany and other advanced economies, which are further exacerbated by the retirement of the baby boomer generation, the digital transformation and the ecological transformation of the economy. These developments are fundamentally changing labor demand, task structures and skill requirements, leading to a growing mismatch...
Current Project| Public Economics
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Individuals vary considerably in how much they earn during their lifetimes. This study examines the role of the tax‐and‐transfer system in mitigating such inequalities, which could otherwise lead to disparities in living standards. Utilizing a life‐cycle model, we determine that the tax‐and‐transfer system offsets 45% of lifetime earnings inequality attributed to differences in productive abilities ...
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Quantitative Economics
16 (2025), 2, S. 565–613
| Peter Haan, Daniel Kemptner, Victoria Prowse, Maximilian Schaller
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Overview of DIW Economic Outlook
The economic outlook describes the current economic situation and the risks facing the economy. The outlook enables the government, for example, to plan its spending and take measures to prevent certain predicted developments from occurring. Every quarter, DIW Berlin publishes current economic outlook for the current and following year: ...
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Economic Outlook
Tariff chaos overshadowing the global economy; fiscal package bolstering the German economy
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German economy is on the brink of recovery; growth of 0.3 percent and of 1.7 percent expected for 2025 and 2026; DIW Berlin is increasing its forecast
Federal investment package to provide stimuli; effects in 2025 will be minimal due to planning delays, ...
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Refereed essays Web of Science
During the 2022 energy crisis, electricity prices across Europe have risen to unprecedented heights. In a case study for Germany, this work investigates to which extent price spikes can be attributed to changes in upstream commodity prices, and to which degree strategic behavior by generators may have contributed to the situation. Electricity markets are more prone to the effects of such behavior if ...
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Energy Reports
13 (2025), S. 5474–5485
| Maria Krzywnicka, Lukas Barner
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Non-refereed Articles
This chapter provides an overview of the German long-term care insurance. We document care needs and wellbeing of the elderly population. Moreover, we provide a detailed description of the German long-term care institutions (sources of finance and types of benefits), the professional care work force, and informal caregivers. Finally, we document expenditures on long-term care and estimate the value ...
In:
Jonathan Gruber, Kathleen McGarry (Eds.) ,
Long-Term Care around the World
Chicago : University of Chicago press
S. 141-176
| Johannes Geyer, Axel Börsch- Supan, Peter Haan, Elsa Perdrix
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1. What are the challenges of the current production-specific CBAM?
2. How does a CBAM based on standardized values work?
3. How does it work within EU ETS?
4. What are the incentives and risks for conventional producers?
5. Material use: How does a CBAM based on standardized values work?
6. Clean producer: How should Carbon Contract for Difference (CCfD) be allocated among sectors and Member States?
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
As Western populations age, more adult children face parental health challenges. Caregiving responsibilities towards parents are becoming crucial concerns for families, healthcare systems, and societies. While this care is essential for elderly well-being, it also demands significant time, energy and emotional resources. Yet, the impact of care provision on caregivers’ lives remains understudied....
04.06.2025| Emma Palladino