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DIW Discussion Papers 1522 / 2015
This work proposes a task-based methodology for the measurement of employment and investment in organisational capital (OC) in 20 OECD countries. It builds on themethodology of Squicciarini and Le Mouel (2012) and uses information from the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). OCis defined as firm-specific organisational knowledge resulting from the performance ...
2015| Marie Le Mouel, Mariagrazia Squicciarini
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DIW Discussion Papers 1523 / 2015
We estimate the deterrence effects of European Commission (EC) merger policy instruments over the 1990-2009 period. Our empirical results suggest that phase-1 remedies uniquely generate robust deterrence as – unlike phase-1 withdrawals, phase-2 remedies, and preventions – phase-1 remedies lead to fewer merger notifications in subsequent years. Furthermore, the deterrence effects of phase-1 remedies ...
2015| Joseph Clougherty, Tomaso Duso, Miyu Lee, Jo Seldeslachts
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DIW Discussion Papers 1521 / 2015
This paper presents a general electricity-CO2 (ELCO) modeling framework that is able to simulate interactions of the energy-only market with different forms for national policy measures. We set up a two sector model where players can invest into various types of generation technologies including renewables, nuclear and Carbon Capture, Transport, and Storage (CCTS). For a detailed representation of ...
2015| Roman Mendelevitch, Pao-Yu Oei
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23.11.2015
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
This study investigates whether the link between family dissolution and children’s educational attainment is contingent on the broader social and institutional context. The comparison of former capitalist West Germany and socialist East Germany presents an excellent case study as these countries differed considerably with regard to ideology and policies regarding families, schooling and...
25.11.2015| Wiebke Schulz, University of Bielefeld
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Berlin Applied Micro Seminar (BAMS)
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
30.11.2015| Felipe Valencia Caicedo (Pompeu Fabra)
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Berlin Applied Micro Seminar (BAMS)
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
14.12.2015| Stephan Seiler, Stanford Graduate School of Business
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
To assess the impact of changes the tax and transfer system (tax reductions and a controversial overhaul of the transfer system) and in wage rates on income inequality in Germany from 2002 to 2011, I simulate counterfactual income distributions and calculate marginal effects. Applying behavioral microsimulation and wage regressions to data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), I estimate marginal...
18.11.2015| Robin Jessen (Freie Universität Berlin)
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DIW Economic Bulletin 47 / 2015
The upcoming Climate Change Conference in Paris will once again highlight the need for action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate climate change. The relevant global energy scenarios are often still based on the assumption that the expansion of nuclear power can contribute to climate change mitigation. The spiraling investment and operating costs of nuclear plants, the unresolved ...
2015| Claudia Kemfert, Clemens Gerbaulet, Christian von Hirschhausen, Casimir Lorenz, Felix Reitz
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DIW Discussion Papers 1538 / 2015
The wage curve introduced by Blanchflower and Oswald (1990, 1994) postulates a negative correlation between wages and unemployment. Empirical results focus on particular theoretical channels establishing the relationship. Panel models mostly draw on unionized bargaining or the efficiency wage hypothesis. Spatial econometric approaches can be rationalized by monopsonistic competition. However, the approaches ...
2015| Reinhold Kosfeld, Christian Dreger