The Collaborative Research Center Transregio “Rationality and Competition” combines the research programs of behavioral and neoclassical economists to study applied economic questions that are of high policy relevance. The focus CRC TRR 190 is on the economic behavior and performance of individuals and firms: How do systematic biases in expectations, decision processes, and preferences affect the...
[English subtitles, German language video] The Socio-Economic Panel is one of the most extensive and longest-running social science panel studies worldwide. Every year, the SOEP team currently surveys around 30,000 people in almost 22,000 households. “We want to understand human life,” says SOEP Director Sabine Zinn. “We want to know how social groups live together and find the connection between...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Overview of DIW Economic Outlook 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 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: the ...
Tariff chaos overshadowing the global economy; fiscal package bolstering the German economy German Economy Global Economy Links and Downloads 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, ...
