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Andreas Harasser has successfully defended his dissertation

Andreas Harasser, who worked at the department of Competition and Consumers until June 2015, has successfully defended his dissertation at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.The dissertation with the title „Essays on Information Asymmetry and Vertical Relations“ was supervised by Georg Weizsäcker (DIW Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and Pio Baake (DIW Berlin, Technische ...

Subjective Completion Beliefs and the Demand for Post-Secondary Education

The outcome of pursuing an upper or post-secondary education degree is uncertain. A student might not complete a chosen degree for a number of reasons, such as insufficient academic preparation or financial constraints. Thus, when considering whether to invest in post-secondary education, students must factor their probability of completing the degree into their decision. We study the role of this ...

Dynamics of a Malthusian Economy: India in the Aftermath of the 1918 Influenza

The parental leave benefit: a key family policy measure, one decade later

On January 1, 2017, the parental leave benefit will be celebrating its tenth anniversary. Although its implementation was hotly debated, it has become a widely accepted family policy measure. Its impact on parental labor supply, the division of labor between parents, fertility, and indicators that reflect the well-being of parents and children have been examined from a variety of perspectives. A global ...

The parental leave benefit has increased average household income for young families in the first year: six questions for Katharina Wrohlich

Mrs. Wrohlich, at the beginning of next year the parental leave benefit is turning ten. To what extent has it been able to strengthen the financial situation of young families? The parental leave benefit has actually been able to increase the net income of families significantly in the year after their child was born. But the reform also left some people behind – in particular, families ...

Presentation of the new World Bank Group report: “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality”

On Wednesday, December 14, after a short introduction by Marcel Fratzscher, World Bank Group economists Mario Negre and Christoph Lakner will present the latest report from the Poverty and Shared Prosperity series, “Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality,” with a focus on its key findings. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Kati ...

The Parental Leave Benefit: A Key Family Policy Measure, One Decade Later

On January 1, 2017, the parental leave benefit will be celebrating its tenth anniversary. Although its implementation was fervidly debated, it has become a widely accepted family policy measure. Its impact on parental labor supply, the division oflabor between parents, fertility, and indicators that reflect the well-being of parents and children have been examined from a variety of perspectives. A ...

The Parental Leave Benefit Has Increased Average Household Income for Young Families in the First Year: Six Questions for Katharina Wrohlich

The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom to the fourth income decile. But they do not last very long: the effects are gone within a year. These conclusions ...

Reduction in Emergency Department Visits for Children's Asthma, Ear Infections, and Respiratory Infections after the Introduction of State Smoke-Free Legislation

Despite the benefits of smoke-free legislation on adult health, little is known about its impact on children's health. We examined the effects of tobacco control policies on the rate of emergency department (ED) visits for childhood asthma (N = 128,807), ear infections (N = 288,697), and respiratory infections (N = 410,686) using outpatient ED visit data in Massachusetts (2001 − 2010), New Hampshire ...