-
Refereed essays Web of Science
We apply a structural model of mothers’ labor supply and child care choices to evaluate the effects of two child care reforms in Germany that were introduced simultaneously. A legal claim to subsidized child care became effective for children aged 1 year or older. Moreover, a new child care allowance (‘Betreuungsgeld’) came into effect. It is granted to families who do not use publicly subsidized child ...
In:
CESifo Economic Studies
62 (2016), 4, S. 672-698
| Kai-Uwe Müller, Katharina Wrohlich
-
Refereed essays Web of Science
Since the onset of the economic reforms more than three decades ago, the Chinese growth miracle has been based on exports and investment. While strong output growth was maintained even during the financial crisis, imbalances within the country increased. To return to a more sustainable development path, recent government policies have aimed to improve the role of private consumption. This article argues ...
In:
Development and Change
46 (2015), 6, S. 1331-1344
| Christian Dreger, Tongsan Wang, Yanqun Zhang
-
DIW Discussion Papers 1534 / 2015
This paper analyzes the short- and long-term impact of extreme weather events on educational outcomes in Mongolia. Our focus is on two extremely severe winters that caused mass livestock mortality. We use household panel data with comprehensive retrospective information on households’ historic experience with weather shocks. Exposure to the weather shock significantly reduces the likelihood of being ...
2015| Valeria Groppo, Kati Krähnert
-
SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
This is the first representative study to assess the main determinants of intergenerational contact in China. It used a representative sample of 15,399 child-parent dyads to predict the frequency of (a) face-to-face contacts (b) contacts by (mobile) phone, text messaging and other electronic means and (c) all contacts; focusing in particular on the role of migration as well as children's gender,...
16.12.2015| Rob Gruijters (BGSS)
-
Workshop
The DIW Graduate Center offers a workshop on writing good texts for academic journals. It is designed for all doctoral students and researchers at DIW who would like to improve their English writing skills. The training will provide practice and guidelines for improving your writing technique to help ensure clarity, conciseness and coherence.
Option 1: 20.1.2016 (9:00 – 17:00),...
20.01.2016| Tim Korver
-
Workshop
The DIW Graduate Center is pleased to offer a workshop on giving academic presentations tought by an excellent coach who is a native English speaker. It is designed for all doctoral students and researchers at DIW who would like to improve their skills in presenting their research. The course covers topics like targeting the audience, choosing content, designing slides, commanding body language...
08.02.2016| Lorraine Mannion
-
DIW Roundup 87 / 2015
Climate policy consistent with the 2°C target needs to install mechanisms that leave most current coal reserves unburned. Demand-side policies have been argued to be prone to adverse carbon leakage and “green paradox” effects. A growing strain of literature argues in favor of supply-side policies in order to curb future coal consumption. Various concepts with analogies in other sectors are currently ...
2015| Kim Collins, Roman Mendelevitch
-
SOEPpapers 810 / 2015
It is still widely debated how non-cognitive skills can be affected by policy intervention. For example, universal music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries. These are intended to give children from poor families the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. Moreover, policymakers present these programs as innovative policies ...
2015| Adrian Hille
-
SOEPpapers 809 / 2015
This paper argues for the central role of risk aversion in shaping political ideology. We develop a political economy model, which makes explicit the link between risk aversion, the labor market, government policy, and ideology. Our model distinguishes the effects of risk aversion from unemployment risk and our evidence sheds light on debates over explanations for the welfare state. We test our model ...
2015| Matthew Dimick, Daniel Stegmueller
-
DIW Discussion Papers 1533 / 2015
Open access means that research outputs, such as articles and data, are free of restrictions on access and free of restrictions on use. In the light of recent market developments in academic publishing, we argue in this essay that the discourse about open access must include a discussion about research infrastructure and innovation in academic publishing.
2015| Benedikt Fecher, Gert G. Wagner