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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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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
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Externe Monographien
Die Umstellung von fossilen Brennstoffen auf erneuerbare Energien ist essenziell, um Klimaneutralität zu erreichen. Da das Potenzial steuerbarer erneuerbarer Energien in den meisten Ländern begrenzt ist, werden zukünftige Energiesysteme voraussichtlich überwiegend mit Strom aus fluktuierender Wind- und Solarenergie betrieben. Der Ausgleich zwischen Stromnachfrage und wetterabhängiger, variabler Erzeugung ...
Berlin:
Technische Universität Berlin,
2025,
XVII, 275 S.
| Martin Kittel
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Survey Quality
1. So, you want collect survey data!
2. Problems that can arise
3. What to consider when trying to design a high-quality Survey
4. Quality indicators
5. Important Factors to Consider for Panel Surveys
6. Tools, Papers, Resources
7. Webinars
In theory, this is quite simple. You have a couple of questions you want to ask; you get your respondents to reply to them, and there you have ...
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DIW Discussion Papers 2120 / 2025
This paper provides causal evidence on the effect of credit crunches on political polarisation. Combining data on bank-firm connections and electoral outcomes at the city-level during the 2008-2014 Spanish financial crisis, I construct an instrument for unemployment based on the city-level exposure to (foreign) weak banks. I find that a 10% increase in (instrumented) local unemployment rates leads ...
2025| Pia Hüttl
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DIW Discussion Papers 2121 / 2025
This study examines how policies affecting the cost of using fossil fuels in production influence comparative advantage in the industrial sector. Firstly, we use a fixed-effects gravity model to estimate the export capabilities that determine comparative advantage. Subsequently, using data on direct (carbon taxes, ETS permit prices) and indirect (fossil fuel excise taxes and subsidies) carbon pricing ...
2025| Antonia Kurz, Stela Rubínová
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Research Project
This research project examines the revenue and distributional effects of a wealth tax on households in Germany. Various scenarios with progressive tax rates and high personal allowances are analyzed, including special provisions for business assets, real estate, and retirement savings. The simulation calculations are based on microdata from the PHF/HFCS and SOEP, supplemented by additional...
Completed Project| Public Economics
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Personen
Legal and Procurement Staff Unit Team
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Video
[English subtitles, German language video] How does environmental protection affect the economy? How can we secure the energy supply of the future, and what role does transportation play in this? These are the questions addressed by the Department of Energy, Transportation, and Environment at DIW Berlin. “Continuous global warming is costly and destroys our environment, endangers our livelihoods,...
10.06.2025| 100 Jahre DIW Berlin
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DIW Discussion Papers 2122 / 2025
The Deutschlandticket, introduced in May 2023, offers unlimited travel on all regional public transport in Germany for 49€ per month. This paper provides an overview of how the intro-duction of the ticket influenced travel behaviour and mode choice based on the GIM Traces panel, a nationwide representative dataset combining GPS tracking data and survey re-sponses. The data, consisting of almost 4 million ...
2025| Dennis Gaus, Heike Link