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Assessing the Coverage of the Automatic Exchange of Information under the CRS

The introduction of the automatic exchange of bank information under the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) marked a breakthrough in the fight against global financial secrecy. In this report, we evaluate the scope and coverage of the CRS—in a context marked by limited evidence, primarily due to restricted access to CRS data. For this purpose, we have compiled newly aggregated CRS data from 16 countries, ...

Use It or Lose It: How Cognitive Skills Change with Age

Committed to Flexible Fiscal Rules

We study the implications of fiscal rules for macroeconomic stabilization when countries are hit by adverse exogenous shocks. Exploiting the unpredictability of natural disasters, we document that economies with a fiscal rule absorb these shocks better than those without: the responses of GDP and private demand are significantly higher. This difference is coupled with more expansionary fiscal policy ...

Lifting Women Up: Gender Quotas and the Advancement of Women on Corporate Boards

Research Question/Issue: The introduction of gender quotas on corporate boards can disrupt the status quo, resulting in externalities that affect women's advancement within the company. This study investigates whether boardroom quotas contribute to promoting women further up the corporate ladder and facilitate access to a broader spectrum of positions. Research Findings/Insights: Using legislative ...

Use It or Lose It: How Cognitive Skills Change with Age

SOEP-Core v41 – Codebook for the $PEQUIV (SOEP-CNEF) File 1984-2024: CNEF Variables with Extended Income Information for the SOEP

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In March/April 2026 our online over lunch seminar series returns with one last workshop this year. The workshop provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to the data of the Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) on three Wednesdays during lunchtime. Participants will learn about the study's content, data structure, sample selection, and weighting strategy, along with an overview of the study documentation. To ...

SOEP User Conference 2026 - Call for Papers

The call for papers for the 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference is online. SOEP 2026 will take place from July 8-9, 2026, in Berlin, and researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit an abstract. We particularly welcome contributions addressing meta-science, robustness, replicability, reproducibility, and open science. This includes, but is not limited to, studies ...

Private companies promise commercial fusion energy in a few years, although large-scale research projects remain in the realm of fundamental research

Nuclear Fusion Research Shifts Focus: Commercial Niche Products instead of Energy Promises

Nuclear fusion research shifts focus: commercial niche products instead of energy generation. Nuclear fusion, in which atomic nuclei are fused, promises clean, safe, and virtually inexhaustible energy. Since the 1950s, this promise has justified extensive public investment in research, without any real progress being made toward commercial use in the energy sector. However, nuclear fusion research ...