Inflation in the euro area has been below the European Central Bank's target for almost a year now and it is also expected to remain at a very low level in the near future. On the one hand, such a low level of inflation is not in line with the ECB's objective. On the other hand, there is the risk that this situation will lead to a slide into deflation. In view of the ECB's historically low policy rates, ...
Every year for the last 30 years, more than 20,000 people throughout Germany have been answering annual questionnaires about diverse aspects of their lives. The data collected through this survey have been used as the basis for more than 7,000 studies published in Germany and worldwide. In this short film, respondents talk about why they participate.
The Socio-Economic Panel Study is celebrating a very special anniversary: 30 years ago today, interviewers rang the doorbells of SOEP survey respondents for the very first time. Since then, the SOEP data have been used by over 500 researchers worldwide. Who are the movers and shakers behind the longest-running multidisciplinary panel study in Germany? And what do the SOEP data tell us about the...
The trend toward more women on the corporate boards of German companies continued in 2013, albeit on a small scale. The share of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 largest companies increased by more than two percentage points, and thus at a somewhat higher rate than in recent years, to just over 15 percent. The corresponding share of women on executive boards virtually stagnated at a low level ...
Last year, more women were appointed to the executive boards of major financial institutions. The share of women on the executive boards of banks and savings banks at the end of 2013 was a good six percent, which represents an increase of almost two percentage points over the previous year. This increase is primarily attributable to changes at private financial institutions and cooperative banks. At ...
by Elke Holst and Anja Kirsch in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2014.The trend toward more women on the corporate boards of German companies continued in 2013, albeit on a small scale. The share of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 largest companies increased by more than two percentage points, and thus at a somewhat higher rate than in recent years, to just over 15 percent. The corresponding share ...
in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2014"Public Companies Could Play a Pioneering Role". Six Questions to Elke Holst
by Elke Holst and Anja Kirsch in: DIW Economic Bulletin 3/2014.Last year, more women were appointed to the executive boards of major financial institutions. The share of women on the executive boards of banks and savings banks at the end of 2013 was a good six percent, which represents an increase of almost two percentage points over the previous year. This increase is primarily attributable to changes ...
There is currently a lack of reliable empirical data in two areas of growing importance for future migration and integration research: a) data on the integration of German-born children and grandchildren of immigrants, and b) data on the integration of immigrants from countries that have joined the EU since 2004. In cooperation with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, the...
