In cooperation with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) has carried out the largest expansion in the number of respondents with a migration background in its 30-year history. In early summer 2013, more than 2,500 households were interviewed by specially trained interviewers from the survey institute TNS Infratest Sozialforschung. These...
The SOEP based at DIW Berlin is seeking a Post-Doc or Research Associate(full-time or part-time)in the field of empirical labor market economics starting on May 1, 2014.Please see the details and the link to the online application form athttp://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.439647.en Deadline for application is March 31, 2014.
As part of the EU funded "Carbon emission mitigation by Consumption-based Accounting and Policy" project (Carbon-Cap), we analyse experiences with demand side oriented policies.To ensure our analysis is relevant to the current policy debate, we aim to engage experts from policy, industry and research early on in the Carbon-Cap project. This workshop brings together key stakeholders...
In 2014, the German economy is expected to grow by 1.8 %. Next year, GDP will increase by 2.1 %. The output gap will decline significantly this year, but will only be fully closed in the coming year. Inflation will remain low in this environment. The upward momentum of the global economy weakened slightly in the final quarter of 2013. However, developed countries were almost able to maintain their ...
DENeb brings together researchers in the Berlin area who are working on themes related to Development Economics. The seminar series gives invited guests the opportunity to present work and receive feedback from members of the network
Two literatures exist concerning cross-border merger activity's impact on domestic wages: one focusing on positive spillover effects; the other focusing on negative bargaining effects.Motivated by scarce theoretical scholarship spanning these literatures, we nest both mechanisms in a single conceptual framework. Considering the separate phenomena of inward and outward cross-border merger activity, ...
Objectives: To examine compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) as well as evaluate the BFHI and its components on breastfeeding initiation and duration overall and according to maternal education level. . - Design: Quasi-experimental study using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) from 2004 to 2008. . - Setting: Birth facilities in Maine. . - Participants: ...
We study the effect of a merger in a dynamic high-technology industry—the videogame market—which is characterized by the frequent introduction of new products. To assess the impact of the merger between two large specialist retailers in the United Kingdom—Game Group PLC and Games Station Limited—we perform a difference-in-differences analysis comparing the price evolution of the merging parties with ...
