In recent years, there has been much discussion about biochar - a carbonaceous product made of biomass - as a promising technique for mitigating climate change. In particular, this method has the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for the long term by incorporating biochar into the soil while enhancing soil fertility at the same time. A research project conducted by DIW Berlin calculated ...
This year's period of application for our doctoral program is closed now. We received over 270 applications – topping the numbers of previous years. After thoroughly checking every single file we will soon inform selected candidates about interview dates. Final decisions will be sent out by mid-May.
Housing rents in Germany have been rising for several years. Especially in major cities such as Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, the increases have recently been higher than the German average growth rate of rents that makes up roughly two percent. The German government would like to respond to this development by introducing caps on rents for new rentals. But are rent really necessary? The growth rates ...
(joint with Jan Marcus, DIW Berlin)In designing education systems, policy-makers face a trade-off between the provision of higher levels of schooling and earlier labour market entries. The G8-reform, a fundamental education reform in Germany, tackles this trade-off by increasing education efficiency: The time in high school is reduced by one year while the total number of instruction hours is left...
This year's SOEPcampus@Universität Mannheim Workshop will take place from June 23-25 (workshop held in German).
The Berlin Institute for Empirical Research on Integration and Migration (BIM) started its work at the Humboldt-Universität (HU Berlin) in early April Situated in the heart of the capital city, the Berlin Institute for Empirical Research on Integration and Migration (BIM) develops basic scientific principles and empirical data aimed at providing a factual basis for debate on integration issues ...
The currently negotiated EU State aid guidelines require that member states provide aid to renewable energy solely in the form of a premium to the market price. Such market premiums risk however the efficiency of short-term, and the effectiveness of forward contracting, markets and increase the costs of financing for renewable projects. They advantage incumbents, create barriers to new entrants, and ...
The daughter and son who take care of their parents or look after their neighbor who is no longer mobile while working at the same time: informal care is a central pillar of the German care system—particularly with regard to the aging population and the resultant increase in the demand for care. Between five and six percent of all adults regularly provide informal care according to DIW Berlin’s ...
BAMS is a joint seminar by the DIW Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, the HU Berlin and the WZB.
