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  • December 14, 2011

    Seminar

    Bombs, Brains, and Science: The Role of Human and Physical Capital for the Creation of Scientic Knowledge
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Fabian Waldinger (University of Warwick)
    Location: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm

    Abstract: This paper analyzes how human and physical capital affect the productivity of science departments. As inputs are often chosen on the basis of unobservable productivity factors and high quality scientists attract more funding for physical capital, I use two extensive shocks to identify the relative importance of human and physical capital. As a shock to physical capital I use department ...

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  • December 9, 2011

    Workshop

    Graduate Center Annual Workshop

    Location: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 11:00-18:00

    GC Workshop is an annual event of DIW to foster networking and academic exchange. Besides of current students of DIW Graduate Center, we also invite all GC Alumni to join, to present their current work or share some experiences or insights from their new jobs. Please find attached the program.

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  • December 7, 2011

    Seminar

    Estimating Dynamic Discrete Choice Models With Unobserved Heterogeneity: The Advantage of Bayesian Procedures
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Daniel Kemptner (DIW Berlin)
    Location: Berliner Büro des RWI
    Hessische Straße 10
    10115 Berlin
    Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm

    Abstract: In this paper, we compare Bayesian estimation procedures with classical maximum likelihood estimation of dynamic discrete choice models. These models usually require a general specification of unobserved reference heterogeneity. We consider an application of a dynamic discrete choice model of female labor supply with three distinct states. We find that the Bayesian MCMC-estimator is ...

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  • December 2, 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Schumpeterian Growth for Micro Enterprises in Developing Countries

    Speaker: Mongoljin Batsaikhan, Brown University
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    Schumpeterian Growth for Micro Enterprises in Developing Countries: Evidence from Phone Card Wholesalers in MongoliaAbstract: Since Development economics was established as a field, economists have been interested in the factors that transform subsistence sector into capital one. Much of the current development literature on small and micro enterprises (SMEs) is focused on how subsistence ...

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  • December 2 - 3, 2011

    Workshop

    Macroeconometric Workshop 2011

    The DIW Berlin organizes its annual workshop on macroeconometricmodelling. The workshop will be held at the German Institute for Economic Research, in the center of Berlin.The aim of the workshop is to bring together academic researchers and practitioners to promote and exchange ideas in the field of macroeconometric modelling.

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  • December 1, 2011

    Berlin Seminar

    Shale Gas – Do economics and regulation change at the Polish-German border?

    Location: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin

    PresentationsPawel Poprawa, Polish Geological Institute: Shale Gas - Do economics and regulation change at the Polish-German border?Lydia Puka, Polish Institute for International Affairs: Gas Security in the Making - Case of PolandMichael Blohm, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear SafetyMichael Kobel, Wintershall

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  • November 30, 2011

    Seminar

    Routine task intensity and employment changes in regional labor markets
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Hanna Wielandt (HU Berlin) Jan Peter aus dem Moore (HU Berlin) Charlotte Senftleben (HU Berlin))
    Location: Humboldt Universität Berlin
    Raum 21b
    Spandauer Str. 1
    10178 Berlin
    Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm

    Abstract: Building upon concepts of the task and trade-in-tasks literature, we analyze the relationship between the initial routine task intensity of local labor markets and (i) subsequent regional occupational employment trends, (ii) regional employment in temporary help services (THS) and (iii) regional wage inequality. We argue that due to the specific nature of routine tasks, i.e. by being ...

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  • November 25, 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents

    Speaker: Jon H. Fiva, Oslo Business School
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • November 23, 2011

    Seminar

    Equivalence scales and fixed costs of consumption
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Carsten Schröder (Uni Kiel)
    Location: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
    Raum B002/3
    Reichpietschufer 50
    10785 Berlin
    Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm

    Abstract: Different family types may have a fixed flow of consumption costs, related to subsistence needs. We use a survey method in order to identify and estimate such a fixed component of spending for different families. Our method involves making direct questions about the linkup between aggregate disposable family income and well-being for different family types. Conducting our survey in six ...

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  • November 23, 2011

    Cluster-Seminar Public Finances and Living Conditions

    When can we trust population thresholds in regression discontinuity designs

    Speaker: Florian Ade, Ronny Freier
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    A recent literature uses variation just around legislative population thresholds to identify causal effects of institutional changes. We review the use of regression discontinuity designs using such thresholds. Our concern is threefold: (1) simultaneous exogenous (co-)treatment, (2) simultaneous endogenous choices and (3) manipulation and precise control over population measures. Revisiting the ...

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  • November 18, 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    The role of parental income over the life cycle: a comparison of Sweden and the UK

    Speaker: Anders Björklund, SOFI, Stockholm University
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    Previous research on intergenerational income mobility has shown stronger persistence between parental and offspring’s income in the UK than in Sweden. We use similar data sets for the two countries to explore whether these cross-national differences show up already early in life in indicators such as birth weight, grades at the end of compulsory school at age 16, height during adolescence, ...

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  • November 16, 2011

    Seminar

    Can employment programs reduce poverty and social instability? Experimental evidence from a Ugandan aid program
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Nathan Fiala (DIW Berlin)
    Location: Berliner Büro des RWI
    Hessische Straße 10
    10115 Berlin
    Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm

    Abstract: Youth unemployment is widely considered a threat to development and to security. To reduce poverty and social instability in developing countries, aid programs commonly provide youth with inputs to boost self-employment or train for a job. Such programs are rooted in two theoretical premises, one economic and one socio-political. The first is that the poor have high potential returns to ...

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  • November 14, 2011

    Seminar

    Credit access and child work in Uganda

    Speaker: Tony Muhumuza
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 11.30 to 12.30

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  • November 11, 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    Female Labor Supply and Childcare: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Family Policy in Germany

    Speaker: Christina Gathmann, Universität Mannheim
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • November 10 - 11, 2011

    Graduate Center Masterclasses

    Heterogeneity and Macroeconomics

    Speaker: Jochen Mankart, Universität St. Gallen
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 14:00-18:30 (10.11.) 09:00-12:30 (11.11.)

    Masterclasses are a series of one- or two day courses on various topics in Economics, organized by the DIW Graduate Center. The target audience consists of graduate students in Economics at Berlin universities and research institutes. The GC Masterclasses are held on an irregular basis at DIW Berlin (about once a month) and are open to all affiliates of DIW Berlin, those of the BDPEMS program, and ...

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  • November 9, 2011

    Seminar

    Bye Bye, G.I. - The Impact of the U.S. Military Drawdown on Local German Labor Markets
    Leibniz Seminar für Arbeitsmarktforschung (BeNA)

    Speaker: Jan Peter aus dem Moore (HU Berlin) Alexandra Spitz-Oener (HU Berlin, IAB, CASE, IZA)
    Location: Gustav-Schmoller-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 3.3.002A
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 6.30 - 8.00 pm

    Abstract: What is the impact of a local negative demand shock on local labor markets? We exploit the unique natural experiment provided by the drawdown of U.S. Military Forces in West Germany after the end of the Cold War to investigate this question. We find persistent negative effects of the reduction in the U.S. Forces on private sector employment growth, with considerable heterogeneity by age ...

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  • November 9, 2011

    Cluster-Seminar Public Finances and Living Conditions

    Estimating Heterogeneous Returns to Education in Germany via Conditional Second Moments

    Speaker: Nils Saniter
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 12:30 - 13:30

    In this paper I explore the relationship between education and log wages using an identification approach based on conditional second moments. Drawing upon data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) I show that seemingly conflicting IV studies can be reconciled accounting for their LATE interpretation. I confirm existing empirical evidence by finding heterogeneous returns to education for ...

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  • November 4, 2011

    DIW Applied Micro Seminar

    The Euro Area Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS)

    Speaker: Jirka Slacalek/Carlos Sánchez Muñoz, European Central Bank
    Location: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 13:15-14:45

    The seminar serves as a forum for discussing current research projects by researchers from universities and research institutes in Germany and around the world. The focus of the presented work is typically on applied microeconomics or applied microeconometrics. Time: Friday, 13.15 - 14.30 (time subject to variation) Please note that DIW Applied Micro Seminar will take place online during the ...

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  • November 4, 2011

    Graduate Center Masterclasses

    Financial and Labor Market Frictions in an Open Economy

    Speaker: Mathias Trabandt, European Central Bank
    Location: Eleanor-Dulles-Raum
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Room 5.2.010
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin
    Time: 10:00-18:00

    Masterclasses are a series of one- or two day courses on various topics in Economics, organized by the DIW Graduate Center. The target audience consists of graduate students in Economics at Berlin universities and research institutes. The GC Masterclasses are held on an irregular basis at DIW Berlin (about once a month) and are open to all affiliates of DIW Berlin, those of the BDPEMS program, and ...

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  • November 3, 2011

    Berlin Seminar

    The need and potential design for capacity mechanisms in the German/continental European power market

    Location: Schumpeter Saal
    DIW Berlin im Quartier 110
    Mohrenstraße 58
    10117 Berlin

    Presentations:Professor Dr. Christian von Hirschhausen, Professor Dr. Thorsten Beckers, Albert Hoffrichter, Berlin University of Technology, Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP): Do We Need Capacity Instruments, and If Yes, Which Ones?Jörg Jasper, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG: The need and potential design for capacity mechanisms in the German/continental European power ...

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