Vorträge des DIW Berlin

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One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in the timing of state bans to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals' smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich...

Didactic Methods of Teaching Panel Data Analysis

Modeling Storage and Demand-Side-Management in Power Distribution Grids

SOEP and DOI: Requirements and Challenges

The In-work Poverty Risk and Its Entry Transitions: Differences in Risk Patterns between Britain and Germany

The Causal Effect of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Germany

The Role of Money in Forecasting Inflation in the Euro Area

The Causal Effect of Maternal Education on Child's Health and Schooling Outcomes

This is the first study investigating the causal effect of maternal education on child¿s health and schooling outcomes in Germany. We apply an instrumental variables approach that has not yet been used in the intergenerational context. For that purpose, we draw on a rich German panel data set (SOEP) containing information about three generations. This allows instrumenting maternal education by the...

Financial Markets: Initial Statement with Discussion

Die wirtschaftlichen Chancen einer klugen Energiewende

Hidden Skewness

Rational Expectations in P2P Credit Markets

Extending the Empirical Basis for Wealth Inequality Research Using Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data

Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability

The Global Economic Costs of Conflict

Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia

Discussant: Keynote Speech: Session 7

Rwanda: The Impact of Conflict on Demography

Discussant: Microeconomic Effects of Conflict: Session 5