Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Assessing the Spatial Heterogeneity Problem with a Geographically Weighted Regression Approach

The Role of Regional Programs in Aligning EU Objectives and Regional Strategies: Case Study of German States

Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel

Financial Transaction Tax: Panel Session

Verfahren zur Längsschnittanalyse: ein Überblick

Transparenz - und was dann?: Keynote Speech

Einführung in das Sozio-Oekonomische Panel (SOEP)

Multidirektionale Altersveränderungen in Ärger und Traurigkeit: längsschnittliche Analysen mit einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Stichprobe aus Deutschland

The Natural History of Sleep Satisfaction across the Adult Life Course and Its Relation to Perceived Health and the Transition to Retirement

The Chinese Impact on GDP Growth and Inflation in Industrial Countries

"Beyond Progress" statt "Beyond GDP"

Preisblase am Immobilienmarkt

Does Legalized Prostitution Increase Human Trafficking?

This paper investigates the impact of legalized prostitution on human trafficking inflows. According to economic theory, there are two opposing effects of unknown magnitude. The scale effect of legalized prostitution leads to an expansion of the prostitution market, increasing human trafficking, while the substitution effect reduces demand for trafficked women as legal prostitutes are favored over...

The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills during Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Spite and Cognitive Skills in Preschoolers

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children¿s cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214 preschoolers aged 5-6 and their mothers. Other-regarding behavior of both mothers and children is elicited...

The Effect of Health and Employment Risks on Precautionary Savings

Political Socialization in Flux? Linking Family Non-intactness during Childhood to Adult Civic Engagement

Does Job Loss Make You Smoke and Gain Weight?

This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly, but significantly. In particular, single individuals as well as those with lower health or socioeconomic...

Trick or Treat? Maternal Involuntary Job Loss and Children's Non-cognitive Skills

Estimating Heterogeneous Returns to Education