Vorträge des DIW Berlin

Looking for Jobs with Good Pay and Good Working Conditions

In perfectly competitive labour markets, there is a market for non-material job amenities in which workers' willingness to pay for these goods implies that workers accept compensating wage differentials, such that jobs with better working conditions should have lower wages. In labour market characterised by frictions, workers' wages typically depend also on firm productivity. However many job...

An "Ossi" by Name? Given Names in Divided Germany and 20 Years after Reunification

Preferences, Socialization, and Partnership? Determinants of the Occupational Gender Segregation in Germany

Gender-Specific Occupational Segregation, Glass-Ceiling Effects, and Earnings in Managerial Positions: Results of a Fixed-Effects Model

The study analyses the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions in Germany based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 2001-2008. It focuses in particular on gender segregation in the labor market, that is, on the unequal distribution of women and men across different occupations and on the effects of this inequality on earnings levels and gender wage...

Labour Market Reform in Germany and the Low-Wage Issue: Who Is Affected by an Increasing Risk?

Differences in the Pattern of In-work Poverty between Germany and Great Britain: What Role Does Union Power Play?

Top down or Bottom Up? A Cross-National Study of Vertical Occupational Sex Segregation in European Countries

Your Future Hope is the Insurance: The Perception of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana

Das SOEP und seine Möglichkeiten als Referenzdatensatz

Einmal Ossi - immer Ossi? Vornamensvergabe im geteilten Deutschland und 20 Jahre danach

Nomes est Omen: Naming Behaviour and Social Change

Ökonomie frühkindlicher Bildung und Betreuung

Impacts of Opportunities, Constraints, Empowerment, and Expectations on Quality of Life Measures

Emissions Trading and the Promotion of Renewable Energy: Energy Security Implication

Shipping Data

Soaking the Rich to Bring Down Public Debt? Revenue and Distributional Effects of a Capital Levy

The idea of higher wealth taxes to finance the mounting public debt in the wake of the financial crises is gaining ground in several OECD countries. We evaluate the revenue and distributional effects of a one-time capital levy on personal net wealth that is currently on the German political agenda. We use survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and estimate the net wealth...

Current Account Imbalances in the Euro Area: Catching up or Competitiveness?

In the debate on global imbalances, the euro area countries did not receive much attention so far. While the current account is on balance for the entire area, divergences between individual member states have increased since the introduction of the common currency. In this paper, the imbalances are traced to catching up and competitiveness factors using paneleconometric techniques. In line with...

Fiscal Equalization and the Unwillingness-to-Tax of Sub-national Authorities: Evidence from Germany

Bullet Proof? Program Evaluation in Conflict Areas: Evidence from Rural Colombia

Recently, Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCT) became increasingly popular in developing countries due to their positive outcomes on health and education. In this paper, we are particularly interested in testing if children participating in CCT (treated) in conflict affected regions benefit more (or less) than their counterparts in peaceful areas. To test this, we combine longitudinal CCT data...

Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed