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  • Workshop

    16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime

    The 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime will be held in Berlin at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) on September 26-27, 2025. The event will be jointly organized by Anna Bindler (DIW Berlin & University of Potsdam) and Christian Traxler (Hertie School). We aim to bring together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to present and discuss their...

    26.09.2025| Paolo Pinotti, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard
  • Berlin Macro Seminar

    Berlin Macro Seminar

    15.04.2025| Holger Strulik (University of Göttingen)
  • Infographic

    Poverty risk decreases - especially in eastern Germany and among single parents

    21.02.2025
  • Research Project

    Gender gaps in the labour market

    This project investigates the underlying causes of gender gaps in the labor market, emphasizing skill mismatches, task divisions, social norms, and implicit gender biases. By employing quasi- and survey-experimental methods with data from Germany and OECD countries, the research examines policies like parental leave and public child care. It explores the effects of these factors on skill...

    Current Project| Gender Economics, Public Economics
  • Research Project

    GENELLI

    Gender inequality remains a pressing issue in our society. Women are underrepresented in many decision-making positions and the gender pay gap remains at 16%. Whether or how language contributes to forming and transporting gender stereotypes has sparked intense scientific and public debate. In German, masculine role nouns are still often used in a generic sense to address people of unknown gender ...

    Current Project| Gender Economics, Public Economics
  • SOEPpapers 1217 / 2025

    The Diverging Trends of Male and Female Bottom Earnings in Germany

    Men at the bottom quintile of the German male earnings distribution had lower average earnings in 2019 than in 2001. In contrast, female earnings have increased throughout the distribution. What explains these diverging trends and how did they translate into changes in net income? Data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) reveal that the drop in bottom male earnings is mostly due to a decrease in work ...

    2025| Eliana Coschignano, Robin Jessen
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Lifting Women Up: Gender Quotas and the Advancement of Women on Corporate Boards

    Research Question/Issue The introduction of gender quotas on corporate boards can disrupt the status quo, resulting in externalities that affect women's advancement within the company. This study investigates whether boardroom quotas contribute to promoting women further up the corporate ladder and facilitate access to a broader spectrum of positions. Research Findings/Insights Using legislative changes ...

    In: Corporate Governance (2025), im Ersch. [online first: 2024-08-24] | Anna Gibert, Alexandra Fedorets
  • DIW Weekly Report 18/19 / 2025

    Gender Pay Gap Increases with Age among All Educational Backgrounds

    The average gender pay gap in Germany is 16 percent according to the most recent data. On the occasion of the 2025 Equal Pay Day, this Weekly Report using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data shows that considerable differences according to age and level of education are hiding behind this average gap. For example, the gender pay gap increases significantly with age for people of all educational backgrounds ...

    2025| Fiona Herrmann, Katharina Wrohlich
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    The Keys to the House - How Wealth Transfers Stratify Homeownership Opportunities

    This study investigates how actual and anticipated intergenerational wealth transfers – i.e., inter vivos gifts and inheritances – contribute to inequalities in the transition to homeownership by parental social class. Utilizing discrete-time survival analysis on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel Study (N = 13,018), we find that individuals whose parents were manual workers or service workers ...

    In: Social Science Research 129 (2025), 103190, 19 S. | Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, Klaus Pforr
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    The Gender Gap in Fair Earnings Increases with Age Due to Higher Age Premium for Men

    This study explores how gender and age interact in shaping beliefs about fair pay through a factorial survey experiment conducted with German employees. Respondents evaluated hypothetical worker descriptions varying in age, gender, and earnings. While no gender gap in fair earnings was found for the youngest hypothetical workers, a significant gap favoring men emerged with increasing age. This suggests ...

    In: The British Journal of Sociology 76 (2025),1, S. 180-187 | Jule Adriaans, Carsten Sauer, Katharina Wrohlich
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