Dr. Sonja Dobkowitz

Dr. Sonja Dobkowitz

Researcher
Macroeconomics Department

Research Topics and Working Areas
  • Green Transition and Environmental Policy
  • Demand-driven Structural Transformation
  • Public Finance
  • Political Economy

Dr. Sonja Dobkowitz is a researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) in Berlin. She explores how social and economic factors, such as income inequality, demand, or inno-vation, influence the effectiveness of fiscal and climate policies. Her academic career took her to various institutions across Europe and the US. She obtained her degrees in Economics from the University of Bonn and the Barcelona School of Economics fol-lowed by a one-year research stay at the European Central Bank. During her doctoral studies at the University of Bonn, she visited the Collège de France in Paris.

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Publications

DIW Discussion Papers 2115 / 2025

Environmentally-Responsible Households: Irresponsible Corporate Lobbying

2025| Olimpia Cutinelli-Rendina, Sonja Dobkowitz, Antoine Mayerowitz
DIW Wochenbericht 27/28 / 2025

Grüne Präferenzen: Unternehmen schützen Gewinne aus nicht-grünen Produkten durch mehr Lobbyarbeit

2025| Olimpia Cutinelli-Rendina, Sonja Dobkowitz
DIW Wochenbericht 23 / 2025

Umweltbewusste Verbraucher*innen spornen Firmen zu grünen Innovationen an: Interview

2025| Sonja Dobkowitz, Erich Wittenberg
Externe Working Papers

Climate Change and Monetary Policy: Risks, Instruments, and Chances: In-Depth Analysis ; Requested by the ECON Committee

Bruxelles: European Parliament, 2023, 23 S.
(Monetary Dialogue Papers ; November 2023)
| Sonja Dobkowitz, Pia Hüttl, Alexander Kriwoluzky, Jana Wittich
Refereed essays Web of Science

Mass Vaccination and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the 1967–68 Measles Eradication Campaign

In: Journal of Health Economics 92 (2023), 102828, 21 S. | Philipp Barteska, Sonja Dobkowitz, Maarit Olkkola, Michael Rieser

Lectures

Vortrag

Vorstellung eines Indikators zur Nachhaltigkeit der deutschen Wirtschaft

Sonja Dobkowitz
Berlin, 19.11.2025
| Finance Forschung Fingerfood - Indikatoren 2.0: Policy Workshop. DIW Berlin, SAFE und IWH
Vortrag

Meeting Climate Targets: The Optimal Fiscal Policy Mix

Sonja Dobkowitz
Bordeaux, Frankreich, 25.08.2025 - 28.08.0205
| 40th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association: EEA 2025
Vortrag

Environmentally-Responsible Households: Irresponsible Corporate Lobbying

Sonja Dobkowitz
Kopenhagen, Dänemark, 26.06.2025 - 28.06.2025
| Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting 2025
Vortrag

Meeting Climate Targets: The Optimal Fiscal Policy Mix

Sonja Dobkowitz
Bergen, Norwegen, 16.06.2025 - 19.06.2025
| 30th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: EAERE 2025
Vortrag

Meeting Climate Targets: The Optimal Fiscal Policy Mix

Sonja Dobkowitz
Berlin, 03.06.2025
| Seminar of the Macro Department, DIW Berlin

Research Projects

Research Project

Social-ecological transformation index

Completed Project| Energy, Transportation, Environment, Macroeconomics
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