Mit 13 Jahren haben nach eigenen Angaben bereits 7 % aller Jugendlichen gejobbt; mit 14 Jahren haben weitere 11 % damit begonnen. Von den 17-jährigen Schülern sind fast 40 % neben der Schule mindestens einmal erwerbstätig gewesen. Weitere Analysen der vom DIW Berlin zusammen mit Infratest...

Mit 13 Jahren haben nach eigenen Angaben bereits 7 % aller Jugendlichen gejobbt; mit 14 Jahren haben weitere 11 % damit begonnen. Von den 17-jährigen Schülern sind fast 40 % neben der Schule mindestens einmal erwerbstätig gewesen. Weitere Analysen der vom DIW Berlin zusammen mit Infratest...

We estimate the political economy determinants of budget deficit forecast errors. Since the adoption of the Stability Pact, Eurozone governments have manipulated forecasts before elections. The political orientation and the institutional design of governments also affects the quality of forecasts.

A draft of a reform towards "socially bounded competition" within the health care system indicates, first of all, that several areas of such an insurance system would have to be regulated by the state. Such a reform is much more complicated than text book models or the proposals of various...

In Germany the foreign born population is made up of foreigners and so called ”ethnic Germans” who migrated from eastern European countries to Germany. While the first group is confronted with problems arising from the typical German concept of ethnicity and citizenship, the latter are...

This paper explores the relationship between risk attitude and asset diversification in household portfolios. We first examine the impact of manifested risk aversion on the total number of distinct assets held in a portfolio (naive diversification). The second part of the paper focuses on a more...

The telecommunications in the 1990s witnessed an enormous worldwide round of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This paper examines the innovation determinants of M&A activity and the consequences of M&A transactions on the technological potential and the innovation performance. We examine the...