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On October 1st, we welcomed the new Ph.D. students of the Berlin School of Economics with a welcome event. After a short introduction at the Humboldt-University in the morning and a preparatory math course in the afternoon, the group gathered at DIW Berlin for a welcome ceremony. At a welcome reception the new students had the chance to connect with each other and the whole team. A warm ...
Pauline Affeldt, who works at the Firms and Markets department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Technische Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "Three Essays on the Economics of Merger Control" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Tomaso Duso (DIW Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Radosveta Ivanova-Stenzel (Technische Universität Berlin).We ...
Mila Staneva, who worked at the Education and Family Department, has successfully defended her dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title “Employment alongside Bachelor’s Studies in Germany. Implications for Education Outcomes, the School-to-Work Transition, and Social Inequality” was supervised by Prof. Dr. Heike Solga (WZB Berlin, Freie Universität ...
Congratulations to Philipp Kaminsky for passing his FAMS final exam on January 24, 2019! Philipp will be supporting the SOEP team in the SOEP Research Data Center (SOEP-RDC) by answering questions and requests on the SOEP-Hotline and taking care of contract management.
Björn Fischer from the Public Economics department has been granted a scholarship from the Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (research network for old-age provision) from April 2019 on. The Dean of the Graduate Center, Prof. Weizsäcker congratulates Björn on his success!
Stefan Etgeton, who works at the Public Economics department, has successfully defended his dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin.The dissertation with the title "The Impact of Pension Reforms on Income Inequality, Savings, and Health" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Peter Haan (DIW Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin) and Prof. André Decoster, Ph.D. (KU Leuven). We congratulate Stefan ...
Ein immer größerer Teil der menschlichen Kommunikation - von E-Mails über Produktbewertungen bis hin zu Tweets - wird als digitaler Text aufgezeichnet. Das Analysieren und Verstehen dieser riesigen Datenmengen wird für die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung und insbesondere für Marktanalysen immer wichtiger. Dieser Kurs bietet eine vertiefende Einführung in die...