US consumers bore 96% of the cost of the 2025 Trump tariffs. Impeccable timing for this paper by @julianhi.nz and colleagues at @kiel.institute. www.kielinstitut.de/de/publikati...

Der Aufwärtstrend beim Frauenanteil in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Deutschland ist im vergangenen Jahr ins Stocken geraten. Dennoch sind die Anteile seit Beginn der Datenerfassung 2006 deutlich gestiegen. 🧵(1/6) 🔗DIW Managerinnen-Barometer 2026: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

“Here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil.” — President George W. Bush, State of the Union, January 31, 2006

Worried about Chinese EV exports? Perhaps we should be worried about this instead.

Haushalte in Deutschland heizen weiterhin weniger als vor der Energiekrise – trotz nicht mehr so stark steigender Energiepreise. Das zeigt der DIW-Wärmemonitor 2024 auf Grundlage von Daten des Immobiliendienstleisters ista SE. 🧵(1/7) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

"In some 25 years only one French baker has been recognised by Germany as a meister permitted to run a bakery." In fairness, French bread is not the national cuisine's best exhibit. www.ft.com/content/cbfd...

📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣 "The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct" Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu

We can't wait for tomorrow's DIW 100 lecture "The Downside of Fertility" held by Nobel Prize laureate Claudia Goldin! The event starts at 1:30 PM CET and will be broadcast live on our website: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Our PhD program is hiring again! While this is a general econ program, is also gives you the chance to do, for example, quantitative energy economic research and acquire highly marketable skills in this field. So brush up your CVs and apply!

❗️TOMORROW

21/ Noch ein Fun Fact: Das Policy-Paper des BMWE hebt an verschiedenen Stellen die Bedeutung von #Technologieoffenheit hervor, Varianten des Begriffs werden auf 8 Seiten 8 mal genannt. Im EWI/BET-Gutachten taucht der Begriff auf 259 Seiten nur 1 einziges mal auf (außer in Szenarionamen der Studien).

“Don’t look up” 🥲

#BREAKING Deutschland blockiert das EU-Klimaziel und riskiert das Pariser Abkommen. Die Abstimmung zum EU Klimagesetz wird auf den Sankt-Nimmerleinstag verschoben. Was heute passiert ist, wie es dazu kam und warum es so gefährlich ist: Ein Thread. 🧵

I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100. Our paper on that is out today.🧵

✨ Only few days left to apply! ✨ Swipe through to hear what past mentors and mentees have gained from the Women in Economics Mentoring Programme — from fresh perspectives to lasting connections. 📆 Applications close August 31st 🔗 Apply here: form.jotform.com/251723111137...

DIW-Forscherin @schaeper-clara.bsky.social ist Vorständin der @womeninecon.bsky.social-Initative und spricht im #diw100 Interview über Sichtbarkeit & Repräsentanz von Frauen in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften, #EconMeToo und über Vorbilder & Pionierinnen. www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Ever heard of a reverse waterbed effect? For example: BEV subsidies in one (EU ETS) country -> electricity demand rises -> ETS prices go up -> faster decarbonisation in other (ETS) sectors/countries

Germany's eco-tax reform led to sizable reductions not only in carbon emissions but also in harmful local air pollutants. Benefits accrued disproportionately to lower-income and more polluted areas. Piero Basaglia, Sophie Behr, @moritzdrupp.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Awesome programme!

Spotlight on Erika McEntarfer - In 2024, McEntarfer became the 16th Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistic. However, her career was cut short due to misguided ideals. Read about her path and how she inspired us. #RoleModel #WomenInEconomics #Statistics #Data #WomenInLeadership #Inspiration

Schade, dass wir uns mehr Klimaschutz nicht leisten können, weil dafür muss erst die Wirtschaft laufen, und die läuft halt nicht so gut, unter anderem, weil es mit dem Klima nicht so läuft.

Die sozial-ökologische Transformation ist eine zentrale gesellschaftliche Herausforderung der kommenden Jahrzehnte. Unsere neue Themenseite zeigt, in welchen Bereichen dazu am DIW Berlin geforscht wird: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

New WP: "𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨" 📄 www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.... 👥 Till Köveker, Philipp Richter and Alexander Schiersch 🧵

The natural gas trap - by @bardharstad.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/e969...

We are looking for a Postdoc! 📊 Come join our Climate Policy Department and examine policy instruments and market design options for an economically viable transition to climate neutrality of the power, industry and building sector. This involves empirical, theoretical and numerical methods. ⬇️

🤩🤩 Paper finally out in the AER! With my co-authors (incl. @bluebery-planterose.com & @s-stantcheva.bsky.social) we surveyed climate attitudes in 20 countries covering 72% of global emissions. In brief, people want ambitious, global, and fair climate policies. A 🧵⬇️ www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Was plötzlich alles möglich ist, wenn man Straßen von Autos befreit. Das Leben kommt zurück. Wunderbares kleines Beispiel aus Paris, wo demnächst 500 weitere Straßen nach diesem Vorbild umgewandelt werden sollen❤️ Video von @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

Amazing line-up! I'll prepare the popcorn 😎

"Huge gender penalties in promotion to both associate and full not explained by productivity continue in economics departments." @womeninecon.bsky.social something to dive in?

🌟 Decarbonization Investment Under Uncertainty 🌟 Calling all early-stage Economics PhD students! 📚 Apply now to the Summer School on Economic Foundations for Energy and Climate Policies, happening from September 15-19 @diw.de Berlin. Learn more: www.climatepolicysummerschool.org #summerschool

Die Dämonisierung von zivilem Engagement nimmt wirklich gespenstische Züge an. Mir macht es Angst, wie Einspruch gegen rechtsradikale, autoritäre Positionen angefeindet wird. Einspruch gegen Menschenverachtung ist nicht nur ein grundgesetzliches Recht - es ist unsere demokratische Pflicht.

📣📣 The Women in Economics (WiE) Index 2024 is out! Launched in 2019, it tracks women's leadership in the academic, private and public sector worldwide. For the first time in six years, we see a slight general improvement in women's representation! 🔗 www.women-in-economics.com/copy-of-index

Jetzt, wo in den USA Wissenschaft unterdrückt, Menschen gefeuert und Listen mit verbotenen Wörtern verbreitet werden - sind die, die jahrelang woke cancel culture zur großen Bedrohung der westlichen Welt erklärt haben, zufrieden mit sich?

To be expected, but shameful. We need to engage seriously with China and India to see what climate policy we can get done over the next four years.

Dressing for work today.

Und auch ein super Interview 👏🏼

Last year's gift: My research with Stela Rubínová is available as a WTO working paper! 📊🎉 We explore the trade effects of carbon pricing policies: - A 10% increase in carbon tax is associated with a 0.3% (0.008%) decline in export capability in the most (least) carbon-intensive industry (1/3)

How Germany generated its electricity in 2024 🇩🇪🔌↩️ 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨 💨💨🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤 🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤🟠🟠 🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠 🟠🟠🟠☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🌽🌽 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌊🌊🌊 🌊🌊⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 🇪🇺💦💦💦💦🗑️🗑️🗑️🟢🛢️ 💨 Onshore wind 🟤 Lignite 🟠 Natural gas ☀️ Solar PV 🌽 Biomass 🌊 Offshore wind ⚫ Hard coal 🇪🇺 Net imports 💦 Hydro 🗑️ Other 🟢 Bio waste 🛢️ Oil

The OECD released a report on the state of carbon pricing globally recently. A 🧵 on several notable findings. And, hat tip to @kclausing.bsky.social for flagging it! www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

“Es ist in etwa so, als wisse man, dass es eine realistische Gefahr gebe, dass der Heizkessel im eigenen Keller explodieren könnte und dabei Teile des Gebäudes zerstört, man sich aber entscheidet, dieses Risiko einfach zu ignorieren.” @ChrisStoecker zum #AMOC Risiko. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.

📣Happening in 40 minutes! Join if you want to learn more about our @Women_in_Econ initiative and how to potentially get involved in the future! 🧡

#EconSky 📉📈 A new simple way to boost support for carbon pricing! New article in @natureportfolio.bsky.social - Public support is maximized by a Climate Premium: a fixed, uniform, upfront compensation - Experts are too pessimistic about public support - A novel incentivized design. 🧵 + link👇

Bold move from the Spanish government, which is going to regularise about 300,000 #undocumented #immigrants per year. They must have read the recent JOLE paper by Elias, Monras, and Vasquez Grenno on the effects of the 2005 amnesty: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #econsky #migcitsky

Forthcoming in the AER: "Start-up Costs and Market Power: Lessons from the Renewable Energy Transition" by Akshaya Jha and Gordon Leslie. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

(4) ⭕️ Erstens - durch Einrichtung eines Verkehrsinfrastruktur-Fonds mit dauerhaft eigenen Einnahmen wie Mauteinkünften und Zuweisungen aus dem Bundeshaushalt. So könnten Investitionen in das Straßen- und Schienennetz verstetigt und ihre Modernisierung gewährleistet werden.

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt...

long but amazing article. with a plot-twist (at least for me).

Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content. But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand. sites.google.com/view/maritaf...

It's job market season and I want to point your attention to a fantastic candidate: @rsogalla.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/robinso... Robin works at the intersection of international trade and environmental economics, with a special focus on the role of firm heterogeneity. (1/n)