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on German Papers |
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Issue of 2014‒07‒05
seven papers chosen by Roberto Cruccolini Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen |
| By: | Christina SCHAEFER (Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Chair of Public Administration and Management, Germany); Stephanie WARM (Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Chair of Public Administration and Management, Germany) |
| Abstract: | Die Fallstudie über die Berliner Wasserbetriebe analysiert im ersten Schritt, wie es zu der Teilprivatisierung im Jahr 1999 kam, wie diese verlaufen ist und abschließend, warum in den Jahren 2012 und 2013 die Rekommunalisierung durchgeführt wurde. Zur Beantwortung der Fragen wird zunächst ein historischer Überblick gegeben und die Situation des Landes Berlins dargestellt. Ein weiterer wichtiger Teil der Untersuchung stellt die Auseinandersetzung mit der Wasserversorgung als öffentliches Gut bzw. öffentliche Aufgabe verbunden mit natürlichen Monopolen dar. In diesem Kontext werden sodann die Gebühren, die von den Bürgern zu entrichten sind, analysiert. Die Struktur der Tarife, ihre Kalkulation, die Identifizierung der Hauptkostentreiber und deren Auswirkungen sollen hier thematisiert werden. Diese Informationen sollen einen soliden Ausgangspunkt liefern, um Regulierungs-und Steuerungsmechanismen sowie das Verhältnis der verschiedenen Investoren und damit verbundene mögliche konkurrierende Ziele zu diskutieren. Am Ende der Fallstudie werden die Lessons Learned als Ergebnis dargestellt |
| Keywords: | Gebührenkalkulation, Governance- und Regulierungsmechanismen, Monopol, Öffentliche Aufgabe, Prinzipal-Agenten-Theorie, Rekommunalisierung, Stakeholder, Teilprivatisierung. |
| Date: | 2014–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crc:wpaper:1402&r=ger |
| By: | Bastian Hartmann |
| Abstract: | Nach der Auflösung einer Partnerschaft bestehen die finanziellen Verflechtungen der ehemaligen Partner meist noch weiter. Dies gilt umso mehr, wenn aus der Partnerschaft Kinder hervor gegangen sind. Dem Kindesunterhalt kommt eine besondere Rolle zu. Trotz seiner sozial- und familienpolitischen Bedeutung liegen bis heute kaum Erkenntnisse hinsichtlich der empirischen Relevanz des Kindesunterhaltes vor. Derlei Vorhaben scheiterten bisher an den verfügbaren Daten. Mit dem Datensatz "Familien in Deutschland (FiD)" ist diese Lücke nun teilweise geschlossen. Der vorliegende Artikel diskutiert auf Grundlage dieser Daten deskriptive Befunde zum Kindesunterhalt und dem Ausmaß nicht gedeckter Ansprüche. Dabei zeigt sich eine erhebliche Lücke zwischen den Mindestansprüchen auf Unterhaltsleistungen und deren Wirklichkeit. Etwa die Hälfte aller alleinerziehenden Eltern bekommt keinen Unterhalt für ihre Kinder. Von den Unterhaltszahlungen, die beobachtet werden können, genügt wiederum nur etwa die Hälfte aus, um den Mindestanspruch gemäß Düsseldorfer Tabelle zu decken. Das sozialpolitische Mittel der Wahl, um die Bedarfe solcher Mangelfälle zu decken, ist der Unterhaltsvorschuss. Die Daten lassen aber vermuten, dass dies nur in wenigen Fällen tatsächlich zum Einsatz kommt. |
| Keywords: | Alleinerziehende, Kindesunterhalt, Familienpolitik, FiD, SOEP |
| JEL: | I3 J1 D1 H5 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp660&r=ger |
| By: | Torben Kuschel |
| Abstract: | Activity-oriented, activating methods and media that allow an output-oriented learning provide additional options to exploit learning and teaching potentials. This pragmatic course concept addresses to mathematic lectures and aims to promote capabilities of speech and expression, intuition and a mutual teacher-student discourse. The focus lies on the knowledge transfer of mathematical propositions such as theorems or lemmata. |
| Keywords: | course concept, activating methods |
| Date: | 2014–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bwu:schdps:sdp14009&r=ger |
| By: | Hochfellner, Daniela (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]); Müller, Dana (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]); Wurdack, Anja (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]) |
| Abstract: | "The Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency in the Institute for Employment Research (FDZ BA/IAB) and the Research Data Centre of the German Pension Insurance (FDZ-RV) offer longitudinal individual-level datasets. These datasets contain on the one hand information of the social security notifications and on the other hand characteristics of the administrative procedures of both institutions. In each institution only information for accomplishment of their own current tasks is kept. The ambition of this project is to compile a common dataset which contains data of the RV and the BA respectively the IAB. The richness of information on individuals will be increased, through filling up gaps in the single data sources by using the information of the other data source, which will provide new potentials for scientific research. The combination of different data sources also supports the improvement of the quality of administrative records. The data are provided to the scientific community as a Scientific Use File as well as a weak anonymous dataset accessible by on-site use. This datareport describes the Biographical Data of selected Social Insurance Agencies in Germany (BASiD) 1951-2009." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) |
| Keywords: | IAB-Biografiedaten, Datensatzbeschreibung, Datenaufbereitung, Datenanonymisierung, Datendokumentation, Datenqualität, Datenzugang, Biografieforschung, Sozialdaten, Stichprobe |
| Date: | 2014–06–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iab:iabfda:201109_de&r=ger |
| By: | Andreas Hartung |
| Abstract: | In this paper a descriptive overview of the housing situation of immigrants in Germany is combined with a multivariate analysis on potential effects of rental price discrimination for specific groups of immigrants. The driving research question is, whether immigrants systematically pay higher rents for comparable flats. Utilizing data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) different variables classifying the specific housing situation and regional characteristics are used to ensure the comparability of the rental units. Theoretical argumentation is following the model of price formation on rental markets including the problem of rental-submarket formation as well as the work of Norbert Elias and John L. Scotson on the discrimination of "outsiders". The results are predominantly not supporting the theoretically derived hypothesis, which states that Turkish immigrants are in particular exposed to rental price discrimination on the German housing market. However, it also becomes apparent that due to the complexity of the problem a research design which focuses on the entire German housing population is probably not an appropriate one and more detailed and regionally limited analyses would be helpful to explain ethnic-specific discrimination on the housing market. |
| Keywords: | migration, habitation, housing market, consumption, ethnic discrimination |
| Date: | 2014 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp668&r=ger |
| By: | Gert G. Wagner; Michaela Engelmann; Jan Goebel; Florian Griese; Marcel Hebing; Janine Napieraj; Marius Pahl; Carolin Stolpe; Monika Wimmer; Alexander Eickelpasch; Jürgen Schupp |
| Abstract: | Up to now in the social sciences, what is known as citizen science--the involvement of interested citizens in scientific surveys--has been used relatively little as a method of empirical social research. While the "citizens' dialogues" that are becoming more widespread in politics can be considered a kind of social scientific citizen science, the participants in these dialogues are not selected randomly from the population (as is the case in surveys) but volunteer to participate because of their interest in actively shaping the public sphere. However, the socio-structural characteristics of participants in citizens' dialogues are usually unknown and therefore not statistically comparable with the characteristics of the population at large or of specific population groups. In the present paper, we report on a pretest conducted with visitors to the Long Night of the Sciences 2014 in Berlin (http://www.langenachtderwissenschaften.de/). At the event, visitors to the event--who are a kind of citizen scientists--were surveyed on socio-structural characteristics and were also asked whether they would be willing to take part in later focus group discussions. The survey was conducted with 31 participants (out of a total of around 150 visitors to DIW Berlin on the evening of the event), who answered questions on their socio-economic characteristics. Of these, eight individuals agreed to take part in later, more in-depth (focus group) discussions. The technology developed for this paper introduces the survey to respondents, describes the recording and analysis the statistical results, and extends to a statement on data privacy and the computer-based survey itself. |
| Keywords: | Citizen science, representativness, Lime Survey, SOEP, Long Night of Science |
| JEL: | C81 C93 H11 Z18 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp666&r=ger |
| By: | Sven Stadtmüller |
| Abstract: | Since election results routinely show that elderly people are especially prone to cast their votes for the German Conservatives and do hardly sympathize with the Greens, the question arises: Does the ageing of the electorate go along with an increasing asymmetry of electoral chances? The article examines whether the electoral success of the Conservatives in the elderly population stems from a long-standing party affiliation or from emerging conservative attitudes in the lifecourse. Using Data from the German Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) the results provide support for cohort effects: In the prospering era after World War II, many people established an affiliation towards the Conservatives and retained it. The "Babyboomers" instead show (1) a much lesser extent of support for the Conservatives (2) a much higher sympathy towards the Greens and (3) a higher rate of disenchantment with political parties at the same time. In sum, the ageing of the electorate may result in better electoral chances for the Greens rather than the conservatives. |
| Keywords: | Population ageing, election, party identification, cohort effects |
| Date: | 2014 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp664&r=ger |