Das FDZ Ruhr stellt einen Datensatz zu Immobilienanzeigen in Deutschland ab dem Jahr 2007 zur Verfügung. Die Daten beruhen auf Informationen der Internetplattform ImmobilienScout24 und umfassen sowohl Wohnungen als auch Häuser zum Kauf und zur Miete. Die Daten stehen ausschließlich für die...

The FDZ Ruhr provides two campus files on real estate advertisements in Germany: The Panel Campus File (RWI-GEO-RED Panel) and a Cross-Sectional Campus file (RWI-GEO-RED Cross-Section). The datasets are extractions of the Scientific Use Files of RWI-GEO-RED. The Panel File covers the 15 biggest...

We investigate the effect of the refugee inflow between 2014 and 2017 on voting for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the national parliamentary election in 2017 in Germany. Drawing on unique small-scale data enables us to distinguish between the contact theory, captured by...

We investigate the effect of the refugee inflow between 2014 and 2017 on voting for the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the national parliamentary election in 2017 in Germany. Drawing on unique small-scale data enables us to distinguish between the contact theory, captured by...

Household wellbeing is strongly influenced by changes in income and housing costs. The development of inequalities in both variables largely determines the development of living conditions between households. In this paper, we look at inequality trends between 2008 and 2018 from a regional...

How does a new highway in Germany impact residential real estate prices – both owner-occupied and rental properties? Construction of the A38 highway was completed in 2009 and expanded by additional interchanges at several points in time, through 2013. The highway connects the east and west of...

The FDZ Ruhr provides a dataset on real estate advertisements in Germany from 2007 onwards. The data are based on information from the internet platform ImmobilienScout24 and covers both apartments and houses for sale and for rent. The data are available for scientific research only. The...

The FDZ Ruhr at RWI provides price indices for apartments and houses (rentals and sales) in Germany starting in 2008. The price indices are based on the real estate dataset RWI-GEO-RED, which combines real estate listings from ImmoScout24. We perform three types of hedonic regressions to allow...

This paper examines the effect of copayments on doctor visits using the German health care reform of 2004 as a natural experiment. In January 2004, copayments of 10 euros for the first doctor visit in each quarter have been introduced for all adults in the statutory health insurance. Individuals...