How to Make Tax Systems Regressive
This study is about tax regressivity in a two-period model with intergenerational transfers through bequests, inter vivos gifts, and trust funds.
Veranstaltungsformat: Hybrid
The Effect of Worker Health Shocks on Coworkers’ Employment and Health Behavior
This study analyzes how a worker’s severe health shock affects older coworkers.
Homo ignorans: Deliberate Ignorance and the Limits of Curiosity
This talk will ask: When is not knowing reasonable, and when is it reckless?
The OECD Economic Survey of Germany 2025
After a decade of strong export-led growth COVID-19, war in Ukraine and rising trade tensions have hit the German economy and emphasised the need to accelerate structural reforms.
Beyond the Chores: Mental Load, Gender, and Careers
This study investigates the often-overlooked "mental load" of domestic labor and its implications for gender equality and careers.
Working Hours, Workplace Hazards, and Health: The Long-Term Impact of the Eight-Hour Day
This study is about a nationwide policy trial from Sweden in 1920 that reduced the standard workweek from 55 to 48 hours.
Vocational Education and Earnings Growth: Human Capital vs. Firm Sorting
This paper examines how post-16 educational tracking into academic and vocational pathways shapes early-career earnings trajectories.
Refugee Inflows, Task Upgrading, Wages and Productivity in Turkey’s Dual Labor Market
This paper studies how large-scale refugee inflows affect native workers, firms, and aggregate productivity.
Mental Health Challenges Among Teachers: The Role of the Workplace
This study examines the role of schools as workplaces in generating heterogeneity in teachers’ mental health.
A New Horizon? The Effect of a National Education Reform on Student Achievement and the Academic Environment
This study is about the effects of New Horizon, a large-scale national education reform implemented in Israeli elementary schools.