On December 10, Neil Murray successfully defended his dissertation with the title “The Dynamics of Risk Preferences: Empirical Perspectives on Adaptation and Behavior” at Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin). The committee included Prof. Dr. Carsten Schröder (supervisor and first reviewer, FU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Jan Marcus (second reviewer, FU Berlin), Prof. Natalia Danzer, Ph.D. (FU Berlin), Prof. ...
Social media has emerged as a pivotal platform for accessing news content today. While there appears to be a connection between news consumption on social media platforms and perceived knowledge of public affairs, little is known about the potential effect on specific issues like artificial intelligence (AI). To extend findings on people’s perceived knowledge of AI, how it relates to social media news ...
Health and well‐being in the family context can be affected by care giving arrangements. Following parental care and daycare, grandparents are the third most important care givers for children in many Western societies. Despite the relevance of grandparental care, there is little evidence on the causal effects of this care mode on the next generations' health and well‐being. In this paper, we fill ...
Mit knapp 5.000 Betrieben durchgeführte Umfrage-Experimente liefern Belege für antimuslimische Diskriminierung in den Einstellungsentscheidungen von Arbeitgeber*innen in Deutschland— Die Befunde legen nahe, dass dem Arbeits- und Fachkräftemangel in Deutschland auch durch den Abbau von Diskriminierung in den Einstellungsentscheidungen von Arbeitgeber*innen begegnet werden könnte— Wir empfehlen Aufklärungskampagnen ...
The transition to decarbonized energy systems has fueled a controversial debate over the necessity of traditional ‘‘baseload’’ power. Skepticism remains regarding the reliability and economic feasibility of power systems relying mainly on cheap variable renewable energy (VRE) sources. Addressing this, the German Academies’ project ‘‘Energy Systems of the Future’’ (ESYS) analyzed the role of baseload ...
Deutschlands niedrige Geburtenrate ist kein individuelles Problem. Es genügt nicht, höhere Einkommen für Eltern zu fordern. Es braucht eine radikale Gleichstellung. Deutschland steht vor einer seiner größten gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen: dem demografischen Wandel. Die Geburtenrate liegt seit Jahrzehnten deutlich unter der Reproduktionsrate. In Deutschland beträgt sie aktuell ...
This paper estimates child penalties in labour-market-relevant cognitive skills, such as numeracy but also literacy and problem-solving competencies. We use international PIAAC data and adapt a pseudo-panel approach to a single cross-section covering 29 countries. Numeracy scores, which are associated with the largest returns to skills and pronounced gender differences, decline by 0.11 standard deviations ...
