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Distributional Effects of Macroeconomic Policies in Europe

Political measures at the level of the European Union are intended, among other things, to ensure the stability of the economic and monetary union. This includes, for example, the establishment of the European Recovery Fund, which can be a first step towards a fiscal union in the Eurozone. The project examines how these, and other economic policy measures affect inequality between households. The...

The Cost of Fair Pay: How Child Care Work Wages Affect Formal Child Care Hours, Informal Child Care Hours, and Employment Hours

The debate on the effects of child care policies on household and individual behavior is substantial but lacks a discussion of the unintended consequences of rising wages in the child care work sector. To address this gap in the debate, the relation between rising pay and formal child care hours, informal child care hours, and employment hours is analyzed empirically with a case study on child care ...

Supplementary indicators towards climate targets

In the lead up to COP28, particularly with the global stock take underway, it becomes important to consider additional indicators and targets toward the achievement of an inclusive transition to climate neutrality. We would like to discuss, if this could deliver a set of benefits: First, many climate targets only monitor broad sectoral level emission reductions. They focus on the political...

Policy options to enhance circularity

The European Union’s Circular Economy Action Plan (2020) introduced initiatives to establish a coherent product policy framework focusing on the entire life cycle of products. This Action Plan targets regulations on product design to promote circular economy processes and reduce of waste creation. Together with the subsequent Sustainable Product Regulation and further revisions of regulations on...

Dennis Gaus has successfully defended his dissertation

Dennis Gaus, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Dresden. The dissertation with the title "Highway Infrastructure and its Maintenance: Economic Effects on Regions and Firms in Germany" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Georg Hirte and Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann. We congratulate Dennis on his success ...

Dennis Gaus has successfully defended his dissertation

Dennis Gaus, who works at the Energy, Transportation, Environment department, has successfully defended his dissertation at Technische Universität Dresden. The dissertation with the title "Highway Infrastructure and its Maintenance: Economic Effects on Regions and Firms in Germany" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Georg Hirte and Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann. We congratulate Dennis on his success ...

Diese Rentenreform ist für Frauen eine verpasste Chance

Irrsinn der Schuldenbremse zeigt sich am Generationenkapital

25 Jahre Euro: Positive Bilanz und viele Herausforderungen

Euro kann sich seit 1999 als internationale Währung behaupten – EZB hat das Ziel der Preisstabilität weitestgehend erreicht – Um Herausforderungen wie Klimakrise, hohe Schuldenstände, digitale Währung und Ungleichheit im Euroraum zu bewältigen, ist EZB auf Mitarbeit der nationalen Regierungen und EU-Kommission angewiesen – EZB darf Mandatsgrenzen nicht überschreiten, um Unabhängigkeit und Glaubwürdigkeit ...

The Long Reach of Class Origin on Financial Investments and Net Worth

In this study, we argue that parents’ class position may influence the type and timing of their offspring's investments in financial assets. These investments may facilitate net worth accumulation beyond direct transfers, contributing to the intergenerational reproduction of social positions. We test these expectations using retrospective life history and prospective panel data for 14 countries from ...