Many high-income economies strive to integrate recently immigrated refugees and asylum-seekers into their labor markets. We contribute to the discussion of relevant policy tools and use rich survey data that are matched to precise administrative records on refugee immigrants to Germany. We study the impact of occupational recognition decisions on refugee outcomes. Applying a difference-in...
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Occupational recognition of refugees: Effects on labor market outcomes, remittances, and life satisfaction”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
This paper investigates the long-run consequences of a later school entry for personality traits. For identification, we exploit the statutory cutoff rules for school enrollment in Germany within a regression discontinuity design. We find that relatively older school starters have persistently lower levels of neuroticism in adulthood. This effect is entirely driven by women, which has important...
Populist parties use narratives about social injustice to portray climate policy as elite-driven and socially unjust. This study— based on a survey experiment with some 1,600 participants— examines how three common narratives about the costs associated with climate policy affect populist and climate-populist attitudes. The results show that the narrative highlighting the disproportionate burden on ...
Mit der Aktivrente plant die neue Regierungskoalition eine kräftige steuerliche Begünstigung von erwerbstätigen Rentner*innen. Diese sollen bis zu 2 000 Euro im Monat steuerfrei hinzuverdienen können. Die Regierung erhofft sich, damit mehr Rentner*innen zum Weiterarbeiten zu motivieren und so dem Fachkräftemangel entgegenzuwirken. Mikrosimulationsanalysen auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) ...
