In recent years, Costa Rica has experienced greater international migration from neighboring countries due to political, economic, and social reasons, raising discussions on the impact of migration on wages of native Costa Rican workers. This article is the first that disentangles the impact of migration on wages for native Costa Ricans from the impact for settled immigrants by analyzing the effect ...
Die Filmemacherin Katharina Daschner studierte von 1995 bis 2000 Bildhauerei und Transmediale Kunst bei Brigitte Kowanz an der Universität für Angewandte Kunst in Wien. In ihren Arbeiten beschäftigt sie sich vorwiegend mit dem Transfer von Performance- und Bühnensprachen in Ausstellungs- und Filmkontexten sowie mit genderspezifischen Machtstrukturen und der Darstellung von queerer Sexualität. Um...
Immigrants have been affected more than native-born ethnic majority populations by the negative economic consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This contribution examines whether they have also experienced higher levels of perceived job insecurity, reflected in a differential increase in financial concerns and the fear of job loss during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This empirical study employs the SOEP-CoV ...
This study examines the money-subjective well-being nexus by studying the link between changes in jointly and solely (i.e. respondents’ own and their partner’s own) held gross wealth and changes in married individuals’ subjective well-being. Joint assets reflect norms of sharing responsibilities and resources. Solely held assets, in contrast, offer individual economic independence. Using wealth data ...
While wealth and income inequality are on the rise in many countries over the past decades, European Welfare States have come under pressure in a context of persistent economic difficulties and increasing globalization. Adopting a Franco-German perspective, EQUITAX aims to contribute to this issue by shedding light on the most effective tax-and-transfer instruments to fight income and wealth...
This paper estimates the effect of home high-speed internet on national test scores of students at age 14. We combine comprehensive information on the telecom network, administrative student records, house prices and local amenities in England in a fuzzy spatial regression discontinuity design across invisible telephone exchange catchment areas. Using this strategy, we find that increasing broadband ...
