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Earnings Trajectories After Divorce: The Legacies of the Earner Model During Marriage

Divorce marks the legal endpoint of a marital union. While divorce is increasingly seen as a ‘clean break’, the past marital history of the couple may nevertheless shape their present conditions. In particular, there may be a legacy of a highly gendered division of labour during marriage that may affect the ex-spouses’ earning trajectories beyond the date of divorce. Using register data from the German ...

The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes: Replicating and Extending “Dohmen, Falk, Huffman and Sunde 2012” Using Genetically Informed Twin Data

This replication revisits an influential contribution on the intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes, which, based on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), reveals a positive correlation between parents' and children's attitudes. The authors of the original study argue that socialization in the family is important in the transmission process. The replication is motivated ...

Gratitude in Fundraising: Do ‘Thank You in Advance’ and Handwritten Thank You Notes Impact Fundraising Success?

While almost all charities rely on a set of donor appreciation strategies, their effectiveness for the success of fundraising campaigns is underresearched. Through two preregistered field studies conducted in collaboration with a leading German opera house (N = 10,000), we explore the significance of expressing gratitude and examine two different approaches to doing so. Our first study investigates ...

Machine Predictions and Human Decisions with Variation in Payoffs and Skill: The Case of Antibiotic Prescribing

We analyze how machine learning predictions may improve antibiotic prescribing in the context of the global health policy challenge of increasing antibiotic resistance. Estimating a binary antibiotic treatment choice model, we find variation in the skill to diagnose bacterial urinary tract infections and in how general practitioners trade off the expected cost of resistance against antibiotic curative ...

Die Wirtschaft muss Haltung zeigen

Die Familienunternehmer öffnen sich für die AfD. Dabei lebt die Wirtschaft von offenen Märkten, Stabilität und Vielfalt. Es ist ihre Aufgabe, diese Werte zu verteidigen.  Die jüngste Öffnung des Verbands der Familienunternehmer gegenüber der AfD ist weit mehr als ein politisches Manöver. Sie ist ein Fehler, der das wirtschaftliche Fundament Deutschlands untergraben und die gesellschaftliche Spaltung ...

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An Underestimated Policy Lever: The ECB’s Collateral Policy Supports Financial Markets and Reduces Uncertainty

A central bank’s collateral policy determines which assets banks may use as collateral for refinancing operations. Thus, it is a critical tool for providing the banking system with liquidity while simultaneously stabilizing it. Using a high-frequency identification approach, this study examines how the European Central Bank’s collateral policy influences banks, financial markets, and government bond ...

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Psychische Gesundheit geflüchteter Menschen aus der Ukraine in Deutschland im Vergleich mit anderen Bevölkerungsgruppen: Ergebnisse der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung 2023

Hintergrund: Bislang ist wenig über die psychische Gesundheit von geflüchteten Menschen aus der Ukraine in Deutschland bekannt. Ziel ist es daher, das Vorliegen einer depressiven (DS) und Angstsymptomatik (AS) bei geflüchteten Menschen aus der Ukraine zu beschreiben, relevante Einflussfaktoren zu identifizieren und die Prävalenzen psychischer Belastungen mit anderen Herkunftsgruppen zu vergleichen. ...

Mental Health of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany Compared to Other Population Groups: Results from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey 2023

Background: To date, little is known about the mental health of Ukrainian refugees living in Germany. Therefore, this study aims to describe the prevalence of depressive (DS) and anxiety symptoms (AS) among refugees from Ukraine, identify relevant associated factors, and compare the prevalence of psychological distress across different groups of origin. Methods: The analyses are based on data from ...