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 ...
Risky decisions in organizations may be distorted away from profit maximization if managers care about their reputation, i.e., public perceptions of their ability. Because reputation is hard to measure, documenting such distortions is difficult in most contexts. We provide evidence that the decision making of head coaches in the National Football League (NFL) is distorted by reputation concerns....
