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Außergewöhnliche Förderung für innovative Forschung

Die beiden Forscher Philipp Lersch und Hannes Ullrich vom Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) wurden vom Europäischen Forschungsrat ( ERC ) mit einem der renommiertesten Forschungsstipendien Europas ausgezeichnet. Lersch untersucht in seinem Projekt WEALTHTRAJECT , wie sich Vermögen über den Lebensverlauf verschiedener sozialer Gruppen entwickelt und welche Faktoren zur Ungleichheit ...

Wie entsteht ein Business Case für klimaneutrale Produktion mit Flexibilität?

Die klimaneutrale Herstellung von Grundstoffen bedingt häufig höhere Produktionskosten und neue Risiken. Investitionen und Betrieb sind oftmals nur wirtschaftlich, wenn der regulatorische Rahmen die Klima-Externalitäten abbildet.   Der Workshop gliedert sich daher in zwei Abschnitte: Teil 1 behandelt politische Strategien zur Dekarbonisierung, Teil 2 widmet sich marktgestützten...

Early retirement for early starters - A well targeted policy for people with high job demand?

(joint work with Lars Felder, Johannes Geyer, and Peter Haan) Despite growing demographic pressure, a reform in Germany has lowered the full retirement age (FRA) temporarily for early starters. In this paper we analyze whether the reform was well targeted. Specifically, we study if the early retirement scheme benefits workers with high job strain or if workers with better jobs and the potential...

Frühverrentung für Frühstarter – Eine zielgerichtete Politik für Menschen mit hoher Arbeitsbelastung?

(gemeinsame Arbeit mit Lars Felder, Johannes Geyer und Peter Haan) Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Early retirement for early starters - A well targeted policy for people with high job demand?”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!

From friends to ‘family’: schools, neighborhoods, and gang recruitment

This paper examines how gang-related criminal behavior spreads through extended family and peer networks, using newly linked Swedish administrative data covering over 18,000 individuals with confirmed gang affiliation. Within-family correlations reveal intergenerational transmission of criminal behavior where parental criminal history accounts for only half of a broader latent "crime-family"...

The scar of political conflict: evidence from tear gas deployments in Hong Kong

This study examines how exposure to political violence reshapes market behavior by leveraging Hong Kong’s 2019-2020 protests. Exploiting local variation in tear gas deployment–the primary crowd-control weapon marking sites of violent confrontations–we use a difference-in-differences approach comparing housing prices in buildings within 50 meters of tear gas sites to those 50-1,000 meters away,...

The labour market effects of crime victimisation

Using a novel dataset encompassing all crime reports in Brazil and employing a matched differences-in-differences design, we find that victims of assault experience a 7-10% reduction in labor market participation, with persistent and permanent effects evident even five years after the incident. Victims are less likely to search for jobs and significantly more likely to be absent from work. Overall...

Does Distance from Home Matter in Prison? Effects on Visitation and Recidivism

This paper studies how the distance between prison and an incarcerated individual’s home affects their likelihood of recidivism. Leveraging a unique dataset covering more than 20,000 incarcerated individuals and over 200,000 prison visits, I exploit quasi-random variation in home-to-prison distance generated by facility assignment rules. I find that a 100-mile increase in placement distance raises...

Does Management Matter? Evidence from Indigent Defense in Texas

The majority of felony cases in the United States involve indigent clients represented by publicly financed attorneys. In this paper, we examine the effects of efforts to improve representation for economically disadvantaged defendants through the adoption of managed indigent defense offices (MIDs) in the state of Texas. MIDs impose a layer of oversight and accountability on attorneys providing...