Access to information is vital to physicians who make critical treatment decisions that shape patients' lives. Although formal channels, such as professional training, medical databases, and clinical guidelines, are well-documented, little is known about informal learning, in which physicians acquire knowledge from peers or patients. In this paper, I study how patients act as carriers of clinical...
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “Inventors‘ Personal Experience of Natural Disasters and Green Innovation". Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
We show that personal experiences affect high-stakes economic decisions among inventors. Using matched patent and survey data from French and German inventors linked to natural disaster records, we exploit exogenous variation in disaster exposure. Inventors personally affected by natural disasters subsequently produce 8.2 percent more green patents, primarily driven by emission-reducing mitigation...
Most women reduce their labor supply after childbirth. When children become older, most women spend less time on women spend less time on childcare activities. Yet, female labor supply recovers little as children age and part-time work remains common among mothers of older children. Understanding the motivation behind labor supply choices of women with older children is crucial to design effective...
AUFGRUND VON KRANKHEIT ABGESAGT Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: "Raising the Retirement Age for Women. Spillover Effects on Young Adults’ Labor Supply in Brazil". Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt. Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS Latin America is facing rapid population aging. To address the sustainability of contributory pension systems, many countries are considering increasing the retirement age. One such case is Brazil, where a pension reform in 2019 raised the retirement age from 60 to 62 for women. While the effects of such reforms on the labor force participation of older adults and their...
Work-limiting disabilities pose a significant risk to the earnings potential and welfare of older workers. While coverage of public disability insurance (DI) systems is almost universal, the risk of becoming dependent on DI varies across occupations. In this paper, I study the value of public DI across different occupations using data from administrative social security records in Germany. I...
