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Settlement intentions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: Adhering to social status back home or restarting again abroad?

Background: The choice between permanent settlement and temporary migration has garnered increased attention in international migration studies, yet the decisions of refugees remain underexplored. Objective: Building on the existing literature on return migration among voluntary migrants, this paper investigates the importance of socio-psychological and economic-skills contexts in refugees’ home and ...

Child sick care-related absence from work and the consequences on parents' income

This study investigates the impact of child-related absence from work on the income of working mothers and fathers, addressing a significant research gap in sociology and labour economics. While previous research has established that gender and parenthood significantly influence income levels, the consequences of caring for a sick child-a common and unpredictable responsibility-remain inadequately ...

Earnings expectations of "first-in family" university students and their role for major choice

How do students’ earnings expectations differ by being the first in their family to attend university (FiF) and how do they affect field of study choice? We leverage unique survey and administrative data to document sizable gaps in expected earnings between FiF and non-FiF students. Our data can explain two-thirds of this gap, with the largest share attributable to field of study choice. We show that ...

Terrorism and Voting: The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Germany

Can right-wing terrorism increase support for far-right populist parties, and if so, why? Exploiting quasi-random variation between successful and failed attacks across German municipalities, we find that successful attacks lead to significant increases in the vote share for the right-wing, populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. Our results are predominantly observable in state (Bundesland) ...

Short-time Work and Unemployment: Long-term Effects on Workers’ Labor-market Outcomes, Time Use and Life Satisfaction

Many countries use job-retention schemes, such as short-time work (STW), to stabilize the labor market during economic downturns. While these schemes might prevent unemployment (UE) and its adverse effects on workers, STW could also deter workers from moving to more productive firms, thereby negatively affecting their labor market outcomes in the long run. We analyze the long-term effects of STW and ...

Demanding financial self-sufficiency after divorce: understanding the consequences of the 2008 Alimony Reform

In this paper, we examine whether and to what extent the 2008 Alimony Reform in Germany had an impact on alimony, its likelihood of payment, and cooperation between former spouses. In 2008, financial self-responsibility was imposed on divorcees by limiting post-marital alimony. By estimating panel event models and exploiting the German Tax Payer Panel, we show a significant decline in the likelihood ...

Changes in mode use after residential relocation: Attitudes and the built environment

After changes in the spatial environment induced by residential relocations, mode choice is prone to reconsideration. This study analyzes a panel dataset of 661 movers in Germany who were questioned before and after a move. We aim to determine the relationships between changes in the built environment, in travel attitudes, and in mode choice, accounting for possibly bi-directional relationships. Structural ...

Managing migration: Female mayors and the intake of refugees

This paper studies whether political leaders’ gender matters for crisis management. I examine female mayors in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia during the intake of Ukrainian refugees in 2022/23. I use granular data on fulfillment of the municipal refugee allocation quota and 2020 municipal election data. I use a two-way fixed effects specification to compare quota fulfillment of female and ...

Random Placement but Real Bias

Many studies exploit the random placement of individuals into groups such as schools or regions to estimate the effects of group-level variables on these individuals. Assuming a simple data generating process, we show that the typical estimate contains three components: the causal effect of interest, ”multiple-treatment bias” (MTB), and ”mobility bias” (MB). The extent of these biases depends on the ...