Child penalties in labour market outcomes are well-documented: after childbirth, mothers’ employment and earnings drop persistently compared to fathers. Beyond gender norms, a potential driver could be the loss in labour market skills due to mothers’ longer employment interruptions. This paper estimates child penalties in adult cognitive skills by adapting the pseudo-panel approach to a single cross-section ...
The study offers a comprehensive retrospective assessment of the Aviation Guidelines related to State Aid, evaluating their effectiveness and efficiency in promoting regional development and enhancing accessibility while minimizing competitive distortions. The analysis focuses on three primary areas: It examines whether the 2014–2024 transition period for phasing out operating aid to airports...
The newspaper coverage of CEOs is highly gendered with more family-related language used in newspaper articles on female than male company leaders. In a randomized online experiment, we ask whether this stereotypical representation affects readers' beliefs about CEO competence, firm performance, and resulting financial decision-making. We show participants articles consisting of elements from real...
The application portal for the doctoral program of the DIW Graduate Center is now open! Graduates can apply until January 15, 2025 for the 2025 cohort (start: October 2025). The program offers structured doctoral training with a full scholarship in the first year and employment in a department in subsequent years. Applicants should have a Master's degree in economics or related subjects. More information ...
The study uses a synthetic control method to estimate the local economic cost of Brexit. The vast majority of regions in the UK have lost as a result of Brexit. Since losses tend to be concentrated in relatively prosperous regions, Brexit has reduced regional inequalities (“levelling up“) while pushing down national output (“levelling down“ in the aggregate). Using both aggregate data from local...
