BACKGROUND Parenting leave policies shape how caregiving and paid work can be reconciled around the time of childbirth. They have important implications for fertility, employment, and gender equality. Still, there are limited quantitative cross-country data capturing longterm policy changes that impact how long parents can temporarily be away from work to care for their children, and how leave can ...
The economy was noticeably impacted by containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, homeowners and tenants had difficulty meeting their short-term obligations, such as paying mortgages and rent. In response to this dire situation, governments around the world implemented various restrictive and stimulating measures. These measures aimed to support tenants and homeowners during this ...
This paper provides a systematic analysis of German car drivers’ refuelling behaviour. A dataset combining population-representative individual-level GPS-tracking and survey information with data on fuel prices is used to identify 922 refuelling stops between April and December 2023. Besides a discussion of the conducted data processing and cleaning steps, the paper provides insights into German fuel ...
We study the role of international financial integration in buffering natural disaster shocks, using a large sample of advanced and emerging economies. Natural disasters are largely unpredictable and unrelated to the state of financial integration. We document that integration improves the absorption of such shocks: Output, consumption, and investment are significantly higher after a natural disaster ...
Empirical evidence on price premiums for green intermediate products is scarce, especially for energy-intensive basic materials. Evidence on such green premiums is relevant, as they may affect companies incentives to invest in green production technologies. Moreover, green premiums are important for the design of green support programmes, as support levels could be adjusted for companies’ green revenues. ...
The Socio-Economic Panel’s 42nd year marked a turning point, as the recently published annual report shows. The SOEP’s vision for its own strategic expansion was evaluated by the Leibniz Association and the German Science Council (as the “great strategic enhancement”). This broad-based initiative aims to ensure the study’s continued sustainability through methodological and technical innovations. The ...
