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Cross-sectional age-skill profiles suggest that cognitive skills start declining by age 30 if not earlier. If accurate, such age-driven skill losses pose a major threat to the human capital of societies with rapidly aging populations. We estimate actual age-skill profiles from individual changes in literacy and numeracy skills at different ages. We use the unique German longitudinal component of the ...
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Science Advances
11 (2025), 10, eads1560, 13 S.
| Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Frauke Witthöft, Ludger Wößmann
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Health information about vaccinations is communicated via various sources of information and is crucial for vaccination decisions. Information sources such as interpersonal sources, traditional print and digital media as well as social media offer information about the risks and benefits of vaccination. During health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic was, some information sources provide hanging ...
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PloS one
20 (2025), 9, e0333268., 17 S.
| Susanne Jordan, Sarah Jane Böttger, Sabine Zinn
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The expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in Europe significantly impedes the necessary socio-ecological transformation (SET) required to shift toward a decentralized, 100% renewable energy system (RES). By reinforcing a fossil-centric system paradigm, LNG infrastructure deepens Europe’s dependence on fossil fuels, thereby delaying climate goals and increasing greenhouse gas emissions. ...
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Cell Reports Sustainability
2 (2025), 8, 100464, 11 S.
| Claudia Kemfert, Fabian Präger, Franziska M. Hoffart, Christian von Hirschhausen
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Using a DNA-based polygenic index, we explored geographical and historical differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment in East and West Germany around the time of reunification. This index was derived from a prior genome-wide association study on educational attainment in democratic countries. In 1,930 individuals aged 25 to 85 years from the SOEP-G[ene] cohort, the magnitude ...
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Psychological Science
36 (2025), 7, S. 559–573
| Deniz Fraemke, Yayouk E. Willems, Aysu Okbay, Ulman Lindenberger, Sabine Zinn, Gert Wagner, David Richter, Kathryn P. Harden, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob, Ralph Hertwig, Philipp Koellinger, Laurel Raffington
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This paper examines how news coverage of the European Central Bank (ECB) affects consumer inflation expectations in the four largest euro area countries. Utilizing a unique dataset of multilingual European news articles, we measure the impact of ECB-related inflation news on inflation expectations. Our results indicate that German and Italian consumers are more attentive to this news, whereas in Spain ...
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Applied Economics Letters
32 (2025), 7, S. 945-950
| Vegard Høghaug Larsen, Nicolò Maffei-Faccioli, Laura Pagenhardt
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Despite substantial research on job satisfaction in self-employment, we know little about the specific consequences for the venture when job satisfaction declines after an external shock. Taking the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of an external shock and drawing on a sample of nearly 7000 self-employed individuals living in Germany, we investigate how declines in job satisfaction are related to the ...
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Applied Psychology
74 (2025), 6, e70039, 27 S.
| Joern Block, Miriam Gnad, Alexander S. Kritikos, Caroline Stiel
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We provide an evaluation of the impact of German public subsidy schemes in municipalities of Bavaria and Lower Saxony aimed at supporting the deployment of basic broadband infrastructure in rural Germany. Such subsidies are subject to state aid control by the European Commission and may only be granted if the potential market failure is addressed without distorting competition. We first analyse the ...
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Journal of the European Economic Association
23 (2025), 6, S. 2289–2337
| Tomaso Duso, Mattia Nardotto, Jo Seldeslachts
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Using linked data from the Millennium Cohort Study and National Pupil Database (N = 8,139), this study examined how the timing of school absences (years 1 to 11 between 2006 and 2017) affects achievement at the end of compulsory schooling in England. Absences during any school year are harmful to student achievement. However, absences in years 1 and 6 (the final year of primary school), and between ...
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American Educational Research Journal
62 (2025), 5, S. 872-908
| Jascha Dräger, Markus Klein, Edward M. Sosu
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Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this article investigates the recent development of meat consumption in Germany and selected socio-demographic determinants of meat-related dietary habits. In line with official data, the SOEP shows a downward trend in the frequency of meat consumption and an upward trend in self-reported vegetarianism for 2016–2022. Women, the better educated, singles, ...
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Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
20 (2025), 5, S. 876–889
| Jörg Hartmann, Peter Preisendörfer
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Introducing electricity purchase conditions in renewable fuel regulations and carbon accounting is a controversial issue in the US and Europe. We argue that their impact must be assessed considering demand flexibility, local grid conditions, and overlapping policy instruments such as emissions trading schemes and renewable portfolio standards. The introduction of more stringent requirements has a significant ...
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iScience
28 (2025), 5, 112349, 8 S.
| Lissy Langer, Kenneth Bruninx, Anders Bjørn, Lukas Barner, Julien Lavalley, Hadi Vatankhah Ghadim, Rasmus Bramstoft