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Decisions to invest in human capital depend on people's time preferences. This paper shows that differences in patience are closely related to substantial subnational differences in educational achievement, leading to new perspectives on longstanding within-country disparities. We use social-media data – Facebook interests – to construct novel regional measures of patience within Italy and the United ...
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The Economic Journal
136 (2026), 673, S. 335–350
| Eric A Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, Ludger Woessmann
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Objective: As social norms and relationship dynamics evolve, it is important to examine how transitions from singlehood to partnership, cohabitation, and marriage relate to well-being Method: Using data from two large panel studies in the UK and Germany (1984–2019), we identified N = 27,459 individuals who reported being single and living alone at least once. Analyses focused on a subset (N = 1103; ...
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Journal of Personality
94 (2026), 3, S. 446–457
| Usama EL-Awad, Robert Eves, Justin Hachenberger, Theresa M. Entringer, Robin Goodwin, Anu Realo, Sakari Lemola
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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 ...
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American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
18 (2026), 2, S. 78–106
| Franziska Bremus, Malte Rieth
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We develop a theory of postacquisition integration that distinguishes between one-way (acquirer-only) and two-way (mutual) effort strategies. We argue that the method of payment—cash versus shares—may serve as an ex ante commitment mechanism to a particular integration strategy, where cash deals align with unilateral effort, and share deals induce mutual engagement. Using transaction-level mergers ...
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Journal of Economics and Management Strategy
35 (2026), 2, S. 354–375
| Albert Banal-Estañol, Joseph A. Clougherty, Jo Seldeslachts, Florian Szücs
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This paper analyses determinants of pass-through for Germany’s 2022 temporary fuel discount at its implementation and subsequent termination. Based on a unique dataset of fuel station characteristics and prices, we employ a two-stage Regression Discontinuity in Time (RDiT) methodology to estimate spatial passthrough variation. Our findings indicate that horizontal and vertical market structures exert ...
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Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
60 (2026), 1, S. 1-30
| Frederik von Waldow, Heike Link
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Forced migration has intensified in the 21st century, driven by conflicts, persecution, and political instability in regions such as the Middle East, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, South-East Asia, Latin America and, most recently, Ukraine. Germany has become a primary destination for refugees within the European Union and one of the largest among the OECD countries. The IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey, ...
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European Sociological Review
42 (2026), 1, S. 146–163
| Herbert Brücker, Yuliya Kosyakova, Nina Rother, Sabine Zinn, Elisabeth Liebau, Wenke Gider, Silvia Schwanhäuser, Manuel Siegert
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The transition to decarbonized energy systems has fueled a controversial debate over the necessity of traditional ‘‘baseload’’ power. Skepticism remains regarding the reliability and economic feasibility of power systems relying mainly on cheap variable renewable energy (VRE) sources. Addressing this, the German Academies’ project ‘‘Energy Systems of the Future’’ (ESYS) analyzed the role of baseload ...
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Cell Reports Physical Science
7 (2026), 1, 103050, 6 S.
| Anke Weidlich, Philipp Stöcker, Karen Pittel, Christoph Luderer, Frank-Detlef Drake, Berit Erlach, Manfred Fischedick, Jutta Hanson, Hans-Martin Henning, Wilhelm Kiewitt, Jochen Kreusel, Albert Moser, Wolfram Münch, Albrecht Reuter, Dirk Uwe Sauer, Wolf-Peter Schill, Frank Sensfuß, Hartmut Spliethoff, Cyril Stephanos, Christoph Weber, Sven Wurbs
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For a successful energy transition, the FAIR data principles provide an essential framework for managing and reusing energy related data for research, yet their implementation remains limited. In this explorative study, we empirically examine how energy researchers engage with energy data in relation to FAIR data principles, research data platforms, and open science practices, while acknowledging the ...
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Energy Research & Social Science
136 (2026), 104735, 23 S.
| Franziska M. Hoffart, Nina Kerker, Oliver Werth
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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 ...
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Demographic Research
543 (2026, Art. 31, S. 987-1008
| Sonja Spitzer, Adèle Lemoine, Zhanxiong Song, Claudia Reiter, Angela Greulich, Agneta Herlitz, Alžběta Bártová, Elisa Brini, Zuzana Dančíková, Dovilė Galdauskaitė, Libertad González, Evi Hatzivarnava-Kazassi, Helena Honkaniemi, Sol Pía Juárez, Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Anna Kurowska, Katre Pall, Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, Tatjana Rakar, Tapio Räsänen, Konstantina Rentzou, Pedro Romero Balsas, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Laurène Thil, Dora Tuda, Lili Vargha, Daniele Vignoli, Sander Wagner, Katharina Wrohlich
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This study examines the payout policies of modern state-owned enterprises (SOEs) using unique official statistics on German SOEs from 2003 to 2014. The findings reveal that agency conflicts significantly influence SOEs’ payout behavior, leading to payout smoothing over time. Vertical agency costs, arising from owner-manager conflicts, and horizontal agency costs, stemming from owner-owner conflicts, ...
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German Economic Review
(2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2026-05-11]
| Astrid Cullmann*, Maria Nieswand, Nicole Wägner