Ökologische Ökonomen trafen sich per Zoom in den Jahren 2021 und 2021 regelmäßig mit Mitarbeitern des Vatikans, um in einem Circle of Ecological Economic Elders (CoEEE) wichtige Impulse aus der 2015 veröffentlichten Enzyklika von Papst Franziskus "Laudato sí. Über die Sorge für das...

Der vorliegende internationale Gerechtigkeitsindex zeigt, dass Deutschland trotz wirtschaftlicher Krisen, unkontrollierter Zuwanderung, demografischem Wandel sowie der Transformation der Wirtschaft durch Digitalisierung, Dekarbonisierung und Deglobalisierung im internationalen Vergleich kein...

The experimental literature on preferences for redistribution has established that individual perceptions of what earning distributions are fair depend greatly on context. In this paper, we study an important and novel dimension of context: whether the choice to redistribute occurs before...

This study offers the first analysis of environmental and climate inequalities at the census tract level in Italy, providing valuable insights into spatial patterns of environmental and social vulnerability. The results highlight significant environmental inequality related to exposure to air...

This paper models fair workweek regulations that require employers to provide employees with (1) schedule predictability via advance notice of their work schedule and premium payments for short-notice changes, and (2) access to hours meaning they must offer open hours to existing employees...

The Commissioner-designate made a number of commitments in his written and oral responses. These are highlighted in this document, which has been produced to support Parliament's scrutiny of the Commission over the course of the 2024-2029 term, including through the Committees' annual structured...

The Commissioner-designate made a number of commitments in his written and oral responses. These are highlighted in this document, which has been produced to support Parliament's scrutiny of the Commission over the course of the 2024-2029 term, including through the Committees' annual structured...

As part of the Confirmation process, Commissioner-designate Glenn Micallef responded in writing to questions posed by Parliament and appeared before the CULT Committee on 4 November 2024 to answer further questions from MEPs belonging to the committee as well as from the Chairs of the EMPL,...

As part of the Confirmation process, Commissioner-designate Glenn Micallef responded in writing to questions posed by Parliament and appeared before the CULT Committee on 4 November 2024 to answer further questions from MEPs belonging to the committee as well as from the Chairs of the EMPL,...

Using a Eurobarometer data set on fairness perceptions of the green transition, this paper aims to understand what drives citizens' support for the green transition and motivate them to adopt more sustainable behaviours. While there is widespread support for the green transition that leaves no...

Market forces beyond individual control are a central driver of income inequality, a phenomenon we refer to as market luck. In meritocratic societies, this raises the question of whether individuals perceive such inequalities as fair. To address this question, we conduct experiments in the US,...

Der vorliegende internationale Gerechtigkeitsindex zeigt, dass Deutschland trotz wirtschaftlicher Krisen, unkontrollierter Zuwanderung, demografischem Wandel sowie der Transformation der Wirtschaft durch Digitalisierung, Dekarbonisierung und Deglobalisierung im internationalen Vergleich kein...

As climate change intensifies, flood events are becoming more frequent and more destructive across Europe. In Germany, catastrophic floods in 2021 caused over EUR 40 billion in damages, prompting a large-scale government aid response. At the same time, only about 50 percent of residential...

The new government has "placed a renewed focus on public sector productivity" and has set "productivity, efficiency and savings" targets for departments. In this report, we consider the productivity of the justice system, focusing in particular on the Crown Court of England and Wales, the court...

This Brief introduces the Justice Pillars Towards Evidence-Based Reform (JUPITER) initiative, a standardized yet flexible, country-based assessment tool that evaluates the effectiveness of justice systems across countries. Developed by the World Bank's Global Program on Justice and the Rule of...

This Brief examines the complex relationship between statutory courts and customary law systems, highlighting the historical context that fostered legal pluralism in many countries. It argues that attempts to replace customary practices with uniform legal frameworks have largely failed,...

Judicial map reforms refer to an emerging stream of reform programs that attempts to improve the responsiveness of the justice system by adjusting the courts' location, size, and jurisdiction to demographic and socio-economic factors. Building on the World Bank's experience in supporting client...

This report assesses the state and performance of the justice system of South Sudan through the JUPITER methodology. JUPITER uses qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate both de jure and de facto justice delivery metrics, identifying gaps in the legal framework and its implementation and...

The study addresses the recovery from service failures in online banking. It focuses on the three dimensions of perceived recovery justice - namely, distributive justice (DJ), procedural justice (PJ), and interactional justice (IJ) - and investigates their impact on post-recovery satisfaction...

Romania's medium-term fiscal framework calls for the fiscal deficit to decline gradually from about 8 percent of GDP in 2024 to 7 percent in 2025 and 3 percent (or less) by 2031. With limited scope for expenditure consolidation ‒ given the low expenditure-to-GDP ratio ‒ revenue mobilization...

The transition to climate neutrality entails profound systemic transformations that extend beyond technological innovation and economic restructuring. It involves significant changes in social practices, institutional arrangements, and normative frameworks. As the European Union intensifies its...

Inequality often arises from strategic interactions among individuals. This is so because risky investments can not only be resolved by chance (natural risk), but also by others' actions (social risk). We study how these different sources of inequality shape fairness judgments and the level of...

Inequality often arises from strategic interactions among individuals. This is so because risky investments can not only be resolved by chance (natural risk), but also by others' actions (social risk). We study how these different sources of inequality shape fairness judgments and the level of...

Fairness in agri-food supply chains receives increasing consumer, industry, and political attention but is currently under-conceptualized and lacks appropriate frameworks for measurement. Therefore, building on a theoretically grounded conceptualization of consumer dispositions toward fairness...

This study investigates how the presence, and subsequent repeal, of a tax incentive for a prosocial behavior influences fairness perceptions and tax compliance for those who are and are not eligible for the incentive. Results of a multi-round experiment with 309 U.S. taxpayers show that...