In person event; Levelling Up was the right idea but has been a policy failure. The large and persistent disparities between UK regions show little sign of narrowing. Using data and analysis from our new dashboard and index, this event presents new findings and policy recommendations on how to...

Der ifo Branchen-Dialog ist eine Plattform für aktuelle Themen aus branchenspezifischer Perspektive. Expert*innen aus Unternehmen, Verbänden, Politik und Forschung erläutern aktuelle Entwicklungen, Trends und Herausforderungen. Im Rahmen der diesjährigen Veranstaltung fragen wir, wie die...

The Colloquium on Personnel Economics provides a forum for presenting research in all areas of personnel economics – theoretical, empirical, and experimental. Young scientists in particular have the opportunity to present and discuss their academic works, concepts, and new discoveries among...

This paper studies the association between the levels of individual trust and individual economic performance. I distinguish between generalized trust, a proxy for beliefs about others' trustworthiness, and within-firm trust, i.e. trust in firm management and trust in colleagues. Using rich...

We propose a simple explanation for the long-run decline in the startup rate. It was caused by a slowdown in labor supply growth since the late 1970s, largely pre-determined by demographics. This channel explains roughly two-thirds of the decline and why incumbent firm survival and average...

Thematic Workshops: Workshop 1 – Areas of concern and proposals for less unequal worlds Workshop 2 – Unequal access to “invisible or online” education for those who already suffered from unequal access to “visible or in-person” education Workshop 3 – The Pandemic and the growing...

Die Frage der Geschlechtergerechtigkeit beschäftigt zunehmend auch die noch stark traditionell geprägte Finanzbranche. In der gemeinsamen Vortragsveranstaltung von CFS und IBF nehmen Dieter Ziegler und Claudia Rasper die historische und die aktuelle Entwicklung in den Blick und geben damit...

It is our pleasure to host the German Finance Association’s first Women-in-Finance Event at the annual meeting in Marburg and we cordially invite all female finance researchers to participate. Please forward this announcement to female doctoral candidates and postdocs in your team, if...

The Colloquium on Personnel Economics provides a forum for presenting research in all areas of personnel economics –theoretical, empirical,and experimental. In particular, young scientists have the opportunity to present and discuss their academic works, concepts,and new discoveries among...

Co-authors: Domenico Giannone (Amazon.com) and Anna Kovner (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) We study the relationship between bank capital ratios and the distribution of future real GDP growth. Growth in the aggregate bank capital ratio corresponds to a smaller left tail of GDP—smaller...