n this paper we argue that very high marginal labor income tax rates are an effective tool for social insurance even when households have preferences with high labor supply elasticity, make dynamic savings decisions, and policies have general equilibrium effects. To make this point we construct...

Die digitale Transformation betrifft alle Bereiche eines Unternehmens, auch die Verwaltung. Im Bereich der Buchhaltung erschließen sich durch den Einsatz innovativer Technologien viele Perspektiven zur Neugestaltung der etablierten Prozesse. In diesem Beitrag sollen die Potenziale der...

This working paper studies the developments in the creditworthiness of German public real estate companies during the first quarter of 2018 and the third quarter of 2021. Besides an analysis of balance sheet data, this working paper evaluates credit risks resulting from a deteriorating...

This study investigates a disparity in hourly wages (i.e., a pay gap) between employees with an ethnic minority vs. ethnic majority background in Germany. To this aim, a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition based on a representative survey of the adult population in Germany is used. The analysis is...

Extant literature shows that well-being is one of the key drivers of attitudes towards migrants as well as preferences for asylum and refugee policies. To investigate the underpinnings of these relationships, two studies on representative samples of 600 Slovaks each were conducted before the...

The unification of the East and West German states in 1990 initiated the integration of two distinct innovation systems. In this process, the poorly functioning socialist system of East Germany adopted the formal institutions and organization of West Germany, a western-style market economy. We...