Das ifo Bildungsbarometer 2025 beschäftigt sich mit sozialen Medien: 78% der Jugendlichen und 58% der Erwachsenen verbringen unter der Woche täglich mehr als eine Stunde mit sozialen Medien. Dabei würden 47% der Erwachsenen lieber in einer Welt ohne soziale Medien leben. Bei den Jugendlichen...

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today’s global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of...

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today’s global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of...

It is commonly assumed that cognitive skills start to decline by age 30 if not earlier, which could pose major challenges for rapidly aging populations. But this assumption largely relies on cross-sectional data that cannot distinguish between aging patterns and cohort differences in skills....

Bisherige Studien gehen davon aus, dass kognitive Fähig- keiten spätestens ab dem 30. Lebensjahr nachlassen. Die Annahme beruht jedoch weitgehend auf Querschnittsdaten, die nicht zwischen Alters- und Kohorteneffekten unterschei den können. Einzig artige deutsche Längsschnittdaten zu...

We measure human capital using the self-reported skill sets of nearly 9 million U.S. college graduates from professional profiles on LinkedIn. We aggregate skill strings into 48 clusters of general, occupation-specific, and managerial skills. Multidimensional skills can account for several...

We measure human capital using the self-reported skill sets of nearly 9 million U.S. college graduates from professional profiles on LinkedIn. We aggregate skill strings into 48 clusters of general, occupation-specific, and managerial skills. Multidimensional skills can account for several...

How do firms and workers adjust to trade and technology shocks? We analyze two mechanisms that have received little attention: training that upgrades skills and early retirement that shifts adjustment costs to public pension systems. We combine novel data on training participation and early...

How do firms and workers adjust to trade and technology shocks? We analyze two mechanisms that have received little attention: training that upgrades skills and early retirement that shifts adjustment costs to public pension systems. We combine novel data on training participation and early...