In 2013, the German Council of Economic Experts advised the then future German government to pursue a decisively marketoriented economic reform agenda in the fields of labour market and pension policy, tax policy and climate policy. Yet, policy makers have ignored this advice, basically...

In 2013, the German Council of Economic Experts advised the then future German government to pursue a decisively marketoriented economic reform agenda in the fields of labour market and pension policy, tax policy and climate policy. Yet, policy makers have ignored this advice, basically...

Inspired by the literature on social polarisation and residential segregation we draw on a probabilistic approach to pursue the evolution of household location preferences in West Germany. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the period 1984-2020 we demonstrate that...

The so-called credibility revolution dominates empirical economics, with its promise of causal identification to improve scientific knowledge and ultimately policy. By examining the case of rural electrification in the Global South, this opinion paper exposes the limits of this evidencebased...

The medium-term prospects for the German economy give little cause for optimism. In addition, demographic change will intensify in the current decade. A brightening of growth prospects can therefore only materialise with stronger investment and greater innovation momentum. However, it will...

Inspired by the literature on social polarisation and residential segregation we draw on a probabilistic approach to pursue the evolution of household location preferences in West Germany. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the period 1984-2020 we demonstrate that...