This study investigates the determinants of generative AI adoption across 136 countries, leveraging cross-sectional data from 2023 and employing a negative binomial regression model to address data overdispersion. Generative AI is a transformative technology that enhances operational efficiency,...

Education is an important tool used to equip knowledge and pursue self-improvement, which may affect intergenerational social class mobility through human capital accumulation. Using 8014 mixed cross-section samples from the 2017, 2018 and 2021 China General Social Survey (CGSS), an...

We estimate the intergenerational effects of compulsory schooling (CS) laws in the United States (1875 to 1940), exploiting the staggered roll-out of state CS laws and using difference-in-differences and instrumental variable (IV) approaches in a linked panel of full-count US census data....

Der vorliegende Bericht beruht auf den Ergebnissen der von Statistik Austria quartalsweise durchgeführten Befragung „So geht’s uns heute“. Im Mittelpunkt der Analysen stehen finanzielle Schwierigkeiten in den Privathaushalten Österreichs, deren Entwicklungen im Zeitverlauf - insbesondere...

Horizontal gender segregation in education negatively impacts both equity and efficiency in the labor market, contributing to disparities in career opportunities and economic outcomes. This paper examines the influence of social origins on gender segregation in Italian tertiary education over...

Drawing on two data sources from across Europe, we show that both bequest motives of parents and children's gender composition shape unequal divisions of bequests. First, the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe reveals that observed bequests are divided unequally when children...

Closer distance between parents and their children facilitates intergenerational contact and exchanges of support in later life. There are mixed narratives and evidence regarding the divergence—or convergence—of intergenerational proximity in ageing societies. In this study, we examine the...