Die KOFA-Studie 2/2022 zeigt: der Fachkräftemangel im Handwerk nimmt weiter zu. Fehlten im Jahr 2020 etwa 65.000 Handwerkerinnen und Handwerker bundesweit (KOFA-Studie 1/2021), waren es im Jahr 2021 bundesweit durchschnittlich 87.485 und davon allein gut 12.000 in NRW. Somit war der...

"Following diamonds from African mines to the necklines of high society women, this international history shows why Jews were central to the transatlantic gem trade and its growth into a global industry.During the late nineteenth century, tens of thousands of diggers, prospectors, merchants, and...

We study the effects of occupational licensing on consumer choices and market outcomes in a large online platform for residential home services. We exploit exogenous variation in the time at which licenses are displayed on the platform to identify the causal effects of licensing information on...

We study the effects of occupational licensing on consumer choices and market outcomes in a large online platform for residential home services. We exploit exogenous variation in the time at which licenses are displayed on the platform to identify the causal effects of licensing information on...