We analyze 40 years' worth of natural disaster shocks in Canada, using a local projection framework to assess their impact on provincial labour markets. We find that disasters decrease hours worked within a week and lower wage growth in the medium run. The impact is driven by periods of...

This study draws insights from the dynamic capabilities theory about industry 4.0 and sustainability as critical issues for maintaining firms' competitiveness in international markets. There is still a scarcity of literature about the environmental impacts of adopting Industry 4.0 technologies...

We analyze 40 years' worth of natural disaster shocks in Canada, using a local projection framework to assess their impact on provincial labour markets. We find that disasters decrease hours worked within a week and lower wage growth in the medium run. The impact is driven by periods of...

The arrival of immigrants increases demand for housing and puts upward pressure on shelter prices. Using instrumental variables based on the ancestry composition of residents in US counties, we estimate the causal impact of immigration on local shelter prices. We show that the impact of...

This volume documents excerpts from our session on pension reforms in the Nordic countries and Germany at the Annual Meeting of the DGD at the University of Hamburg in March 2024. Pension systems in Germany as well as the Nordic countries have been subject to substantial pension reforms in the...