The ongoing growth of cities due to better job opportunities is leading to increased labour-related commuter flows in several countries. On the one hand, an increasing number of people commute and move to the cities, but on the other hand, the labour market indicates higher unemployment rates in...

Das Statistische Bundesamt vergibt seit 1999 Förderpreise an junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, seit 2022 den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchspreis "Statistical Science for the Society". Der Name zeigt die Internationalität des Preises und bringt zum Ausdruck, dass sowohl die...

The ongoing growth of cities due to better job opportunities is leading to increased labour-related commuter flows in several countries. On the one hand, an increasing number of people commute and move to the cities, but on the other hand, the labour market indicates higher unemployment rates in...

A growing literature examines the effects of poverty, inequality and polarization on civil war but analyses typically use spatially aggregated data. Many civil wars exhibit great spatial heterogeneity so very local effects may be obscured. We study Nepal's civil war that escalated sharply from...

Das Statistische Bundesamt vergibt seit 1999 Förderpreise an junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, seit 2022 den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchspreis "Statistical Science for the Society". Der Name zeigt die Internationalität des Preises und bringt zum Ausdruck, dass sowohl die...

We introduce a new methodology to detect and measure economic activity using geospatial data and apply it to steel production, a major industrial pollution source worldwide. Combining plant output data with geospatial data, such as ambient air pollutants, nighttime lights, and temperature, we...