[...] In Kapitel 2 wird zunächst das Untersuchungskonzept vorgestellt. In Kapitel 3 werden braunkohlespezifische Strukturdaten aufgeführt, um die Entwicklung des Braunkohlesektors in Deutschland zu skizzieren. In den Kapiteln 4 bis 7 werden dann im Rahmen von Regionalprofilen die vier...

Based on multivariate linear regression models, we analyze the effect of the lunar cycle and the number of sunspots occurring on a particular day on the number of births using social security data and controlling for a number of other potential confounders. The daily number of births between...

Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...

Using the location of baroque opera houses as a natural experiment, Falck et al. (2011) claim to document a positive causal effect of the supply of cultural goods on today’s regional distribution of talents. This paper raises serious doubts on the validity of the identification strategy...

We identify the causal effect of compulsory military service on conscripts’ subsequent labor-market outcomes by exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during the 1950s. Consistent estimates of military service on lifetime earnings, wages, and days of...

Compulsory military service typically drafts young men when they are at the height of their learning ability. Thus, it can be expected to depress the demand for higher education since skill atrophy and the delayed entry into the civilian labor market reduce the returns to human-capital...

Der vorliegende Bericht stellt in einer "Zwischenbilanz" die zentralen Ergebnisse der Erweiterten Erfolgskontrolle des Programms zur Förderung der IGF dar. Diese Evaluation wurde vom RWI Essen und der Wirtschafts- und Sozialforschung Kerpen (WSF) im Zeitraum Juni 2005 bis Juli 2007 im Auftrag...