In 2003 the Government of Ghana established a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to improve health care access for Ghanaians and eventually replace the cash-and-carry system. This study evaluates the NHIS to determine whether it is fulfilling its purpose in the context of the Millennium...

Inspired by the literature on social polarisation and residential segregation we draw on a probabilistic approach to pursue the evolution of household location preferences in West Germany. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the period 1984-2020 we demonstrate that...

Der starke Anstieg der Energiepreise, der bereits im Jahr 2021 begann, und der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine im Februar 2022 haben die Sicherheit der Energieversorgung Europas in den öffentlichen und politischen Fokus gerückt. Dieser Beitrag quantifiziert vor diesem Hintergrund die...

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

The German economy is in difficult waters. Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, there has been no end to the challenges posed by interruptions in production and supply problems. Despite the need for crisis management, politicians have pledged not to lose sight of environmental...

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

In außergewöhnlich starken Krisen kann es notwendig sein, dass der Staat im Sinne der gesellschaftlichen Solidarität die von einkommensschwächeren Haushalten getragenen finanziellen Lasten stärker abfedert, als es automatische Stabilisatoren und diskretionäre (nach Ermessen getätigte),...

The toolkit of the so-called credibility revolution dominates empirical economics, with its promise of causal identification to improve scientific knowledge and ultimately policy. By examining the case of rural electrification in the Global South, this opinion paper exposes the limits of this...