Compared to other European countries rental apartments dominate the German housing market. Policymakers and a large part of the population alike worry about the amount of affordable living space. Especially in metropolitan areas a high demand for living space exists and has been leading to a...

Most countries show a residency discount in rents for sitting tenants. In the wake of strong rent increases and housing shortages, Germany implemented a reform in 2001 to curtail rent increases. Based on linked housing-tenant data for Germany, this paper estimates panel OLS and quantile...

We investigate the dynamic effects of interregional labor market integration on migration flows, capital formation, and the price for housing services. The co-evolution of these variables depends on initial conditions at the time of labormarket integration. In an initially capital-poor economy,...

A growing body of research suggests that, even after controlling for cognitive abilities, personality predicts economic success in later life. The learning environment at school focuses on knowledge and cognitive skills. The transmission of character skills, however, is not at the center of...

We investigate the dynamic effects of interregional labor market integration on migration flows, capital formation, and the price for housing services. The co-evolution of these variables depends on initial conditions at the time of labor market integration. In an initially capital-poor economy,...

A growing body of research suggests that, even after controlling for cognitive abilities, personality predicts economic success in later life. The learning environment at school focuses on knowledge and cognitive skills. The transmission of character skills, however, is not at the center of...

Der Beginn des Arbeitslosengeld-II-Bezugs bedeutet für die Leistungsberechtigten eine einschneidende Veränderung ihrer sozialen Lage. Welche Ereignisse im Leben eines Menschen führen dazu, dass er auf die Grundsicherung angewiesen ist? Oder sind es persönliche Merkmale, auf die es dabei...

Job loss expectations were widespread amongst workers in East Germany following reunification with West Germany. Though experiencing a large negative employment shock, East German workers were nevertheless overpessimistic immediately after reunification with respect to their job loss risk. Over...

This paper evaluates the effects of the newly introduced German minimum wage on the distribution of hourly wages and hours worked. The study is based on the German Structure of Earnings Survey (GSES), the only large scale data set for Germany that includes information on hourly wages and hours...

In der Corona-Krise haben sich die Umbrüche am dualen Ausbildungsmarkt verstärkt. Die Zahl der neu abgeschlossenen Ausbildungsverträge - der sogenannten Einmündungen - lag 2020 und 2021 deutlich unter dem Wert von 2019. Das Autorenteam untersucht, wie sich die jährlichen Verläufe der bei...