The evaluation of interventions such as active labor market policies or medical programs by means of a randomized controlled trial is often considered the gold standard. However, randomized experiments might face severe shortcomings especially if performed at the group level. One such problem is...

Der Europäische Sozialfonds (ESF) soll die Tätigkeiten der EU-Mitgliedstaaten zur Entwicklung des Arbeitsmarktes und der Humanressourcen unterstützen und ergänzen. Im Rahmen des ESF-Förderprogramms ist eine Halbzeitbewertung vorgesehen, um die ersten Ergebnisse der arbeitsmarktpolitischen...

Der Bericht der Regierungskommission für die Nachhaltigkeit in der Finanzierung der Sozialen Sicherungssysteme ("Rürup-Kommission") stellt zwei Modelle zur Finanzierung der Krankenversicherung gegenüber: die sog. Bürgerversicherung und das Modell der pauschalen Gesundheitsprämien mit...

The evaluation of interventions such as active labor market policies or medical programs by means of a randomized controlled trial is often considered the gold standard. However, randomized experiments might face severe shortcomings especially if performed at the group level. One such problem is...

The evaluation of interventions such as active labor market policies or medical programs by means of a randomized controlled trial is often considered the gold standard. However, randomized experiments might face severe shortcomings especially if performed at the group level. One such problem is...

Vaccination willingness against COVID-19 is generally perceived as too low. Moreover, there is large heterogeneity across and within countries. As a whole, Germany has average vaccination rates compared to other industrialized countries. However, vaccination rates in the 16 different German...

We study the effect of education on vaccination against COVID-19 and influenza in Germany and Europe. Our identification strategy makes use of changes in compulsory schooling laws and allows to estimate local average treatment effects for individuals between 59 and 91 years of age. We find no...