We investigate the causal relationship between inventor migration and regional innovation in the context of the large-scale migration shock from East to West Germany between World War II and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Leveraging a newly constructed, century-spanning dataset on...

We investigate the causal relationship between inventor migration and regional innovation in the context of the large-scale migration shock from East to West Germany between World War II and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Leveraging a newly constructed, century-spanning dataset on...

Since the labor market reforms around 2005, known as the Hartz reforms, Germany has experienced declining unemployment rates. However, little is known about the reforms' effect on individual life satisfaction of unemployed workers. This study applies difference-in-difference estimations and...

The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country’s democratization has a long-lasting impact on former supporters or opponents of the bygone regime. With newly available individual-level data of former residents of the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR), we analyze how...

In diesem Beitrag betrachten wir die Lebensverhältnisse von ehemaligen Unterstützer*innen und Gegner*innen des DDR-Regimes über einen Zeitraum von fast drei Jahrzehnten und analysieren, wie sich Lebenszufriedenheit, Arbeitsmarkterfolg und politische Präferenzen im wiedervereinigten...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced governments in many countries to ask employees to work from home (WFH) where possible. Using representative data of the employed respondents from the UK, we find that the pandemic-led increases in WFH frequency are associated with a higher self-perceived...

The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country's democratization goes hand in hand with a reallocation of economic resources. With newly available individual-level data of former residents of the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR), we analyse how supporters and...

The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country's democratization goeshand in hand with a reallocation of economic resources. With newly available individual-leveldata of former residents of the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR), we analyzehow supporters and opponents...