In this study, we contribute to the evaluation of the performance of the German science and research system by analyzing the dynamics of transnational patent filings of German inventors in an international comparison over the past 20 years. Besides country-specific analyses, we further...

Using newly digitized unemployment insurance claims data we construct a historical monthly unemployment series for U.S. states going back to January 1947. The constructed series are highly correlated with the Bureau of Labor Statics' state-level unemployment data, which are only available from...

We quantify and study state-level economic policy uncertainty. Tapping digital archives for nearly 3,500 local newspapers, we construct three monthly indexes for each state: one that captures state and local sources of policy uncertainty (ΕPU-S), one that captures national and international...

Der Beitrag untersucht, inwieweit die Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen der Länder (VGRdL) Ergebnisse liefern, die vor dem Hintergrund anderer Informationen plausibel erscheinen. Als Vergleichsmaßstab dienen dabei die auf die Ebene von Bundesländern zusammengefassten Einschätzungen der...

Die Bedeutung von Invalidität für die Systeme der sozialen Absicherung hat sich während der Coronakrise verschärft - insbesondere im Bereich der psychischen Erkrankungen. Eine Studie mit exklusiven, vom BSV zur Verfügung gestellten Zahlen zeigt auf, wie die (Wieder-) Eingliederung in den...

This paper provides an extension of the model of industry employment and wage effects of trade policy in Riker (2021). The model assumes that U.S. labor is immobile between states, at least in the short run, and this allows for significant differences in wage and industry employment changes in...

This report is a product of the ExTrass project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to help medium-sized and large cities in Germany to prepare for the increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly heavy rainfall and heatwaves. The project...

Im März 2021 legte der Arbeitskreis der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen der Länder die ersten Berechnungen zur Wirtschaftsleistung der Länder für 2020 vor. Es zeigen sich auch in der Corona-Krise deutliche Unterschiede zwischen den Ländern. Die Gründe hierfür sind vielfältig....

This article investigates the efficiency of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations when vaccines are scarce. Using Germany as an example, we find considerable differences across federal states in terms of efficiency, defined as the ability to get most vaccinations out of a given number of...

Das Für und Wider von verbindlichen Empfehlungen für weiterführende Schulen nach der Grundschule wird in Wirtschaft und Politik kontrovers diskutiert. Die gesetzlichen Vorgaben zum Übergang von der Grundschule in die weiterführenden Schulen unterscheiden sich zwischen den Bundesländern zum...

Long-term regional convergence hypothesis is examined for 32 Mexican states in a regional growth model with poverty traps using a new dataset on regional income inequality for the period 1940-2011. Although zero-growth poverty trap hypothesis is rejected for 28 out of 32 states, the evidence...

We estimate the impact of state-level "E-Verify" legislation that mandates employment eligibility verification for private-sector workers. We document declines in formal sector employment and employment turnover after mandate passage, with effects concentrated among those likeliest to be...

This research focuses on the regional research policy of the federal states. The paper analyses the existing academic research sources of the regional research policies and answers questions of the regions's analysis.The methodology uses specific working papers essential for the European...