Das stetig wachsende Durchschnittsalter der Bevölkerung sowie der technische Fortschritt setzen das Gesundheitswesen unter Druck. Um zu gewährleisten, dass jedem Bürger der Anspruch auf die medizinische Grundversorgung auch in Zukunft erhalten bleibt, müssen Kosten reduziert und Fehler im...

Over the last twenty years the wage-education relationships in the US and Germany have evolved very differently, while the education composition of employment has evolved in a surprisingly parallel fashion. In this paper, we propose and test an explanation to these conflicting patterns. The...

Spatial differences in labor market performance are large and highly persistent. Using data from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, we document striking similarities in spatial differences in unemployment, vacancies, job finding, and job filling within each country. This robust...

Green assets delivered high returns in recent years. This performance reflects unexpectedly strong increases in environmental concerns, not high expected returns. German green bonds outperformed their higher-yielding non-green twins as the "greenium" widened, and U.S. green stocks outperformed...