context of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany. Employment responses differed widely across local labour markets, with differences … difference-in-differences approach with a continuous treatment, we find that pre-crisis digital capital potential reduced short …

This paper analyzes the initial impact and recovery of globally engaged firms from the COVID-19 crisis. It uses rich … globally engaged firms is their heightened response to the crisis by finding novel ways to adapt supply chains even in the …

We investigate how preferences have been affected by exposure to the COVID-19 crisis. Our main contributions are: first … effects of the crisis, we also analyze within each wave during the crisis, how differential exposure to the crisis in the … health and financial domain affects preferences. We find that preferences remain remarkably stable during the crisis …

crisis. Using common factor analysis, we demonstrate that people’s lives are mainly affected in two ways: First, a notable …. Second, many people suffer from socio-economic consequences of the crisis, including a discontinuation of employment, a …

growth. On average, cities recovered their pre-Plague populations within two centuries. In addition, aggregate convergence …

We propose a theory of skill mobility across cities. It predicts the well documented city size-wage premium: the wage … distribution in large cities first-order stochastically dominates that in small cities. Yet, because this premium is reflected in … skilled disproportionately sort into the biggest cities, while those with medium skill levels sort into small cities. The …

substantial natural resource exports. Countries also attract more FDI if they have more medium-sized cities and primacy is not too … suffer from primacy. However, FDI is attracted if surrounding countries have fewer cities, restrictions on international … trade and low market potential (income per capita). We tentatively conclude that cities are important drivers of FDI and …