This article reports on an investigation of the role of lock-in exploitation and the impact of reputation portability … on workers’ switching behaviors in online labor markets. Online platforms using reputation mechanisms typically prevent … comparing a policy regime with and without reputation portability, we vary lock-in exploitation using platform fees to consider …

This article investigates the macro-level drivers of adult-age language learning. We construct a new dataset that … covers German language learning in 77 countries (including Germany) for 1992-2006. Fixed-effects regressions show that … language learning in the EU is strongly associated with immigration. Instead, immigration by non-EU citizens in associated with …

propose a novel methodology that combines Natural Language Processing and an instrumental variable strategy that leverages the …

comparing the language of the outlet with that of the main political parties, which allows us to measure the congeniality of the …