We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …

of almost half of Germany's nuclear reactors while safety checks were carried out, and a three-month moratorium on … companies to renewable energies companies in Germany. We moreover find that the joint market capitalization of these firms has …

model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …

job opportunities and job stability. This paper addresses this issue using administrative longitudinal data for Germany …-off is not confirmed by the results. In Germany, men have experienced an increase in employment stability over time, mated …

literature by estimating both switch-on and switch-off effects, because the reform was repealed two years later. We find a two … terms) at higher quantiles, meaning that the reform predominantly reduced long durations of absence. In terms of health, the … reform reduced the average number of days spent in hospital by almost half a day, but we cannot find robust evidence for …

Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather … moderation and working time flexibility. While at the outset of this reform sequence German had a small, but relatively … egalitarian labor market, the number of jobs, but also their diversity has increased. -- Germany ; labor market reforms ; atypical …