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The impact of the German autobahn net on regional labor market performance : a study using historical instrument variables

Möller, Joachim; Zierer, Marcus - 2014

This paper analyzes the impact of the German autobahn net on the economic performance of German regions. To address endogeneity and reverse causation problems, we use historical instrument variables, i.e. a plan of the railroad net in 1890 and a plan of the autobahn net in 1937. We find a...

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To improve is to change? : the effects of risk rating 2.0 on flood insurance demand

Ortega, Francesc; Petkov, Ivan - 2024

We present a theory of the demand for flood insurance and empirically analyze the effects of the adoption of Risk Rating 2.0, using individual insurance histories for all NFIP policies. The reform increased exit and reduced entry, both in the flood zone and its periphery. The reform had highly...

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What if working from home will stick? : distributional and climate impacts for Germany

Bachelet, Marion; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Koch, Nikolas - 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic created the largest experiment in working from home. We study how persistent telework may change energy and transport consumption and costs in Germany to assess the distributional and environmental implications when working from home will stick. Based on data from the...

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Working from home and the willingness to accept a longer commute

Vos, Duco de; Meijers, Evert J.; Ham, Maarten van - 2017

It is generally found that workers are more inclined to accept a job that is located farther away from home if they have the ability to work from home one day a week or more (telecommuting). Such findings inform us about the effectiveness of telecommuting policies that try to alleviate...

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Working from home and commuting : heterogeneity over time, space, and occupations

Vos, Duco de; Ham, Maarten van; Meijers, Evert J. - 2019

Teleworking may increase the willingness to accept a longer commute. This paper presents new evidence of the effect of … teleworking on the length of commutes. We use novel panel data from the Netherlands, for the years 2008-2018, and find stronger … started teleworking increased their commutes by 12 percent on average. We analyse heterogeneity in the effect of teleworking …

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Mapping "information economy" businesses with big data : findings for the UK

Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - 2014

Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative "big data" resources to...

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Working at home in Greece: unexplored potential at times of social distancing?

Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2020

This paper investigates the incidence, trend and determinants of remote work in Greece. A crisis-stricken country in the years preceding the Covid-19 crisis, Greece entered the first wave of the public health shock as a laggard in digitalisation and remote work arrangements among European...

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