The COVID-19 pandemic and related closures of daycare centers and schools significantly increased the amount of care work done by parents. There is much speculation over whether the pandemic increased or decreased gender equality in parental care work. Based on representative data for Germany we...

What are the effects of school and daycare facility closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on parental well-being and parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative parenting behavior? To answer these questions, this study...

We evaluate the impact of government mandated proof of vaccination requirements for access to public venues and non-essential businesses on COVID-19 vaccine uptake. We find that the announcement of a mandate is associated with a rapid and significant surge in new vaccinations (more than 60%...

In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a 50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the impact...

Durch die Versteigerung der UMTS-Lizenzen erhielt die Bundeskasse unerwartete Mehreinnahmen von knapp 100 Mrd. DM. Diese Erlöse sollen zur Schuldentilgung verwendet, die dadurch einsparten Zinszahlungen des Bundes in Höhe von jährlich 5 Mrd. DM in Forschung, Bildung, Verkehr und...

Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der neuen Bundesländer hängt besonders mit der Finanzierung zusammen. Der Bericht enthält den Stand, die Probleme und die Perspektiven für die verschiedenen Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten. Zunächst werden mikroökonomischen Finanzierungsaspekte behandelt. Dabei...