Adoption of new technologies can affect different skill groups differently, potentially increasing inequality between migrant and native populations. New technologies often create skill shortages. Industrial robots and artificial intelligence have important beneficial labor market effects on...

I exploit the staggered roll-out of a universal early childhood development program in Chile to assess the impact of a comprehensive approach to early childhood development on outcomes in middle childhood. Using variation across time and municipalities, I study outcomes such as school...

Der vorliegende Artikel zeigt, dass aufgrund der Beschäftigungsstruktur von Frauen sowie von Migrant*innen und Geflüchteten diese Gruppen in stärkerem Maße von den negativen Effekten der Pandemie betroffen sind als andere. Der Frauenanteil beträgt im Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen 73%. Dieser...

Die ethnische Vielfalt Deutschlands ist 2020 eine Realität. 40% der Grundschüler haben einen Migrationshintergrund und 5% aller Kinder unter 18 Jahren einen Fluchthintergrund. In den letzten fünf Jahren wurden fast 40% aller Asylbewerbungen von Kindern unter 18 Jahren gestellt. Wie wirkt sich...

El Salvador is marked by high vulnerability to risks and hazards, such as crime, natural disasters, and migration. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the vulnerability patterns of its population. This paper applies an innovative approach to estimate the population's vulnerability to poverty...

This paper analyzes the impact of comprehensive and universal early childhood development programs on outcomes in middle childhood. I exploit the birth eligibility cutoff of a pioneer intervention of this type in Chile and use administrative data on grade point averages, standardized test...

Displaced children often face educational disadvantages in their host countries. Statelessness might be one of the factors limiting educational access, but research on this aspect is limited. In this paper, I leverage the introduction of birthright citizenship for Venezuelan children in Colombia...

This paper asks how social movements against gender-based violence (GBV) spread on Twitter. To this end, I construct a novel dataset measuring 10 large social movements against GBV on Twitter. I show that these movements start suddenly and fade out quickly and that there is considerable...