There is enough evidence to be confident that individuals are able and willing to provide a meaningful answer when asked to value on a finite scale their satisfaction with their own lives, a question that psychologists have long and often posed to respondents of large questionnaires. Without...

Mit der europäischen Währungsunion kam es zu einer Vereinheitlichung der Geldpolitik und zu einem System fixer Wechselkurse. Damit gingen Fehlanreize einher, die gravierende wirtschaftliche Verwerfungen nach sich gezogen haben. Derzeit werden - nicht nur im DIW Berlin - Vorschläge...

Promoting minimum age of employment regulation has been a centerpiece in child labor policy for the last 15 years. If enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low-income countries, we observe that age can explain less...

While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit insurance on steady-state employment, the short-term effects of benefit reforms are not well-established. This paper contributes to fill this gap by estimating impulse responses to...