This study examines the impact of remittances and information and communication technology (ICT) on pension at the country level. Our empirical evidence, based on data from 96 countries, indicate a significant non-linearity between remittances, ICT and pension income coverage. First, we find a...

Im Jahr 2021 steht die deutsche Industrie vor immensen Herausforderungen, die in der deutschen Wirtschaftsgeschichte einzigartig sind. Die langfristigen Folgen der Coronakrise sind noch nicht absehbar und zugleich steht die Industrie mitten in einem umfassenden Transformationsprozess, der...

Theo S. Eicher and Thomas Strobel present an industry-level account of the recent changes in German productivity growth and compare the trends to Europe and the US. The specific focus is on how differential investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) affected the economic...

How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labor markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries. Our identification strategy relies on the...