I investigate the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. First, I examine the effect of the vintage of prescription drugs (and other variables) on the life expectancy and age-adjusted mortality rates of residents of Germany, using...

While a considerable body of research examines the strategic orientation-innovation relationship, findings in that literature have been mixed. This article calls attention to an under-investigated problem: the composite, multi-dimensional conceptualization and measurement of most strategic...

Der Verkehrssektor hinkt seit 30 Jahren im Klimaschutz hinterher. Gesellschaft, Industrie und Politik stehen vor entsprechend großen Herausforderungen, um die Klimaschutzziele der nächsten Jahre zu erreichen. Eine Antriebs- sowie Mobilitätswende ist hierfür erforderlich. Ein...

The organization of post-war science has taken distinctly different paths in different countries, based on historical rationales, national funding patterns and institutional structure. The German Max Planck-Society is a research-only network of basic research institutes whose organization and...

In diesem Working Paper wird eine Methodik zur Abgrenzung und Typisierung ländlicher Räume entwickelt, um diese Räume anhand von Daten der amtlichen Statistiken beschreiben und analysieren zu können. Hierzu werden zwei Dimensionen definiert, jeweils mit mehreren Indikatoren operationalisiert...

This paper deals with concepts of multidimensional poverty measurement and applies them to Germany. Three concepts of poverty are examined and included into one multidimensional approach: economic well being, capability and social exclusion. The empirical application relies on indices introduced...

In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior. Based on a German mother-and-child data base, we draw on observed parental health shocks as a more exogenous source of health variation to identify these effects and control...

This paper is the first to estimate the causal effect of local human capital stock on individual adiposity and adds to the existing literature on estimating human capital externalities at the neighborhood level. We explore the possible causal pathways that college-educated neighbors exert on...