Transition patterns from school to work differ considerably across OECD countries. Some countries exhibit high youth unemployment rates, which can be considered an indicator of the difficulty facing young people trying to integrate into the labor market. At the same time, education is a...

Transition patterns from school to work differ considerably across OECD countries. Some countries exhibit high youth unemployment rates, which can be considered an indicator of the difficulty facing young people trying to integrate into the labor market. At the same time, education is a...

Forced displacement as a consequence of wars, civil conflicts, or natural disasters does not only have contemporaneous consequences but also long-run repercussions. This eclectic overview summarizes some recent research on forced displacement in economic history. While many of the episodes...

Forced displacement as a consequence of wars, civil conflicts, or natural disasters does not only have contemporaneous consequences but also long-run repercussions. This eclectic overview summarizes some recent research on forced displacement in economic history. While many of the episodes...

Randomized control trials are often considered the gold standard to establish causality. However, in many policy-relevant situations, these trials are not possible. Instrumental variables affect the outcome only via a specific treatment; as such, they allow for the estimation of a causal effect....

Das Brexit-Referendum vom 23. Juni 2016 stellt einen zentralen Wendepunkt in der britischen Nachkriegsgeschichte dar. Bei der Analyse der Wahlergebnisse zeigt sich, dass das Abstimmen für den EU-Austritt offenbar wenig mit der Handels- und Wirtschaftspolitik der EU zusammenhängt. Stattdessen...

Die deutsche Teilung im Jahr 1949 in die DDR und die Bundesrepublik sowie die Wiedervereinigung im Jahr 1990 bieten einen Rahmen, um Auswirkungen des Kommunismus zu analysieren. Niemals zuvor ereignete sich eine derart unerwartete Einführung und Abschaffung eines kommunistischen Regimes auf dem...