This study is possibly the first to investigate the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on life expectancy for 68 low- and middle-income countries for the 1990-2017 period. The analysis was carried out on a disaggregated basis on two dimensions: (1) the sources of CO2 emissions (i.e.,...

Der Wissenschaftliche Beirat beim Bundesfinanzministerium betont in seinem aktuellen Gutachten über die „Finanzpolitischen Herausforderungen des demografischen Wandels im föderativen System“ die räumlich diskrepante Bevölkerungsentwicklung und deren Herausforderung für die öffentlichen...

We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...

2012 hat die Bundesregierung eine Demografiestrategie formuliert und einen entsprechenden Gipfel organisiert. Der Strategie fehlt allerdings eine Leitlinie, die angesichts der nach 2020 zu erwartenden demografischen Probleme sehr dringend benötigt würde. Vor allem müssen institutionelle...

Die Erwerbstätigkeit befindet sich in Deutschland auf einem Höchststand. Die Ursachen hierfür sind vielfältig und nicht nur in der vor zehn Jahren verabschiedeten Agenda 2010 zu sehen. Das gestiegene Bildungsniveau, die hohe Erwerbsbeteiligung, demografische Aspekte, die schrittweise...

Intellectual capital is an important element of the theory explaining firm performance. The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between the level of intellectual capital efficiency in terms of Human Capital, Capital Employed and Structural Capital (VAIC) with the commercial...

Spouse's relative labor supply and the degree of specialization in intermarriage might differ from that in immigrant and native marriage for several reasons. Intermarried couples may specialize less due to smaller comparative advantages resulting from positive assortative mating by education,...

In this paper we study income polarization by first comparing the efficiency of two statistical models to identify the number of poles in the income distribution empirically. The statistical models used are a multi-resolution analysis (MRA) and a log-normal approach (LNA). We then apply the...

Family Rewards represents the first test of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in the U.S., offering families incentives for children's education, family preventive health care and parents' work and training. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that the program led to substantial...

OECD unemployment rates show long swings which dominate shorter business cycle components and these long swings show a range of common patterns. Using a panel of 21 OECD countries 1960-2002, we estimate the common factor that drives unemployment by the first principal component. This factor has...