We consider education, and the final stage of secondary education in particular, as a number of creative processes and analyse two of them in detail: teaching knowledge/subjects (process P1) and teaching skills (process P2). In part 1 we describe the idea of Virtual Production Line (VPL),...

This paper sheds light on the impact of the COVID-19 policy measures on a wide set of career expectations, occupational beliefs, and well-being of high-school students in their final grades. For this purpose, we use a unique panel data collection, which surveyed around 6,000 students in their...

A sizable literature documents that displaced workers suffer substantial negative consequences in the labor market and health. These effects may extend to the partner or spouse through household decision-making. Using administrative data of all workers and firms matched to mortality and patient...