Statistical agencies typically impute inflation for disappearing products based on surviving products, which may result in overstated inflation and understated growth. This paper uses the theory and methodology developed by Aghion et al. (2017) to quantify in the case of France how much of...

Der Sektor der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie, der binnen einer Dekade seinen Anteil an der Wertschöpfung in Deutschland verdoppelt hat, ist ein wichtiger Impulsgeber für Innovations- und Wachstumsprozesse. Die in Deutschland beobachtbare Wachstumsverlangsamung stellt kein...

"An estimated 20 million children born each year are at risk of brain damage from in utero iodine deficiency, the only micronutrient deficiency known to have significant, non-reversible effects on cognitive development. Cognitive damage from iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) has potentially...