An ever increasing number of experiments attempts to elicit risk preferences of a population of interest with the aim of calibrating parameters used in economic models. We are concerned with two types of selection effects, which may affect the external validity of standard experiments: Sampling...

Using a survey module administered in late March 2020, we analyze how working hours change under the social distancing regulations enacted to fight the CoViD-19 pandemic. We study the Netherlands, which are a prototypical Western European country, both in terms of its welfare system and its...

We document the evolution of hours of work using monthly data from February to June 2020. During this period, the Netherlands experienced a quick spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, enacted a lockdown for a period of six weeks and gradually opened thereafter. We show that during lock-down,...

We document the evolution of hours of work using monthly data from February to June 2020. During this period, the Netherlands experienced a quick spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, enacted a lockdown for a period of six weeks and gradually opened thereafter. We show that during lock-down,...

Um die zweite Corona-Welle im Herbst zu brechen, hat Deutschland im November 2020 einen »Lockdown-light« verhängt. Dieser reichte noch nicht aus, um die von der Politik selbstgesetzten Voraussetzungen für eine Lockerung der Maßnahmen in Form eines Corona-Inzidenzwertes von unter 50 zu...

This paper studies the relationship between occupational employment, occupational wages, and rising wage inequality. We document that in all occupations, entrants and leavers earn less than stayers. This suggests selection effects that are negative for growing occupations and positive for...

Wir nutzen ein neues Modell, um den Verlauf der Covid-19-Pandemie über die Weihnachtstage und den Jahreswechsel vorherzusagen. Während die weitgehende Schließung der Betriebe neben den verlängerten Schulferien die Infektionszahlen drücken, werden Reiseaktivitäten und Weihnachtsfeiern zu...

Wir nutzen ein detailliertes agentenbasiertes Simulationsmodell, um den Einfluss von höheren Homeoffice-Quoten und Schulschließungen auf den Verlauf der Covid-19-Pandemie bis Ende Februar 2021 abzuschätzen. Ausgehend vom derzeitigen Niveau von 25% würde eine dauerhafte Erhöhung der...

This paper analyzes the stability and distribution of ambiguity attitudes using a broad population sample. Using high-powered incentives, we collected six waves of data on ambiguity attitudes about financial markets – our main application – and climate change. Estimating a structural...

This paper analyzes the stability and distribution of ambiguity attitudes using a broad population sample. Using high-powered incentives, we collected six waves of data on ambiguity attitudes about financial markets – our main application – and climate change. Estimating a structural...