This paper investigates the extent to which test performance is affected by shocks to non-cognitive skills. 440 students took a low stakes mathematics test. About half of them were exposed to positive affirmation while being given test instructions, whereas the other half served as controls. The...

This paper investigates the effects of retirement on various health outcomes. Data stem from the first three waves of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). With this informative data, non-parametric matching methods can be applied to identify causal effects. It is found that...

In jüngster Zeit wird vielfach die These aufgestellt, dass sich Deutschland von einer Industrieökonomie zu einer so genannten Basarökonomie wandele, in der Güter verschiedenster Provenienz vertrieben, aber nur noch wenige hergestellt würden. Die Ursache dafür seien die zu hohen Lohnkosten...

We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their unemployed clients. The support system was piloted in several employment offices in which, randomly,...