This paper studies the effect of institutional reform on the decision to hold risky assets at the example of the natural experiment of German Division and Reunification. We present empirical evidence indicating that even 16 years after German Reunification risky portfolio choice and composition...

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Abschätzung der zukünftigen Zuwanderungsentwicklung nach Deutschland bis 2035. Darin wird ein neuer Modellierungsansatz vorgestellt, der die Zuwanderung nicht nur insgesamt, sondern auch differenziert nach Herkunftsländern, Alter und Geschlecht...

Die Einschätzung hinsichtlich der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland hat sich auch wegen der Beobachtungen der Jahre nach 2009 deutlich geändert: Deutschland erwartet zumindest vorübergehend wieder eine steigende Bevölkerung. Schwierig abzuschätzen bleibt neben der europäischen Arbeitsmigration...

Vor dem Hintergrund der kurzfristigen strukturellen und mengenmäßigen Änderungen in der Flüchtlingszuwanderung sowie den Verhaltensanpassungen in der Flüchtlingspolitik wurde das GWS Discussion Paper 2015/17 aktualisiert. Insbesondere die Prognose und Langzeitabschätzungen wurden an den...

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short-run and long-run mediating effects: while in the former only behaviors in the immediate past are taken into account, in the latter we consider the entire history of behaviors....

This chapter reviews the literature on marriage in developing countries. We describe how marital matching occurs; the trends in age at marriage; assortative mating patterns; marriage payments; and spousal decision-making after a marriage has occurred. Lastly, we discuss trends and rationales for...

Brazilian health authorities have recommended that pregnant women take meticulous precaution to avoid mosquito bites, and use contraceptive methods to postpone/delay pregnancies. In this article, we present new estimates on the Zika virus prevalence, its correlates and preventive behaviors in...

Using a dynamic skill accumulation model of schooling and labor supply with learning-by-doing, we decompose early life-cycle wage growth of U.S. white males into four main sources: education, hours worked, cognitive skills (AFQT scores) and unobserved heterogeneity, and evaluate the effect of...

This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. Using the DID method, we find that in response to the Great Recession, the fraction of newborn boys...

A rich literature in economics and the social sciences has shown that improvements in women's socio-economic status (SES) can also improve the well-being of their children. This chapter identifies several channels for this effect, drawing on both theoretical and empirical work in economics....