China ist einer der weltweit wichtigsten Exporteure von Medizinprodukten wie beispielsweise Gesichtsmasken oder Desinfektionsmittel. Daher nahmen chinesische Unternehmen eine herausragende Rolle als Lieferant dieser Produkte während des globalen Ausbruchs der COVID-19-Pandemie im Frühjahr 2020...

I examine the short-term labor market effects of the Great Lockdown in the United States. I analyze job losses by task content (Acemoglu & Autor 2011), and show that they follow underlying trends; jobs with a high non-routine content are especially well-protected, even if they are not...

Die ökonomischen Effekte der Corona-Maßnahmen haben auch das Handwerk in hohem Maße betroffen. Neben Umsatzverlusten hat dies auch strukturelle Wirkungen, die anhand der Gründungen und Austragungen in den Handwerksrollen abgebildet werden können. Im Anschluss an eine erste Studie im Sommer...

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,...

In March 2020, the second ballot of local elections in the German state of Bavaria was held under an official state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bavarian mayors are elected by majority rule in two-round (runoff) elections. Between the first and second ballot of the election, the...

Trust in the health care system requires being confident that sufficient and appropriate treatments will be provided if needed. The COVID-19 public health crisis is a significant, global, and (mostly) simultaneous test of the behavioral implications arising from this trust. We explore whether...

Industrialization is vital for inclusive and sustainable global development. The two engines of industrialization - innovation and trade - are in danger of being compromised by the COVID-19 pandemic, under conditions increasingly reminiscent of the medieval world. It comes at a time when...

What is the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 U.S. presidential election? Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we estimate the effect of COVID- 19 cases and deaths on the change in county-level voting for Donald Trump between 2016 and 2020. To account for potential confounders, we include a...

Der Wachstumspfad der deutschen Wirtschaft flacht sich zunehmend ab. In den Jahren 2020-2025 dürfte das Wachstum des Produktionspotenzials im Durchschnitt auf unter 1 Prozent fallen. Diese Entwicklung war bereits vor der Corona-Pandemie angelegt und ist maßgeblich vom demografischen Wandel...

Drawing on three waves of survey data from a non-probability sample from Germany, this paper examines two opposing expectations about the pandemic’s impacts on gender equality: The optimistic view suggests that gender equality has increased, as essential workers in Germany have been...