This paper provides causal evidence on the long-term legacies of postwar reconstruction and mandatory employment on women's family formation outcomes such as marriage, age at first marriage and divorce. We exploit city-by-cohort variation in the intensity of World War II reconstruction in...

The Forum's new publication Hedging Risk by Combating Human Trafficking: Insights from the Private Sector is designed to help companies share best practices so they can mitigate their risks and help eliminate this heinous practice. In this first of a series, we highlight insights and...

Dass unsere billigen Konsumangebote eine weniger glitzernde Kehrseite haben, dringt kurz in unser Bewusstsein, wenn wieder mal eine Fabrik z.B. in Bangladesch einstürzt, wo Textilarbeiterinnen zu Hungerlöhnen für den Export produzieren (vgl. H. Holdinghausen: "Dreimal anziehen, weg damit",...