Publications of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

  1. Refereed Journal // forthcoming

    The Long-Term Earnings Effects of a Credit Market Disruption

    Using a unique matched bank-employer-employee administrative dataset for Italy, we construct an exogenous firm-level measure of exposure to the credit shock during the Global Financial Crisis, based on…

  2. #ZEWPodcast // 2026

    How Many Jobs Were Lost as a Result of the U.S. Troop Withdrawal?

    After the end of the Cold War, the U.S. withdrew approximately 200,000 soldiers from Germany within a few years. A joint study by the ZEW in Mannheim and the University of Cologne shows that this had significant…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 26-024 // 2026

    Earnings Dynamics Through Boom, Crisis, and Recovery: Evidence from Greece

    This paper documents the evolution of labor earnings and earnings dynamics in Greece during 2002–2023 using administrative matched employer–employee data from the Greek social security system. The data span the…