1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    How to Use the EU-SILC Panel to Analyse Monthly and Hourly Wages

    The European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is a rotational panel provided by Eurostat that covers important variables over all EU Member States. Unfortunately, Eurostat provides…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Global Carbon Pricing Among Countries With Different Economic Prospects

    Principles of fairness suggest that the envisaged successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol should be based on the polluter pays principle. It should also take into account that emerging economies and developing…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Specific Measures for Older Employees and Late Career Employment

    In times of demographic ageing and potential skills shortages, employment of older workers becomes an increasingly important topic. During the last centuries, firms in developed countries have actively promoted…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Early life adversity and children’s competence development: evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk

    This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from…