Publications of the Research Group Inequality and Public Policy

  1. Refereed Journal // forthcoming

    Does Pay Transparency Affect the Gender Wage Gap? Evidence from Austria

    We study the 2011 Austrian pay transparency law, which requires firms above a size threshold to publish internal reports on the gender pay gap. Using an event-study design, we show that the policy had no…

  2. ZEW Monthly // 2024

    03/2024 – Inequality

    Amidst global challenges such as the climate crisis, ongoing geopolitical conflicts, and the recent pandemic, it becomes evident that inequalities in income, education, and health persist, and always have a…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-006 // 2024

    Wage Inequality Consequences of Expanding Public Childcare

    This paper assesses the impact of a large expansion of public childcare in Germany on wage inequality. Exploiting regional variation in childcare supply over the 1990s, I show that in regions with stronger…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-001 // 2024

    The Role of Friends in the Opioid Epidemic

    The role of friends in the US opioid epidemic is examined. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), adults aged 25-34 and their high school best friends are focused on.…

  5. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2023

    Inanspruchnahme und Verteilungswirkungen