Increases in youth vaping rates and concerns of a new generation of nicotine addicts recently prompted an increase in the federal minimum legal purchase age (MLPA) for tobacco products, including e-cigarettes,…
We show that in school systems with grade retention or redshirting birth cohort size is negatively related to the grade-level share of students who are too old for their grade. This compositional effect gives…
We simulate the short- and long-term distributional consequences of COVID-19 in the four largest Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. We show that the short-term impact on income…
Labour markets in the European Union are increasingly facing labour shortages. This ZEW Policy Brief argues that immigration from third countries should be increased to alleviate bottlenecks in the supply of…
In den Jahren 2015 und 2016 wurden rund 1,3 Millionen Geflüchtete in Deutschland untergebracht und versorgt. Die Unterbringung nutzte nicht nur den Geflüchteten selbst, sondern auch den Regionen, die sie…
Chancengleichheit ist ein wichtiger Faktor für die Stabilität von Demokratien. Aber auch der wirtschaftliche Wohlstand einer Gesellschaft wird von gerechten Chancen für alle darin lebenden Menschen beeinflusst.…
The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to offer cost sharing reductions (CSRs) to low-income consumers on the Marketplaces. We link 2013-2015 All-Payer Claims Data to 2004-2013 administrative hospital…
The empirical literature is inconclusive about whether a country's democratization has a long-lasting impact on former supporters or opponents of the bygone regime. With newly available individual-level data of…
