Public procurement requirements and voluntary standards are increasingly used to foster environmental product innovations. However, quantitative evidence on their individual and joint effects is absent, and…
Maternity unit closures are increasingly common in areas with low birth rates, resulting in diminished competition between units. We examine how competition affects the quality and amenities of the remaining…
We study firm responses to local policies through a survey experiment, providing randomized information on the competitiveness of business tax rates and highway access in their headquarters’ municipality. Firms…
Educational tracking—separating students into tracks or schools by ability — is commonplace, but access and preferences for top programs often depend on socioeconomic status (SES), reinforcing inequality. We…
Transport is at the core of current debates around decarbonization. In light of the stringent climate targets, the sector must significantly reduce emissions via more efficient vehicles, different energy…
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have become a key antipoverty policy in Latin America in the last 25 years. The ultimate goal of this kind of programs is to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty…
Die digitale Transformation eröffnet neue Wege, wie wir arbeiten, zusammenwirken und gestalten – ob im Homeoffice, durch KI-gestützte Prozesse oder in virtuellen Teams. Dies bietet Chancen für mehr Flexibilität…
