Publikationen der Forschungsgruppe Ungleichheit und Verteilungspolitik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-047 // 2020

    How Do Taxes Affect the Trading Behavior of Private Investors? Evidence from Individual Portfolio Data

    We exploit a large reform of capital-gains taxation in Germany combined with portfolio-level daily panel data to study the causal effect of taxes on individual stock-trading behavior and the disposition effect.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-045 // 2020

    The Long-Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures

    Using a structural life-cycle model, we quantify the long-term impact of school closures during the Corona crisis on children affected at different ages and coming from households with different parental…

  3. Gutachten // 2020

    Kommunale Antworten auf die Globale Corona-Krise: Finanzen, Innovationskraft und Lebensqualität verbessern

    Diese Kurzexpertise zeigt anhand von quantitativen und qualitativen Analysen auf, vor welchen Herausforderungen die deutschen Kommunen in Folge der aktuellen Corona-Krise stehen. Auch über 2020 hinaus brauchen…

  4. Discussion und Working Paper // 2020

    Gender diversity in corporate boards: Evidence from quota-implied discontinuities

    We use data across European corporate boards to investigate the effects of quota-induced female representation, under minimal possible identification assumptions. We find that having more women in board…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 20-033 // 2020

    Unemployment Benefit Duration and Startup Success

    Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI)…