1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Ageing and Skills: A Review and Analysis of Skill Gain and Skill Loss Over the Lifespan and Over Time

    The relationship between ageing and skills is becoming an important policy issue, not least in the context of population ageing. Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    On the Obligation to Provide Environmental Information in the 21st Century – Empirical Evidence from Germany

    We analyze the stability of ambiguity preferences experimentally, by repeatedly eliciting ambiguity attitudes towards multiple 3-color Ellsberg urns over a period of two months. 57% of the choices show stable…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2012

    Does the Iranian oil supply matter for the oil prices?

    There is an increasing tension between the Iranian Government and the west on an increasingly likely European oil embargo and the Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The main question is: What will…