1. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance

    We estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal caregiving to study short and long-term costs of informal caregiving in Germany. Incorporating labor market frictions and the…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2024

    The Tax Attractiveness of EU Locations for Corporate Investments: A Stocktaking of Past Developments and Recent Reforms

    In this paper, we illustrate the tax attractiveness of EU countries as investment locations over time in terms of effective average tax rates and evaluate potential tax reform options. Our quantitative…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2024

    From diversity to sustainability: Environmental and social spillover effects of board gender quotas

    Exploiting the staggered implementation of board gender quotas in Europe, this study examines their effect on firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. I find that firms’ environmental and…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Government consumption in the DINA framework: allocation methods and consequences for post-tax income inequality

    About half of government expenditure in the United States takes the form of government consumption (e.g., education, defense, infrastructure). In many studies of post-tax inequality based on the DINA framework…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Financial literacy, stock market participation, and financial wellbeing in Germany

    We examine financial literacy in Germany and its relevance for financial wellbeing. Using data from the Panel on Household Finances collected in 2021, we show that about 62% of German households answer the Big…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Eating Habits, Food Consumption, and Health: The Role of Early Life Experiences

    This study explores the long-run effects of a temporary scarcity of a consumption good on preferences towards that good once the shock is over. Specifically, we focus on individuals who were children during…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2024

    Pricing Carbon in a Multi-Sector Economy with Social Discounting

    Economists tend to view a uniform emissions price as the most cost-effective approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This paper scrutinizes the assumptions in general equilibrium which underlie the…