The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus…

• Positive Economic Sentiments for the CEE Region
• Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria and the Eurozone
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Optimistic Economic Outlook
• Croatia, Hungary and Romania: Economic…

Stabile Transportmengen lassen nur Spielraum für geringe Preiserhöhungen

In den kommenden sechs Monaten werden die Aufkommensmengen im deutschen Transportsektor weitgehend stabil bleiben. Damit ist der Spielraum…

• Structural Change and International Trade Have Positive Effects on the Environment
• Firms Encourage Creativity of Their Employees
• Overqualification of University Graduates on the Job Varies Significantly by Field…

Human capital investments of firms impose the risk that outsider firms poach trained worker because, in contrast to real capital investments, firms do not have the right of disposal for human capital…

Cartel agreements between firms typically aim at reducing competition and increasing joint profits. Due to the fact that such agreements regularly cause substantial economic harm in the form of, e.g., elevated…

Using bidding data on a firm-level basis which we received from the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) we analyze a drastic price increase in the market for negative secondary reserve power in…