Publications of the Research Unit Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets

We ask whether sectoral shocks and the subsequent labor reallocation are responsible for unemployment within selected European economies. Our measure of sectoral labor reallocation is adjusted for aggregate…

This paper analyzes the role of labor market institutions for youth unemployment, as contrasted to total unemployment. The empirical results are basically consistent with an insider view of labor market…

• Raw Material Consumption Continues to Rise Despite Greater Efficiency
• Country-by-Country Reporting not Suitable to Combat International Profit Shifting
• Rebound Effects Diminish Gains from Increased Energy…

The path of output prior to the financial and economic crisis turned out to be not sustainable and lower than previously estimated in some European crisis countries. Specifically, the output gaps have been…

Overleveraging of the banking sector has been considered as one of the main causes of the 2007-09 financial crisis and the subsequent great recession. It was also of major concern for the subsequent BIS…