Crowd work refers to the practice of assigning tasks and projects undertaken for payment to online contributors via digital platforms. We use data from a recent survey among companies in Germany and France to…
Wie entwickelt sich die Wirtschaft in den nächsten sechs Monaten? Diese Frage versuchen die ZEW-Konjunkturerwartungen seit mittlerweile 30 Jahren zu beantworten, indem sie monatlich die Stimmung und Prognosen…
We study the 2011 Austrian Pay Transparency Law, which requires firms above a size threshold to publish internal reports on the gender pay gap. Using an event-study design, we show that the policy had no…
We show that review platforms reduce healthcare interruptions for patients looking for a new physician. We employ a difference-in-differences strategy using physician retirements as a “disruptive shock”…
The economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the debt levels of corporations and reduced the level of investments. From a tax perspective, interest payments on debt are generally deductible…
