The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison
Authors: Felix Kersting (HU Berlin)Erik Bengtsson (Lund University) Published 2025 in: Comparative Political Studies Access: Access publication
Insurance, Redistribution, and the Inequality of Lifetime Income
Authors: Peter Haan (DIW Berlin)Daniel Kemptner (BMAS)Victoria Prowse (Purdue University)Maximilian Schaller (DIW Berlin and Berlin School of Economics) Published 2025 in: Quantitative Economics 16/2 Access: Access publication
Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It
Authors: Ludger Woessmann (LMU Munich and ifo Institute)Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University)Lavinia Kinne (DIW Berlin)Frauke Witthöft (ifo Institute) Published 2025 in: Science Advances 11/10 eads1560 Access: Access publication
Direct Elicitation of Parametric Belief Distributions: An Application to Inflation Expectations
Authors: Ciril Bosch Rosa (TU Berlin)Thomas Meissner (Maastricht University)Pedro Gonzalez-Fernandez (Maastricht University) Published 2025 in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 233/106947 Access: Access publication
Recession Experiences During Early Adulthood Shape Prosocial Attitudes Later in Life
Authors: Uwe Sunde (LMU Munich)Jan Bietenbeck (Lund University)Petra Thiemann (Lund University) Published 2025 in: Journal of Public Economics 243/105327 Access: Access publication
Measuring Science: Performance Metrics and the Allocation of Talent
Authors: Fabian Waldinger (LMU Munich)Sebastian Hager (Oxford University)Carlo Schwarz (Bocconi University) Published 2024 in: American Economic Review 114/12 (Pages 4052-4090) Access: Access publication
Transaction-Level Wage Transparency: How Fair Wage Disclosure Affects Consumer Preferences
Authors: Martin Spann (LMU Munich)Lucas Stich (University of Würzburg)Christoph Ungemach (TU Munich)Christoph Fuchs (Univeristy of Vienna)Ignazio Ziano (ifo Institute)Birga M. Schumpe (University of Amsterdam) Published 2025 in: International Journal of Research in Marketing Access: Access publication
The Relationship between the Youth-Led Fridays for Future Climate Movement and Voting, Politician and Media Behaviour in Germany
Authors: Sebastian Wichert (LMU Munich and ifo Institute)Matthias Flückiger (University of York)Markus Ludwig (TU Braunschweig)Helmut Rainer (ifo Institute)Maria Waldinger (ifo Institute) Published 2024 in: Nature Human Behaviour Access: Access publication
Religion and Growth
Authors: Ludger Woessmann (LMU Munich and ifo Institute Munich)Sascha O. Becker (University of Warwick and Monash University)Jared Rubin (Chapman University) Published 2024 in: Journal of Economic Literature 62/3 (Pages 1094–1142) Access: Access publication
Does Online Fundraising Increase Charitable Giving? A Nationwide Field Experiment on Facebook
Authors: Maja Adena (WZB Berlin)Anselm Hager (HU Berlin) Published 2024 in: Management Science Access: Access publication