Reassigning citizens to vote at a different polling place causes a persistent shift from in-person to mail-in voting and a transitory drop in total turnout. The turnout loss is driven by inattentive voters, who miss the deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot. The effects are more driven by the...

Schlagworte wie »Digitalisierung« und damit verbundene Begriffe wie »Industrie 4.0« und »digitaler Analphabetismus« beherrschen den öffentlichen Diskurs um Arbeitsmärkte. Doch inwieweit wird das Thema in den Medien hochgespielt bzw. wie viel davon ist bereits tatsächlich bei den...

Im Juni 2019 wurde die Auktion der 5G-Mobilfunkfrequenzen nach fast drei Monaten beendet. Erstmals haben sich vier Mobilfunkanbieter an der Auktion beteiligt, und es wird einen Netzbetreiber mehr geben. Was bedeutet das Ergebnis der 5G-Frequenzauktion? Ist es der Startschuss für den Ausbau des...

Job training is widely regarded as crucial for protecting workers from automation, yet there is a lack of empirical evidence to support this belief. Using internationally harmonized data from over 90,000 workers across 37 industrialized countries, we construct an individual-level measure of...

The extensive literature on university graduates’ regional mobility highlights the importance of early mobility but is primarily descriptive. We contribute the identification of the effect of mobility upon high-school graduation on subsequent mobility across labour market regions. The data...

Job training is widely regarded as crucial for protecting workers from automation, yet there is a lack of empirical evidence to support this belief. Using internationally harmonized data from over 90,000 workers across 37 industrialized countries, we construct an individual-level measure of...

Job training is widely regarded as crucial for protecting workers from automation, yet there is a lack of empirical evidence to support this belief. Using internationally harmonized data from over 90,000 workers across 37 industrialized countries, we construct an individual-level measure of...