Die Folgen des demografischen Wandels werden in der Pflegeversicherung erst in den 2050er Jahren vollumfänglich sichtbar. Dennoch ist der Beitragssatz in den letzten zehn Jahren um mehr als 50 % gestiegen. Der Anstieg hat vor allem politische Gründe. So wurde etwa der Kreis der Leistungsbeziehenden ausgeweitet. Was tun, um den Kostenanstieg zu bremsen? Eine kurzfristige Lösung, die auch zur Systematik ...
Women’s representation on corporate boards of German companies increased again in 2023. In the largest 200 firms, 18 % of executive board members and 32 % of supervisory board members were women. However, in most companies, there is at most one woman on the executive board and the share of women among CEOs has decreased in many places. Companies, policymakers and other stakeholders must make greater ...
Atwood analyzes the effects of the 1963 U.S. measles vaccination on long-run labor market out-comes, using a generalized difference-in-differences approach. We reproduce the results of this paper and perform a battery of robustness checks. Overall, we confirm that the measles vaccination had positive labor market effects. While the negative effect on the likelihood of living in povertyand the positive ...
