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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · 11d

New paper: Andor et al. describe the RWI Climate-Mobility Panel, a recurring household survey that aims to investigate individual mobility behavior and preferences with regard to mobility-related policies.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · 13d

New paper: Kotrba and Kotrba replicate and extend Lukas and Nöth’s (JEBO, 2019) analysis of borrower behavior in response to interest rate changes, focusing on consumer decisions to seek alternative mortgage offers. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · 19d

New paper: Gerich et al. present new data from a factorial survey experiment on sickness presenteeism, conducted as a follow-up to the 2024 BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · 21d

The Special Issue on "Central Bank Digital Currency" edited by Katrin Assenmacher (ECB) and Michael Frenkel (WHU) appeared in print. It comprises five original articles on different aspects on CBDC. All articles are available in Open Access: www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · 27d

Call for papers for a special issue on "New Statistical Methods in the Context of Energy Transition". Guest Editors: R. Fried (Dortmund), J. Browell (Glasgow), D. Sezer (Calgary) and F. Ziel (Duisburg-Essen). Submission of papers until Nov. 15, 2025. www.degruyter.com/publication/...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · 27d

Call for papers for a special issue on "Fiscal Rules and Institutions". Guest Editors: Thiess Büttner, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Friedrich Heinemann, ZEW and University of Heidelberg. Submission of full papers before Oct. 31, 2025. www.degruyter.com/publication/...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Aug 29

New paper: Petyo Bonev studies the identification of treatment effects in nonparametric nonseparable duration models with endogenous timing to treatment
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Aug 21

New paper: @katjamoe.bsky.social, @claraoverweg.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social study the motherhood penalty in net wealth and public pension wealth in Germany

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Jul 23

New paper: "How does the Energy Transition Shape Inclusive Green Growth in the European Union?" by Arindam Paul, Dukhabandhu Sahoo, Souryabrata Mohapatra and Manash Kumar Behera
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Jun 2

New paper: Daniel F. Heuermann and Andreas Krämer on "Perceived Inflation in Germany: Determinants and the Role of the Basket of Goods".

They measure the perceived inflation rate in 2022/23 and examine differences among various population groups.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 29

New paper in our Data Observer section: Elisa Rodepeter, Hanna Hottenrott and Sandra Gottschalk present the IAB/ZEW
Start-Up Panel.

@iabnews.bsky.social @zew.de

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 25

New paper: @beckmannshook.bsky.social et al. on "Dealing with censored earnings in register data". The authors address the fact that earnings in administrative register data are often right-censored leaving the right tail of the earnings distribution obscure. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 25

New paper: New paper: Carsten Burhop and Sergey Gelman on "Do Firms Issue More Equity When Markets Become More Liquid? The Case of Imperial Germany, 1898–1913". They test the hypothesis that market liquidity influences issuance activity on the stock market.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 25

New paper: Michael Fritsch et al. on "Industrial Monuments in Germany: Data Basis and Overview of Regional Structures". They describe the procedure for compiling a list of industrial monuments in the regions of Germany and the resulting data set.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 23

Friedrich Heinemann discusses this paper:

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Comment to “A Proposal for a Carbon Wealth Tax: Modelling, Empirics, and Policy” (DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2024-0078) by Willi Semmler and José Pedro Bastos Neves

Article Comment to “A Proposal for a Carbon Wealth Tax: Modelling, Empirics, and Policy” (DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2024-0078) by Willi Semmler and José Pedro Bastos Neves was published on May...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 23

Hans-Helmut Kotz discusses this paper:

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Comment to “A Proposal for a Carbon Wealth Tax: Modelling, Empirics, and Policy” (DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2024-0078) by Willi Semmler and José Pedro Bastos Neves

Article Comment to “A Proposal for a Carbon Wealth Tax: Modelling, Empirics, and Policy” (DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2024-0078) by Willi Semmler and José Pedro Bastos Neves was published on May...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 23

New paper: Joachim Wagner presents "A Note on Estimation of Empirical Models for Margins of Exports with Unknown Non-linear Functional Forms: A Kernel-Regularized Least Squares (KRLS) Approach". www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · May 23

New paper: José Pedro Bastos Neves and Willi Semmler on "A Carbon Wealth Tax: Modelling, Empirics, and Policy". The authors propose a new type of tax to help finance (and accelerate) the green transition.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Apr 18

New paper: Bernhard Boockmann, Natalie Herdegen and Martin Kroczek on "Pension Reform Effects in Times of Technological Change and Shifting Task Composition". They study heterogeneity in the effects of a pension reform in Germany.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Best Paper Award 2024 goes to

“Robot Adoption at German Plants”

by Liuchun Deng (Yale-NUS College, Singapore), Verena Plümpe (IWH Halle), and Jens Stegmaier (IAB Nuremberg). Congratulations 🎉

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Robot Adoption at German Plants

Using a newly collected dataset at the plant level from 2014 to 2018, we provide the first microscopic portrait of robotization in Germany and study the correlates of robot adoption. Our descriptive a...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Mar 22

New paper: Imke Herold presents the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) on data from the German Pension Insurance. It offers exact data from the pension accounts of the respondents as well as contextual and household information. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Mar 9

New paper: Lidwina Gundacke et al. (@iabnews.bsky.social) on "Transnational Perspectives on Migration and Integration – TRANSMIT Surveys of Syrian Nationals and Their Neighbors in Lebanon and Turkey (2019–2023)" www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Mar 3

New paper: D. Schaller, J. Hennrich and K. Wohlrabe introduce the ifo Human Resources Survey, which tracks German firms' HR practices & labor dynamics since 2008. Quarterly data from ~700 firms (Manufacturing 38%, Services 40%, Trade 22%) www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Mar 3

Call for papers for a special issue on "Fiscal Rules and Institutions". Our guest editors are Thiess Büttner (FAU Erlangen Nürnberg) and Friedrich Heinemann (ZEW and University of Heidelberg); deadline for full paper: 31.10.2025.
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Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Feb 21

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