Benefit dependency: Inherited from parents?

Dutch reform of disability insurance had sizeable effects on children whose parents were exposed to the reform.

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Self-selection effects on performance

Field experiment at German schools shows that children run faster when they get to choose who to run with.

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Blurring boundaries between work and leisure

IZA/XING survey: Average worker spends five hours of leisure per week with work-related activities.

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China’s rise challenges views of free trade

While free trade improves global welfare, it also creates long-term losers in trade-impacted industries.

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Gender composition and searching on campus

Women in female-dominated fields of study are less likely to get married, while the opposite holds for men.

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Tax plans would benefit families and elderly

Retirees would receive the largest income increase under the new Grand Coalition government in Germany.

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