In: List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, 2021, vol. 46, no. 3, p. 359-377
Although COVID-19 pandemic has so far been assumed to have recessivedeflationary consequences due to the dramatic deterioration of economic forecasts worldwide, inflation risks cannot be excluded. What effects might result from the combination of billion-high liquidity injections and high decline in production levels as well as strict (and costly) security and protection requirements? And why...
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In: Journal of economic behavior and organization, 2021, vol. 182, no. February, p. 12 p
Stress is associated with sleep problems and poor sleep is linked to mental health and depression symptoms. The stress associated with immigrant status and immigration policy can directly affect mental health. While previous studies have documented the significant relationship between immigration policy and the physical and mental health of immigrants, we know little about the effects of...
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In: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, vol. 68, no. 2, p. 205-214
This paper compares the impact of two equalization transfer schemes on regional budgetary choices: a gross equalization scheme, where ex-post transfers to regions are financed from federal tax revenues, and a net equalization scheme, where region- to-region ex-post transfers allocated by the federal government are self-financed. The net equalization scheme reduces ex-post federal intervention...
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In: Scientometrics, 2021, vol. 126, no. 2, p. 1311–1328
The aim of this study was to examine how institutional barriers arising from policy decisions influence the level of participation of third- party countries in European Framework Programs (EU-FPs). To achieve this, we contrasted the effect of EU funding restrictions following Switzerland’s 2014 reclassification as a “third country” in Horizon 2020, and the political uncertainties resulting...
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In: Current Diabetes Reports, 2015, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 1-13
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In: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 2015, vol. 265, no. 3, p. 209-217
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In: International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2015, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 73-97
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In: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2015, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 33-39
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In: Health Promotion International, 2017, vol. 32, no. 4, p. 702-710
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The adoption of labor-replacing technologies has already displaced thousands of workers in the US. In this paper, I analyze how the adverse effects of the implementation of robots in firms’ production processes are spreading among the population and how they are shaping the composition of labor markets. Exploiting exogenous variation in robot exposure across local labor markets and over time,...
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