Digitalization offers a variety of opportunities for female empowerment and for a more equal female participation in labor markets,...

Almost half of the world's states provide bilateral development assistance. While previous research takes the set of donor countries...

We use a dynamic general equilibrium trade model with comparative advantage, heterogeneous firms, hetero- geneous workers and...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 129: Despite the gloomy economic outlook for Germany, the Federal Employment Agency will continue to generate...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 121: The author supports the hypothesis that the current positive financial position of the German health...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 114: The rate of contributions to unemployment insurance should be reduced immediately from 3 to 2.5 percent....

How the provision of unemployment benefits affects employment and unemployment is a debated issue. In this paper, we aim at...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 104: In Germany, the system of unemployment insurance has been in surplus since 2011. The reserves amounted to...

Social protection can be defined as “policies and actions which enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable people to escape from...

This paper analyzes Germany’s unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with...

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that...

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that...

We examine the role of local need and various distortions in the design and implementation of United Nations flash appeal triggered in...

KBW 26: The COVID-19 virus has spread to 215 countries, virtually covering all areas of the world, and has plunged the world in a...

We examine determinants of immigration requirements in a public goods game experiment with endogenous groups. Initially, the game...

KBW 10: The report analyses whether differences in the base rates between federal states in Germany can be attributed to systematic...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 35: The financial situation of the social security system in Germany has improved due to the strong upswing and...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 56: The Kiel economist Alfred Boss shows that the financial situation of the social security system in Germany...