Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung

Heterogeneous impacts of temperature extremes on climate attitudes and Green voting

In the past decade, the public in Europe has become more concerned about climate change and expresses stronger proenvironmental policy preferences. Based on data from the European Social Survey (2012–2022, 25 countries), we show that the increased exposure to temperature extremes...

A 22 Percent Increase in the German Minimum Wage: Nothing Crazy!

Abstract We present empirical evidence on the 22 percent increase in the German minimum wage, implemented in 2022, raising it from €9.82 to €10.45 in July and to €12 in October. Our study is the first to leverage monthly data from the Earnings Survey, a large and novel data sourc...

Non-take-up of unemployment benefit II in Germany: a longitudinal perspective using administrative data

Many households eligible for means-tested benefits do not claim them. While most empirical models of benefit non-take-up use only contemporaneous covariates, this paper links the German Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security to administrative records, which provide househo...

Exploring medical students’ experiences of role modelling in clinical training: a phenomenological study of professional identity formation

Abstract Background Role modelling in clinical settings is an important mechanism through which medical students internalize the values and norms of medical professionalism. Although previous research has examined how medical students experience and interpret role modelling in cl...

Frontier technology adopters and the aggregate decline of routine jobs

We provide micro-founded evidence on how establishment-level adoption of frontier technologies shapes the economy-wide occupational employment structure. Linking survey data on technology adoption between 2011 and 2016 by 1660 German incumbent establishments to administrative wor...

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex attenuates the link between physiological heart rate reactions to unfairness and value computations in normative decision making

Abstract Emotional reactions to norm violations influence how people trade-off selfish interests against social norms, but it remains unknown which brain regions contribute to integrating physiological (e.g., heart rate) responses to norm violations into the decision process. Her...

“Made with AI” but why? How consumers interpret beneficiary-framed AI disclosures in advertising

Abstract As generative AI becomes more prevalent in advertising, firms increasingly face requirements to disclose AI involvement. Although prior research shows that such disclosures may generate negative consumer responses, it remains unclear whether explanatory disclosures can m...