Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

Differential Take-Up of Supplemental Security Income in Florida for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

OBJECTIVE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility is automatically granted for the subset of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants born below 1200 g. We estimated the effects of automatic eligibility on SSI take-up among VLBW infants near the cutoff, both overall and for k...

A virtual reality study to investigate the influence of greenery and traffic density on self-reported feelings of relaxation among older adults

Abstract Mental health problems affect approximately 14% of older adults worldwide. Although urban environments are known to influence stress, a key contributor to mental health problems, well-controlled experimental studies examining how specific urban features affect stress in...

How cultural norms affect attitudes toward immigration

We examine how cultural norms shape attitudes toward immigration. Using representative survey data on German university students from the 1990s, we exploit the stark cultural differences between former East and West Germany to study whether moving to a different cultural environm...

Artificial Intelligence‐Related Digital Skills and Employment Outcomes for Underrepresented Women

ABSTRACT This study examines whether signaling AI‐related digital skills improves employment outcomes for women from underrepresented groups defined by race, age, sexual orientation and autism‐spectrum disclosure in England. The findings indicate that underrepresented women recei...

The Credibility Cost of Scientists’ Political Expression on Social Media

Abstract Scientists are increasingly visible on social media, and much of what they post touches politically salient issues. Drawing on our recent work (Alabrese et al. 2024. “Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter.” CAGE Working Paper 735), w...

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...

Humans: Intertwined with life and the basic elements in the Anthropocene biosphere

Abstract The notion of people and nature as intertwined and embedded in the biosphere is gaining traction in contemporary scientific discourses. But what does it mean for a human being to be intertwined? Here, we explore this question through two lenses: looking at the human body...

Estimated health burden of environmental noise exceeds that of ambient air pollution in Ireland

To quantify population health risks attributable to environmental noise in Ireland and to compare two assessment approaches, EU harmful-effects estimation and burden of disease (BoD) in terms of interpretability, data requirements and policy applicability. Population exposure to...

The Consequences of Promoting Data Literacy among Graduate Students

Abstract We study the impact of a data literacy program on graduate students’ skills and academic outcomes at a large Italian university. The program targets students expected to have weak quantitative skills and provides 120 h of training in data interpretation and processing al...