Research

RFBerlin’s research has a strong economic focus, with an emphasis on applied and data driven research on significant and relevant challenges to the welfare state in a global world. Our work is carried out impartially and based on objective scientific principles, adhering to the highest standards of academic excellence. The goals of our research are to inform, to raise the standard of public debate and to create the best possible basis for political decision making.

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Agenda

RFBerlin’s research agenda is organised into 3 main themes.

Equity, Inclusion & Opportunity
Equity, Inclusion & Opportunity
Migration & Global Collaboration
Migration & Global Collaboration
Technology, Trade & Human Capital
Technology, Trade & Human Capital

Discussion papers

No. 35/24 - December 2024

Immigration, Inequality and Income Taxes

Mirjam Bächli, Albrecht Glitz

No. 34/24 - December 2024

Informing Risky Migration: Evidence from a field experiment in Guinea

Giacomo Battiston, Lucia Corno, Eliana La Ferrara

No. 33/24 - December 2024

The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market

Claudia Olivetti, Jessica Pan, Barbara Petrongolo

No. 32/24 - December 2024

The Micro and Macro Economics of Short-Time Work

Pierre Cahuc

Publications

The Review of Economic Studies, 2024

Competition and Career Advancement 

Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes

American Economic Journal, October 2024

The Dynamic Response of Municipal Budgets to Revenue Shocks

Ines Helm and Jan Stuhler

Labour Economics, 2024

The effects of board gender quotas: A meta-analysis

Costanza De Acutis, Andrea Weber, Elisabeth Wurm

Journal of Political Economy, 2024

There is more to Marriage than Love: The Effect of Legal Status and Cultural Distance on Intermarriages and Separations

Giulia Tura, Jérôme Adda, Paolo Pinotti

Journal of Economic Literature, 2024

Religion and Growth

Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Ludger Woessmann

The Review of Economic Studies, 2024

Gender Preferences in Job Vacancies and Workplace Gender

David Card, Fabrizio Colella, Rafael Lalive