Research News 2025
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New ERC Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 349 researchers to receive this year's Consolidator Grants. Among this year’s recipients are Lorenzo Casaburi, UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Development Economics, and Maya Eden, Professor of Economics and Affiliated Professor at the UBS Center.
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Raising the Bar: How Legal Drinking Age Laws Affect Teenagers' Well-Being
A new study shows that raising the minimum legal drinking age from 16 to 18 years significantly improves teenagers' academic performance and mental health.
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New SNSF Grants
Researchers from our department were recently awarded research funding from the National Science Foundation (SNSF). Congratulations, to them!
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"Weightless economy": Sustaining growth while lowering environmental impact
Timo Boppart, Professor of Economics, contributes to the degrowth debate through a new growth theory.
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Long-Term Unemployment: Not Just Bad Luck
Why do some people remain stuck in long-term unemployment while others quickly achieve re-employment? A new study sheds light on the predictability and hidden patterns of long-term unemployment.
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Social Preferences and Redistributive Politics
Tax the wealthiest or rather subsidize the underprivileged? How can economics help explain these differing personal views on taxation and redistribution? A recent study explores this central question.
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New SNSF Grants
Researchers from our department were recently awarded funding from the National Science Foundation.
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What your professional skills on LinkedIn reveal about human capital and inequality
A new paper by David Dorn shows that LinkedIn skills reveal more about earnings and gender gaps than education or experience.
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How Your Best Friend’s Personality Can Shape Your Own
In the first study of its kind, Ulf Zölitz shows how university students' personalities are shaped by their peers, with a lasting impact on their personal development.
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Smarter Policy for effective Green Innovation
In a recent paper, Armin Schmutzler, examines the indirect effects of innovation, exploring the market’s influence on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution: Surprising Global Insights
According to classical economic theory, government policies reflect the preferences of the median voter. However, alternative theories suggest that the preferences of the economic elite have greater impact on policy outcomes. A groundbreaking new study challenges both assumptions.
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Wealth Inequality in Switzerland: Is Tax Policy to Blame?
In a recently published paper, Florian Scheuer examines the tax framework that may have played a role in the growing wealth disparity.
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Working Memory Training on Children: A Crucial Boost in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
A recent study suggests that strengthening young children's working memory (WM), could have long-term benefits for their academic success.
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Social Apprehension: The Brain Is to Blame
Hoping for approval and fearing rejection are common emotions, but some people experience them more intensely than others. Why is that?
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Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization
In a recently published paper, David Dorn examines how US labor markets and workers adjusted to increased Chinese import competition in the 2000s.
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The Wage-Innovation Link: New Empirical Evidence
David Hémous and co-authors recently published a study, providing fresh empirical evidence on the relationship between wages and innovation.
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Immigrant Mobility and Regional Labor Market Adjustment in the US
In a recent study, David Dorn and co-authors explore why the rapid growth of goods imports from China in the 2000s caused substantial manufacturing job losses in US regions that were specialized in import-competing industries.