A study conducted by economists from the Universities of Passau and Potsdam has revealed that, while public childcare allows mothers to return to work soon after childbirth, a quick return is no ticket to career advancement.

A study conducted by early career researchers from the Universities of Passau and Bern based on data from Switzerland has revealed: On days when temperatures exceed thirty degrees Celsius, the number of occupational accidents increases by 7.4 percent. With office workers, the night is the main cause.

How did the Spanish flu influence voting behaviour in the Weimar Republic? In our study, we use historical data to show that it was not the extreme parties that benefited, but the SPD in particular.

The Office of US President Joe Biden sent Stefan Bauernschuster, Professor of Public Economics at the University of Passau, a thank-you e-mail after one of his studies was cited in the new US Economic Report.

Drawing on an analysis of exceptionally rich historical data, we show that the birth control clinics of the US-American women rights advocate Margaret Sanger succeeded not only in reducing birth rates but also had a massive impact on health at the beginning of the 20th century.

At the University of Passau, early career economists are gauging which households in Germany are particularly hard hit by energy poverty and what it takes to get people to accept unpopular but expedient measures to address the climate crisis.

Stefan Bauernschuster from the University of Passau and Christian Traxler from the Hertie School argue that a speed limit would not only lead to fewer deaths and injuries, but also has positive effects for those living in the vicinity of highways.

In German-speaking countries, people are allowed to drink alcohol at 16. Taking Austria as an example, we show that this minimum legal drinking age, which has been set very low in terms of international comparison, causes particular harm to young people from socially disadvantaged families. 

A law reform is lowering barriers in divorce law in Mexican states. This should in principle strengthen the position of women. But the reform is also having a side effect which was not intended by the legislators, as the young economist Dr. Aixa García-Ramos shows in a study at the University of Passau.

Professor Stefan Bauernschuster and Dr. Ramona Rekers have spent four years evaluating millions of datasets to show that speed trap campaigns are only effective in the short term.

The Passau-based economist Professor Stefan Bauernschuster and his colleagues of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich have studied differences in attitude between East Germans and West Germans. The result: the younger generation in particular is growing together. However, some interesting differences remain in certain areas, including opinions on the role of women and men in society.