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ifo Dresden berichtet 3/2020

ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020

Who's Gonna Go First? - Forms of Government and the Reactions to Covid-19

Democratic countries hesitated longer to enact some "social distancing" measures, such as school closures, against the spread of the coronavirus than authoritarian states. The time lag was one to two weeks. With other restrictions such as international travel controls, we do not find any time differences. Moreover, federally organized countries such as Germany have not acted more slowly than unitary states such as France.

Mona Förtsch and Stephanie Knoll

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Who's Gonna Go First? - Forms of Government and the Reactions to Covid-19

Mona Förtsch, Stefanie Knoll
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 03-06

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Stable Democracy in Times of Crisis: Local Corona Cases Have Not Deterred Voters in the Bavarian Municipal Elections

Sebastian Blesse, Philipp Kerler, Felix Rösel
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 07-10

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From North and South and East and West - How Migration Behaviour in Germany Depends on Regional Mentalities

Anna Kremer
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 11-14

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The Adjusted Gender Pay Gap: Why Women in Saxony Should Actually Earn More Than Men

Michaela Fuchs, Corinna Lawitzki, Anja Rossen, Antja Weyh
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 15-21

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Put on the Back Burner: On the Final Report of the Commission "Reliable Intergenerational Contract"

Joachim Ragnitz
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 22-24

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Hardly More Than a Flash in the Pan - Evaluation Studies on Scrapping Premiums at a Glance

Christpher Leisinger, Felix Rösel
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 25-27

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ifo Business Climate Survey of Eastern Germany and Saxony

Niels Gillmann, Jannik A. Nauerth
ifo Institut, Dresden, 2020
ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, Nr. 3, 30-32