TY  - RPRT
A1  - Caliendo, Marco
A1  - Mahlstedt, Robert
A1  - van den Berg, Gerard J.
A1  - Vikström, Johan
T1  - Side Effects of Labor Market Policies
T2  - CEPA Discussion Papers
N2  - Labor market policy tools such as training and sanctions are commonly used to help bring workers back to work. By analogy to medical treatments, the individual exposure to these tools may have side effects. We study effects on health using individual-level population registers on labor market events outcomes, drug prescriptions and sickness absence, comparing outcomes before and after exposure to training and sanctions. We find that training improves cardiovascular and mental health and lowers sickness absence. The results suggest that this is not due to improved employment prospects but rather to instantaneous features of participation such as, perhaps, the adoption of a more rigorous daily routine. Unemployment benefits sanctions cause a short-run deterioration of mental health, possibly due higher stress levels, but this tapers out quickly.
T3  - CEPA Discussion Papers - 22 
KW  - unemployment
KW  - health
KW  - sickness
KW  - prescriptions
KW  - mental health
KW  - drugs
KW  - training
KW  - depression
KW  - cardiovascular disease
KW  - sanctions
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-478839
SN  - 2628-653X
IS  - 22
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Schrauth, Philipp
T1  - The Causal Effect of Cycling Infrastructure on Traffic and Accidents
BT  - Evidence from Pop-up Bike Lanes in Berlin
T2  - CEPA Discussion Papers
N2  - This paper analyzes the effect of new bicycle lanes on traffic volume, congestion, and accidents. Crucially, the new bike lanes replace existing car lanes thereby reducing available space for motorized traffic. In order to obtain causal estimates, I exploit the quasi-random timing and location of the newly built cycle lanes. Using an event study design, a two-way fixed effects model and the synthetic control group method on geo-coded data, I show that the construction of pop-up bike lanes significantly reduced average car speed by 8 to 12 percentage points (p.p.) and up to 16 p.p. in peak traffic hours. In contrast, the results for car volume are modest, while the data does not allow for a conclusive judgment of accidents.
T3  - CEPA Discussion Papers - 48 
KW  - congestion
KW  - urban
KW  - traffic
KW  - environment
KW  - cycling
KW  - health
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - accidents
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-553359
SN  - 2628-653X
IS  - 48
ER  -