Working papers and work in progress:
Deterrence or Backlash? Arrests and the Dynamics of Domestic Violence
with Sofia Amaral, Gordon B. Dahl, Victoria Endl-Geyer, and Timo Hener.
Download (Current draft: August 2025), Summaries: The Digest (NBER), VoxEU
Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy.
Diversity and Cooperation
with Dan Anderberg, Gordon B. Dahl, Christina Felfe, and Thomas Siedler.
Download (Current draft: June 2025), Summary: VoxEU
Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Interplay between Policy, Culture, and Intra-Household Bargaining
with Eleonora Guarnieri and Matthew Collins
Download (Current draft: July 2025)
Life After Divorce: Effects of Joint Custody on Parents and Children
with Stella Canessa, Gordon B. Dahl, Anna Hasselqvist, Costas Meghir, Susan Niknami, Marten Palme, Olof Rosenqvist, and Pengpeng Xiao.
Work in progress
Never too Early: Pathways to Immigrant Integration
with Jacopo Bassetto, Gordon B. Dahl, and Malte Sandner
Work in progress
Birthright Citizenship and Youth Crime
with Leander Andres, Stefan Bauernschuster, Gordon B. Dahl, and Simone Schüller
Work in progress
High-Achieving Peers at Work
with Stella Canessa and Timo Hener
Work in progress
Publications
The Power of Youth: The Impact of the "Fridays for Future" Climate Movement on Voters, Politicians, and the Media
with Marc Fabel, Matthias Flückiger, Markus Ludwig, Maria Waldinger, and Sebastian Wichert.
Nature Human Behavior, 2025, 9, 481-495. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02075-4.
How Much Violence Does Football Hooliganism Cause?
with Leander Andres and Marc Fabel.
Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 225, 104970. [Link] [Paper]
All Geared Towards Success? Cultural Origins of Gender Gaps in Student Achievement
(with H. Holmlund and P. Reich)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 209, 222-242. [Link] [Paper]
Caught between Cultures: Unintended Consequences of Improving Opportunity for Immigrant Girls
(with G. B. Dahl, C. Felfe and P. Frijters)
Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89(5), 2491–2528 . [Link] [Paper]
Quantifying Domestic Violence in Times of Crisis: An Internet Search Activity-Based Measure for the COVID-19 Pandemic
(with D. Anderberg and F. Siuda)
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2021, 1-21. [Link] [Paper]
More Opportunity, More Cooperation? The Behavioral Effects of Birthright Citizenship on Immigrant Youth
(with C. Felfe, M. Kocher, J. Saurer and T. Siedler)
Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 200, 104448. [Link] [Paper]
Colonialism and Female Empowerment: A Two-Sided Legacy
(with E. Guarnieri)
Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 151, 102666. [Link] [Paper]
Why Birthright Citizenship Matters for Immigrant Children: Short- and Long-Run Impacts on Educational Integration
(with C. Felfe and J. Saurer)
Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38(1), 143-182. [Link] [Paper]
Family-Specific Investments and Divorce with Dynamically Inconsistent Households: Marital Contracts and Policy
(with D. Anderberg and K. Roeder)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 148, 199-225. [Link] [Paper]
Daddy Months
(with V. Meier)
Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30(3), 875-892. [Link] [Paper]
When Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution and Health
(with S. Bauernschuster and T. Hener)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9(1), 1-37. Featured in an AEA video. [Link]
Familienpolitik in Deutschland: Kausale Evaluationsstudien und ausgewählte Ergebnisse
(with A. Fichtl and T. Hener)
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 18(2), 2017, 117-131. [Link]
Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence
(with D. Anderberg, J. Wadsworth and T. Wilson)
Economic Journal, 2016, 126(597), 1947-1979. Economic Journal Best Paper Award 2016. [Link] [Paper]
Children of a (Policy) Revolution: The Introduction of Universal Childcare and its Effect on Fertility
(with S. Bauernschuster and T. Hener)
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14(4), 975-1005. [Link] [Paper]
Political Socialization in Flux? Linking Family Non-Intactness during Childhood to Adult Civic Engagement
(with T. Hener and T. Siedler)
Journal of Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2016, 179(3), 1-25. [Link] [Paper]
Pigou Meets Ramsey: Gender-Based Taxation with Non-Cooperative Couples
(with V. Meier)
European Economic Review, 2015, 77, 28-46. [Link] [Paper]
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Reform for Children with Single Parents: A Theoretical Analysis
(with M. Francesconi and W. van der Klaauw)
Review of Economics of the Household, 2015, 13(3), 709-733. [Link] [Paper]
Economic Abuse: A Theory of Intrahousehold Sabotage
(with D. Anderberg)
Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 97(1), 282-295. [Link] [Paper]
The Effect of Power Imbalances on Incentives to Make Non-Contractible Investments
(with M. Faravelli and O. Kirchkamp)
European Economic Review, 2013, 61, 169-185. [Link] [Paper]
Meet the Parents? Family Size and the Geographic Proximity between Adult Children and Older Mothers
(with H. Holmlund und T. Siedler)
Demography, 2013, 50(3), 903-931. [Link] [Paper]
On the Optimality of Joint Taxation for Non-Cooperative Couples
(with V. Meier)
Labour Economics, 2012, 19(4), 633-641. [Link] [Paper]
Family Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International Perspective
(with T. Siedler)
Population and Development Review, 2012, 38 (2), 337-351. [Link] [Paper]
Education, Communication and Wellbeing: An Application to Sexual Satisfaction
(with I. Smith)
Kyklos, 2012, 65(4), 581-598. [Link]
Political Regimes and the Family: How Sex-Role Attitudes Continue to Differ in Reunified Germany
(with S. Bauernschuster)
Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25(1), 5-27. [Link] [Paper]
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in a Model of Fertility Choice
(with G. Selvaretnam, D. Ulph)
Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24(3), 1101-1132. [Link] [Paper]
Staying Together for the Sake of the Home? House Price Shocks and Partnership Dissolution in the UK
(with I. Smith)
Journal of Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2010, 173(3), 557-574. [Link] [Paper]
Social Networks in Determining Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the German Reunification
(with T. Siedler)
Economics of Transition, 2009, 17(4), 739-767. [Link] [Paper]
O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes
(with T. Siedler)
Economica, 2009, 76(303), 528-556. [Link] [Paper]
Does Democracy Foster Trust?
(with T. Siedler)
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37(2), 251-269. [Link] [Paper]
The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britain on Married Couples: Theory and Evidence
(with M. Francesconi and W. van der Klaauw)
Economic Journal, 2009, 119(535), F66-F100. [Link] [Paper]
Subjective Income and Employment Expectations and Preferences for Redistribution
(with T. Siedler)
Economics Letters, 2008, 99(3), 449-453. [Link] [Paper]
Gender Discrimination and Efficiency in Marriage: the Bargaining Family under Scrutiny
Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21(2), 305-329. [Link] [Paper]
Should We Write Prenuptial Contracts?
European Economic Review, 2007, 51(2), 337-363. [Link] [Paper]
Research Funding
"On the Star Trek? The Gendered Effects of High-Achieving Peers on Career Progression", Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 2025-2026.
"Joint versus Sole Custody after Divorce: Causal Effects on Child Outcomes and Family Environment", Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 2021-2024
"The Economics of Violence Against Women (EconVAW)", Leibniz Association, Pact for Research and Innovation, 2019-2023
"Economic Uncertainty and the Family (EcUFam)", Leibniz Association, Pact for Research and Innovation, 2015 - 2018
"Optimal Immigration Policies in Europe: From Conflicting Interests to Mutual Gains", Leibniz Association, Pact for Research and Innovation, 2012 - 2014
"Family Structure and Adult Children's Location Decisions", Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), 2008 - 2009