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]