Research

Publications:

[29] "Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment" (with Henning Hermes, Frauke Peter and Simon Wiederhold), Journal of the European Economic Association, conditionally accepted [Oekonomenstimme, Schnelldienst, CIDER Public Science Award 2022]

[28] "The E-Word - On the Public Acceptance of Experiments" (with Mira Fischer, Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner, and Helen Zeidler), Economics Letters, 235, 111558, 2024. [Working Paper]

[27] "Beliefs About Social Norms and (the Polarization of) COVID-19 Vaccination Readiness" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Thomas Rittmanssberger), European Economic Review, 163, 104640, 2024. [Working Paper]

[26] "Earnings Information and Public Preferences for University Tuition: Evidence from Representative Experiments" (with Ludger Woessmann), Journal of Public Economics, 226, 104968, 2023. [Earlier Version, Working Paper]

[25] "How does the Vaccine Approval Process Affect COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions?" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Thomas Rittmanssberger), European Economic Review, 158, 104504, 2023 [Working Paper]

[24] "Males Should Mail? Gender Discrimination in Access to Child Care" (with Henning Hermes, Fabian Mierisch,  Frauke Peter and Simon Wiederhold), American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings, 113, 427-431, 2023.

[23] "Can Online Surveys Represent the Entire Population? A Practitioners' Analysis" (with Elisabeth Grewenig, Lisa Simon, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), European Journal of Political Economy, 78, 102382, 2023. [Working Paper]

[22] "Children’s Patience and School-Track Choices Several Years Later: Linking Experimental and Field Data" (with Silvia Angerer, Jana Bolvashenkova, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, and Matthias Sutter), Journal of Public Economics, 220, 104837, 2023. [Working Paper]

[21] "Minorities' Strategic Response to Discrimination: Experimental Evidence" (with Nikoloz Kudashvili), Journal of Public Economics, 208, 104630, 2022. [Working Paper] 

[20] "Patience, Risk Taking, and Human Capital Investment Across Countries" (with Eric A. Hanushek, Lavinia Kinne, and Ludger Woessmann), Economic Journal, 132, 646, 2290-2307, 2022. [Working Paper, VoxEU, Oekonomenstimme, Schnelldienst]

[19] "Incentives, Search Engines, and the Elicitation of Subjective Beliefs: Evidence from Representative Online Survey Experiments" (with Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), Journal of Econometrics, 231, 1, 304-326, 2022. [Working Paper]

[18] "COVID-19 and Educational Inequality: How School Closures Affect Low- and High-Achieving Students" (with Elisabeth Grewenig,  Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, and Larissa Zierow), European Economic Review, 103920, 2021 . [Working Paper, VoxEU, Oekonomentstimme]

[17] "Collective Intertemporal Decisions and Heterogeneity in Groups" (with Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler and Matthias Sutter), Games and Economic Behavior, 130, 131-147, 2021. [Working Paper]

[16] "The Effects of Language on Patience: An Experimental Replication Study of the Linguistic-Savings Hypothesis in Austria" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, and Matthias Sutter), Journal of the Economic Science Association, 7, 88-97, 2021.

[15] "Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Representative Evidence from Adults and Adolescents" (with Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), Economica, 88, 624-670, 2021. [Working Paper]

[14] "Does the Education Level of Refugees Affect Natives' Attitudes?" (with Marc Piopiunik and Lisa Simon), European Economic Review, 134, 103710, 2021. [Working Paper 1, 2]

[13] "Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences? Experimental Evidence on Support for Family Policies" (with Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179, 523-543, 2020. [Working Paper]

[12] "Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences – Evidence From Representative Survey Experiments" (with Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann),  Journal of Public Economics, 188, 104226, 2020. [Working Paper]

[11] "Discrimination at Young Age: Experimental Evidence from Preschool Children" (with Parampreet Christopher Bindra and Daniela Glätzle-Rützler), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 175, 55-70, 2020. [Working Paper]

[10] "Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in three Countries" (with Maria Cattaneo, Guido Schwerdt, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, and Stefan Wolter), European Journal of Political Economy, 63, 101876, 2020. [Working Paper]

[9] "How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States" (with Guido Schwerdt,  Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann and Katharina Werner), Journal of Public Economics, 167, 138-157, 2018. [Working Paper 1, 2]

[8] "Language group differences in time preferences: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler and Matthias Sutter), European Economic Review, 106, 21-34, 2018. [Working Paper]

[7] "Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Educational Reforms: A Survey" (with Marius R. Busemeyer and Ludger Woessmann), European Journal of Political Economy, 53, 161-185, 2018. [Working Paper]

[6] "Gender Differences in Discrimination Emerge Early in Life: Evidence From Primary School Children in a Bilingual City" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler, E. Glenn Dutcher and Matthias Sutter), Economics Letters, 152, 15–18, 2017. 

[5] "Cooperation and Discrimination Within and Across Language Borders: Evidence From Children in a Bilingual City" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler and Matthias Sutter), European Economic Review, 90, 254–264, 2016. [Working Paper]

[4] "How to Measure Time Preferences in Children – A Comparison of two Methods" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler and Matthias Sutter), Journal of the Economic Science Association, 1(2),158–169, 2015. [Working Paper]

[3] "Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences: A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler and Matthias Sutter), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 115, 67–74, 2015. [Working Paper]

[2] "Lying and Age: An Experimental Study" (with Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler), Journal of Economic Psychology, 46, 12–25, 2015.

[1] "Third Party Punishment Increases Cooperation in Children Through (Misaligned) Expectations and Conditional Cooperation" (with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glaetzle-Ruetzler and Matthias Sutter), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 111(19), 6916–6921, 2014.

Revise and Resubmit:

"Gender Norms and Labor-Supply Expectations: Experimental Evidence from Adolescents" (with Elisabeth Grewenig, and Katharina Werner), Revise and Resubmit.

"Income Contingency and the Electorate's Support for Tuition" (with Ludger Woessmann), Reject and Resubmit.

"Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?" (with Henning Hermes, Fabian Mierisch, Guido Schwerdt and Simon Wiederhold), Revise and Resubmit.

Working Papers:

"Discrimination in the General Population" (with Silvia Angerer, Hanna Brosch, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Thomas Rittmanssberger)

"Automatability of Occupations, Workers' Labor-Market Expectations, and Willingness to Train" (with Katharina Wedel and Katharina Werner),  Schnelldienst

"Discrimination in Universal Social Programs? A Nationwide Field Experiment on Access to Child Care" (with Henning Hermes, Fabian Mierisch,  Frauke Peter and Simon Wiederhold)

"Early Child Care and Labor Supply of Lower-SES Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial"  (with Henning Hermes, Marina Krauss,  Frauke Peter and Simon Wiederhold), Wirtschaft im Wandel

"Transparency and Policy Competition: Experimental Evidence from German Citizens and Politicians" (with Sebastian Blesse, Justus Nover, and Katharina Werner), Schnelldienst

"The Formation of Risk Preferences Through Small-Scale Events" (with Silvia Angerer, E. Glenn Dutcher, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, and Matthias Sutter)

"Entry Barriers and the Labor Market Outcomes of Incumbent Workers: Evidence from a Deregulation Reform in the German Crafts Sector" (with Jens Ruhose and Lisa Simon)

Policy Reports:

"Deutsche befürworten Weiterbildung, um mit dem Strukturwandel Schritt zu halten" (with Katharina Werner, Vera Freundl, Franziska Kugler, Katharina Wedel, and Ludger Woessmann), ifo Schnelldienst 75 (9), 2022.

"Bildungspolitik zur Bewältigung gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen während und nach Corona - Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2021" (with Ludger Woessmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 74 (9), 2021.

"Germany's Education Policy During the COVID-19 Crisis" (with Vera Freundl, and Larissa Zierow), Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 31, 109-116, 2021.

"Bildung erneut im Lockdown: Wie verbrachten Schulkinder die Schulschließungen Anfang 2021?" (with Ludger Woessmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner, and Larissa Zierow), ifo Schnelldienst 74 (5), 36-52, 2021.

"Corona-Krise: Bildung und Soziale Marktwirtschaft" (with Larissa Zierow), Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (11), 821, 2020.

"Deutsche sind für mehr Einheitlichkeit und Vergleichbarkeit im Bildungssystem - Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometer 2020" (with Ludger Woessmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 73 (9), 40-48, 2020.

"Bildung in der Coronakrise: Wie haben die Schulkinder die Zeit der Schulschließungen verbracht, und welche Bildungsmaßnahmen befürworten die Deutschen?" (with Ludger Woessmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner, and Larissa Zierow), ifo Schnelldienst 73 (9), 25-39, 2020.

"Was die Deutschen über Bildungsungleichheit denken - Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2019" (with Ludger Woessmann, Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten, Franziska Kugler and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst  72 (17),  27-41, 2019.

"Was denken die Deutschen zu Geschlechterthemen und Gleichstellung in der Bildung? Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2018" (with Ludger Woessmann, Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 71 (17), 15-30, 2018.

"Denken Jugendliche anders über Bildungspolitik als Erwachsene?" (with Ludger Woessmann, Elisabeth Grewenig, Sarah Kersten and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 71 (17), 31-45, 2018.

"Fürchten sich die Deutschen vor der Digitalisierung? Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2017" (with Ludger Woessmann, Elisabeth Grewenig, Franziska Kugler and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 70 (17), 17–38, 2017.

 "ifo Bildungsbarometer 2016 – Wie Lehrkräfte und die Gesamtbevölkerung über die Bildungspolitik denken" (with Franziska Kugler, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), schulmanagement 6/2016, 19–21, 2016.

"Denken Lehrkräfte anders über die Bildungspolitik als die Gesamtbevölkerung? - Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2016" (with Ludger Woessmann, Franziska Kugler and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 69 (17), 19–34, 2016.

"Bildungsmaßnahmen zur Integration der Flüchtlinge – Was die Deutschen befürworten" (with Ludger Woessmann, Franziska Kugler and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 69 (17), 35–43, 2016.

"Deutsche sind zu grundlegenden Bildungsreformen bereit – Ergebnisse des ifo Bildungsbarometers 2015" (with Ludger Woessmann, Franziska Kugler, Laura Oestreich and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 68 (17),29–50, 2015.

"Was die Deutschen über die Bildungspolitik denken – Ergebnisse des ersten ifo Bildungsbarometers" (with Ludger Woessmann, Franziska Kugler and Katharina Werner), ifo Schnelldienst 67 (18), 16–33, 2014.

Other Publications:

"Bildung in der Coronakrise – Ergebnisse zweier Elternbefragungen - Wie verbrachten die Schulkinder die beiden Phasen der Schulschließungen?"(with Ludger Woessmann, Vera Freundl, Elisabeth Grewenig, Katharina Werner, and Larissa Zierow), in Stephan Gerhard Huber, Christoph Helm, and Nadine Schneider (eds), COVID-19 und Bildung – Studien und Perspektiven 2022, Münster: Waxmann, forthcoming.

"Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany" (with Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), in Martin R. West, and Ludger Woessmann (eds), Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2021. [Working Paper]

"Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about their Schools" (with Michael B. Henderson, Paul E. Peterson, Katharina Werner, Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann), in Martin R. West, and Ludger Woessmann (eds), Public Opinion and the Political Economy of Education Policy around the World, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2021. [Working Paper]

Work in Progress (selected):

"Representative Evidence on Cooperation and Punishment" (with Silvia Angerer, Helena Baier, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Thomas Rittmanssberger)

"Attitudes towards Science when Findings (don't) confirm People's Priors" (with Sebastian Blesse, and Ülkü Bıçakçı)

"Economic Preferences Predict COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions" (with  Silvia Angerer, Helena Baier, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Thomas Rittmanssberger)

"Navigating the Gender Norms Landscape: Regional Variations and Labor Market Implications" (with Hanna Brosch, Elisabeth Grewenig, and Katharina Werner)

"Learning for Life: Understanding Obstacles to Workforce Training in German Firms" (with Helena Baier, Miriam Bird, and Katharina Wedel)