Research

Publications

• • 1. Mandatory Integration Agreements for Unemployed Job Seekers: A Randomized Controlled Field Experiment in Germany, with Gerard J. van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann and Gesine Stephan, accepted at International Economic Review.

    2. Locus of Control and the Preference for Agency, with Marco Caliendo, Deborah Cobb-Clark and Juliana Silva-Goncalves, , European Economic Review, 2024, 165, 104737. 

    3. Managers' Risk Preferences and Firm Training Investment, with Marco Caliendo, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Harald Pfeifer and Caroline Wehner, European Economic Review, 2024, 161, 104616. 

    4. Risk Preferences and Training Investments, with Marco Caliendo, Deborah Cobb-Clark and Cosima Obst, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 205,668-686.  

    5. Locus of Control and Investment in Training, with Marco Caliendo, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Cosima Obst and Helke Seitz, Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57, 1311-1349.

    6. The Impact of Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients on Transitions to Work, Wages and Dropping Out, with Gerard J. van den Berg and Joachim Wolff, Economica, 2022, 89, 1-28.

    7. Evaluating Vacancy Referrals and the Roles of Sanctions and Sickness Absence, with Gerard J. van den Berg and Barbara Hofmann, Economic Journal, 2019, 129, 3292-3322.

    8. Locus of Control and Internal Migration, with Marco Caliendo, Deborah Cobb-Clark and Juliane Hennecke, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 79, 103468.

    9. Job Displacement and First Birth over the Business Cycle, with Barbara Hofmann and Michaela Kreyenfeld, Demography, 2017, 54, 933-959.

    10. The Impact of Participation in Job Creation Schemes in Turbulent Times, with Annette Bergemann and Laura Pohlan, Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 182-201.

    11. Earnings Exemptions for Unemployed Workers: The Relationship between Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Job Quality, with Marco Caliendo and Steffen Künn, Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 177-193.

    12. Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies, with Marco Caliendo and Deborah Cobb-Clark, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, 88-103.

    13. Bayesian procedures as a numerical tool for the estimation of an intertemporal discrete choice model, with Peter Haan and Daniel Kemptner, Empirical Economics, 2015, 49, 1123-1141.

    14. Sanctions for young welfare recipients, with Gerard J. van den Berg and Joachim Wolff, Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2014, 177-208.

    15. Unemployment Dynamics among Migrants and Natives, with Klaus F. Zimmermann, Economica, 2014, 81, 348-367.

    16. Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality: A Regression Discontinuity Approach, with Marco Caliendo and Konstanstinos Tatsiramos, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013, 28, 604-627.

    17. The impact of training duration on employment outcomes: Evidence from LATE estimates, with Jochen Kluve, Ulf Rinne and Zhong Zhao, Economics Letters, 2013, 120, 487-490.

    18. Vouchers and Caseworkers in Training Programs for the Unemployed, with Ulf Rinne and Zhong Zhao, Empirical Economics, 2013, 45, 1089-1127.

    19. Intertemporal Labour Supply and Involuntary Unemployment, with Peter Haan, Empirical Economics, 2013, 44, 661-683.

    20. Evaluating continous training measures using the Generalized Propensity Score, with Jochen Kluve, Hilmar Schneider and Zhong Zhao, Journal of the Royal Stastical Society, Series A, 2012, 175, 587-617.

    21. Do the Skilled and Prime-Aged Unemployed Benefit More from Training? Effect Heterogeneity of Public Training Programs in Germany, with Ulf Rinne and Marc Schneider, Applied Economics, 2011, 43, 3465-3494.

    22. Social Networks, Job Search Methods and Reservation Wages: Evidence for Germany, with Marco Caliendo and Ricarda Schmidl, International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32, 796-824.

    23. The IZA Evaluation Dataset, with M. Caliendo, A. Falk, L. Kaiser, H. Schneider, G. van den Berg and K. F. Zimmermann, International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32, 732-752.

    24. Estimation Multinomial Logit Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity using Maximum Simulated Likelihood, with Peter Haan, Stata Journal, 2006, 6, 229-245.

    25. Transitions from Welfare to Employment: Does the Ratio between Labor Income and Social Assistance matter? with Hilmar Schneider, Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 2005, 125, 56-61.

Working Papers.

• • 1. A Structural Analysis of Vacancy Referrals with Imperfect Monitoring and the Strategic Use of Sickness Absence, with Gerard J. van den Berg and Hanno Foerster, revise and resubmit at Journal of Labor Economics. 

    2. Predicting Re-Employment: Machine Learning Versus Assessments by Unemployed Workers and by Their Caseworkers, with Gerard J. van den Berg, Max Kunaschk, Julia Lang and Gersine Stephan, IZA DP 16426. 

    3. The Role of Within-Occupation Task Changes in Wage Development, with Ronald Bachmann, Gökay Demir and Colin Green, IZA DP 15647.

    4. Consumption Choices and Earnings Expectations: Empirical Evidence and Structural Estimation, with Christian A. Stoltenberg, IZA DP 15443. 

Work in Progress (Selection)

• • 1. Unemployment benefits generosity and job search outcomes: Evidence from a Regression Kink Design in France, with Antoine Ferey and Federica Meluzzi, first draft coming soon.

    2. Peer Effects of Job Search Assistance Group Treatments. Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment among Disadvantaged Youths (with Gerard J. van den Berg, Sylvie Blasco, Bruno Crepon, and Daphne Skandalis), first draft coming soon. 

Publications in German

• • 1. Ökonometrie vs. Projektdesign: Lehren aus der Evaluation eines Modellprojekts zur Umsetzung des Workfare-Konzepts (with Hilmar Schneider and Klaus F. Zimmermann) Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2013, 233(1), 65-85

    2. Determinanten des Suchverhaltens von Arbeitslosen: Ausgewählte Erkenntnisse basierend auf dem IZA Evaluationsdatensatz (with Marco Caliendo)  Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 2011, 44, 119-125

    3. Mit Workfare aus der Sozialhilfe? Lehren aus einem Modellprojekt (with Hilmar Schneider and Klaus F. Zimmermann) Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 2011, 44, 197-203

    4. Die Wirkungen der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung, (with Hilmar Schneider)  Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung, 2006, 39, 477-490.

    5. Der Einfluss von Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen und sozialen Ressourcen auf die Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 2004, 56, 279-303.

Non-Refereed Articles, Book Chapters and Policy Reports

• • 1. Verträge zwischen Arbeitslosen und ihrem Jobcenter: Die Wirkung von Eingliederungsvereinbarungen im Rechtskreis SGB II (with Sarah Bernhard, Gesine Stephan and Gerard J. van den Berg), IAB Forschungsbericht 16/2022.

    2. Economic job search and decision-making models (with Gerard J. van den Berg) The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search, edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin A. J. van Hooft, Oxford University Press , 2018, 243-255.

    3. Arbeitssuche und Beschäftigungserfolg: Aktionspläne zeigen wenig Wirkung  (with Gerard J. van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann, Philipp Ramos Lobato  and Gesine Stephan), IAB Kurzbericht 17/2018.

    4. Wirkungen von Sanktionen für junge ALG-II-Bezieher: Schnellere Arbeitsaufnahme, aber auch Nebenwirkungen (with Gerard J. van den Berg and Joachim Wolff) IAB Kurzbericht 05/2017.

    5. Clubs Jeunes Chercheurs D'Emploi, Evaluation d'une action pilote (with Sylvie Blasco, Bruno Crépon, Daphné Skandalis, Gerard J. van den Berg, Élodie Alberola and Francois Aventur), Études et Recherches, Octobre 2015 / No.5, Pôle Emploi.

    6. Eingliederungsvereinbarungen: Vermittlungsfachkräfte halten mehr Spielraum für sinnvoll (with Gerard J van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann and Gesine Stephan) IAB Kurzbericht 22/2014.

    7. Was Vermittlungsfachkräfte von Eingliederungsvereinbarungen halten: Befragungsergebnisse aus einem Modellprojekt (with Gerard J van den Berg, Barbara Hofmann and Gesine Stephan), IAB Forschungsbericht 11/2014.

    8. Einwanderungspolitik der USA stark reformbedürftig (with Amelie Constant), DIW Wochenbericht 51-52/2007, 785-789.

    9. Evaluation der Maßnahmen zur Umesetzung der Vorschläge der Hartz-Kommission - Modul 1b: Förderung beruflicher Weiterbildung und Transferleistungen - Bericht 2006 (with H. Schneider, K. Brenke, D. Hess, L. Kaiser and J. Steinwede), IZA Research Report No. 10, Bonn, 2007.

    10. Evaluation der Maßnahmen zur Umesetzung der Vorschläge der Hartz-Kommission - Modul 1b: Förderung beruflicher Weiterbildung und Transferleistungen - Bericht 2005 (with H. Schneider, K. Brenke, D. Hess, L. Kaiser and J. Steinwede), IZA Research Report No. 7, Bonn, 2006.

    11. Lohnkosten im internationalen Vergleich (with Tilman Brück and Malte Woweries), DIW Wochenbericht 14/2004, 161-169.

Older Working Papers (inactive)

• • 1. Self-Employment Dynamics, Cross-Mobility Patterns and True State Dependence (with Marco Caliendo), IZA DP 3900.

    2. Employment Effects of Welfare Reforms - Evidence from a dynamic structural life-cycle model (with Peter Haan and Victoria Prowse), IZA DP 3480.

    3. From Low Pay to No Pay and Back Again? A Multi-State Model of Low Pay Dynamics, IZA DP 2482.