Access to Jobs and Individual Labor Market Outcomes (2023), with Andreas Mense and Matthias Wrede, CESifo Working Paper No. 13040. (pdf)
The Returns to International Migration in a Free Mobility Setting: Evidence from Austria and Germany (2026), with Andrea Weber, David Card, Wolfgang Frimmel, Julia Schmieder, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, NBER Working Paper No. 35774 . (pdf)
Training or Retiring? How Labor Markets Adjust to Trade and Technology Shocks (2025), with Alexander Bertermann, Jens Suedekum, and Ludger Woessmann, CESifo Working Paper No. 12240. (pdf)
Organized Labor Versus Robots? Evidence from Micro Data (2024), with Sebastian Findeisen and Oliver Schlenker, CEPR Discussion Paper 19192. (pdf)
Transforming Institutions - Labor Reallocation and Wage Growth in a Reunified Germany (2021), with Sebastian Findeisen, Sang Yoon (Tim) Lee, and Tommaso Porzio. (pdf)
Job Polarization on Local Labor Markets (2014), IAB Discussion Paper, 18/2014. (pdf)
Job Mobility and Assortative Matching (2026), with Luisa Braunschweig and Duncan Roth, in: ILR Review, accepted. (pdf)
Working from Home Increases Work-Home Distances (2026), with Sena Coskun, Hermann Gartner, Michael Stops, and Enzo Weber, in: Journal of Urban Economics, Vol 152 . (pdf)
A Guide to Preparing the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB, version 7519 v1) for Scientific Analysis (2023), with Heiko Stüber and Johann Eppelsheimer, in: Journal for Labour Market Research, Vol 57:7. (pdf, Stata-code) (Previous version published in Vol 55 of the same journal in 2020: pdf, Stata-code)
Matching in Cities (2022), with Sebastian Findeisen, Enrico Moretti, and Jens Suedekum, in: Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol 20:4 (https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac004, pdf, web appendix)
The Adjustment of Labor Markets to Robots (2021), with Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Südekum, and Nicole Wößner, in: Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol 19:6. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvab012, pdf)
Adjusting to Globalization in Germany (2021), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol 39:1. (https://doi.org/10.1086/707356, pdf)
Occupational Routine Intensity and the Adjustment to Job Loss: Evidence from Mass Layoffs (2020), with Uwe Blien and Duncan Roth, in: Labour Economics, Vol 68. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101953, pdf)
Is there Loss Aversion in the Trade-off Between Wages and Commuting Distances? (2020), with Peter Haller, in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol 83. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103527, pdf)
Long-run processes of geographical concentration and dispersion - Evidence from Germany (2018), with Michaela Fuchs and Anne Otto, in: Papers in Regional Science, Vol 97:3. (pdf) (web appendix)
Trade and manufacturing jobs in Germany (2017), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, Vol 107:5. (pdf)
Do regions benefit from active labour market policies? A macroeconometric evaluation using spatial panel methods (2016), with Reinhard Hujer and Katja Wolf, in: Regional Studies, Vol 50:4. (pdf)
Exporters and Wage Inequality during the Great Recession - Evidence from Germany (2015), with Hans-Jörg Schmerer and Erwin Winkler, in: Economics Letters, Vol. 136:11. (pdf)
Globalization and Local Profiles of Economic Growth and Industrial Change (2015), with Jens Südekum, in: Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 16:5. (pdf) (web appendix)
The rise of the east and the far east: German labor markets and trade integration (2014), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 12:6. (pdf) (Crosswalk SITC Rev. 3 -> WZ93)
Agglomeration and regional employment dynamics (2013), in: Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 92:2. (pdf)
The institutional context of an ‘empirical law’: The wage curve under different regimes of collective bargaining (2013), with Uwe Blien, Thorsten Schank and Claus Schnabel, in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 51:1. (pdf)
Regionaler Mismatch: Arbeitskräftemobilität steigern (2025), with Andreas Mense and Katja Wolf. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 105(10).
Ältere gehen im Westen später in Rente als im Osten und auf dem Land früher als in Städten (2025), with Franziska Hirschenauer. IAB-Forum H. 11.02.2025.
Vor- und Nachteile einer Regionalisierung: Einheitlicher Mindestlohn trifft auf große regionale Unterschiede (2022), with Andreas Mense. IAB-Kurzbericht 21/2022.
Die Energiekrise wird manche Regionen härter treffen als andere (2022), with Katherine von Graevenitz and Markus Janser. IAB-Forum H. 26.10.2022
Ein Vorschlag zur Verteilung von Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine (2022), with Herbert Brücker, Anette Haas, Philipp Jaschke, Yuliya Kosyakova, Andreas Mense, Michael Moritz, Van Phan thi Hong, Katja Wolf. IAB-Forschungsbericht 05/2022
Berufliches Pendeln in Deutschland (2018), with Peter Haller, in: Wirtschaftsdienst 2018 | 8. (pdf)
Klarer Trend zu längeren Pendeldistanzen (2018), with Peter Haller. IAB-Kurzbericht 10/2018. (pdf)
The rise of robots in the German labour market (2017), with Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Südekum and Nicole Wößner, in: VoxEU, 19 September 2017. (link)
Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland profitieren vom Außenhandel - aber nicht alle (2017), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum. IAB-Kurzbericht 15/2017. (pdf)
Verlierer(-regionen) der Globalisierung in Deutschland: Wer? Warum? Was tun? (2017), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: Wirtschaftsdienst 2017 | 1. (pdf)
Sectoral employment trends in Germany: The effect of globalisation on their micro anatomy (2017), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: VoxEU, 26 January 2017. (link)
Verlierer(-regionen) der Globalisierung in Deutschland: Wer? Warum? Was tun? (2017), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: Ökonomenstimme, 13 January 2017. (link)
Globalisation and the nature of German manufacturing jobs (2016), with Sebastian Findeisen and Jens Südekum, in: VoxEU, 21 February 2016. (link)