research

My research is mainly in the overlap of empirical economic growth, economic geography, and labor economics. I am especially interested in the economic growth and development of small geographic areas, the estimation of general equilibrium effects in local labor markets, and channels of long-term persistence of shocks. With the use of micro-level data or data of small geographic areas, I try to understand how past shocks can shape today's economic landscape and which adjustment processes affected agents/areas were at work.

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"Missing Men: Second World War Casualties and Structural Change." 2022.

Economica, Vol. 89.

"Economic Origins of Cultural Norms: The Case of Animal Husbandry and Bastardy." 2020. (joint with Martin Halla, JKU Linz).

European Economic Review, Vol. 125(354), p.437-460.

"A replication of 'Inherited Trust and Growth'."

Economics Bulletin. 2018, Vol. 38(1), p.574-582.

[working paper] [online appendix] [replication files]

"Displacement and the education of the next generation: evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina."

IZA Journal of Labor & Development. 2014, Vol. 3(12).

"On the Origin and Composition of the German East-West Population Gap." December 2018. (joint with Martin Halla, JKU Linz).

"The Long-lasting Shadow of the Allied Occupation of Austria on its Spatial Equilibrium." December 2015. (joint with Martin Halla, JKU Linz).

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