Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects
(with Sven Resnjanskij, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann, and Katharina Wedel)

Journal of Political Economy, 132(3), 1013-1062, 2024

Academics' Attitudes toward Engaging in Public Discussions - Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Engagement Conditions

(with Vitus Püttmann and Stephan L. Thomsen)

Research in Higher Education, 64(5), 765-788, 2023

International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills

(with Alexander Patt, Simon Wiederhold, and Miguel Flores)

Journal of the European Economic Association, 19(2), 1249-1298, 2021.

Long-Term Relatedness between Countries and International Migrant Selection

(with Tim Krieger and Laura Renner)

Journal of International Economics, 113, 35-54, 2018.

Knowledge Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States
(with Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann)

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4), 184-224, 2017.

Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany
(with Marc Piopiunik)

European Economic Review, 92, 258-282, 2017.

The Selection of High-Skilled Emigrants

(with Matthias Parey, Fabian Waldinger, and Nicolai Netz)

Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(5), 776-792, 2017. 

Labour Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland - Evidence from Administrative Data
(with Stefan Denzler and Stefan C. Wolter)

Economics of Education Review, 107, 102683, 2025

Why Is the Roy-Borjas Model Unable to Predict International Migrant Selection on Education? Evidence from Urban and Rural Mexico
(with Stefan Leopold and Simon Wiederhold)

The World Economy, 48(2), 300-322, 2025.

No Mental Retirement: Estimating Voluntary Adult Education Activities of Older Workers
(with Stephan L. Thomsen and Insa Weilage)

Education Economics, 32(4), 440-473, 2024.

The Benefits of Adult Learning: Work-Related Training, Social Capital, and Earnings

(with Stephan L. Thomsen and Insa Weilage)

Economics of Education Review, 72, 166-186, 2019.

Cultural Biases in Migration: Estimating Non-Monetary Migration Costs
(with Oliver Falck and Alfred Lameli)

Papers in Regional Science, 97(2), 411-438, 2018.

Economic Gains from Educational Reform by U.S. States
(with Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann)

Journal of Human Capital, 11(4), 447-486, 2017.

It Pays to Improve School Quality
(with Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann)

Education Next, 16(3), 52-60, 2016.

Does Early Educational Tracking Increase Migrant-Native Achievement Gaps? Differences-In-Differences Evidence Across Countries
(with Guido Schwerdt)

Economics of Education Review, 52, 134-154, 2016.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' Benefits—Revisiting Intergenerational Conflict in OECD Countries
(with Tim Krieger)

Public Choice, 157(1-2), 115-143, 2013.

Work-Related Training and Subjective Well-Being: Estimating the Effect of Training Participation on Satisfaction, Worries, and Health in Germany
(with Stephan L. Thomsen and Insa Weilage)

In: Schrader J., Ioannidou A., Blossfeld HP. (eds), Monetäre und nicht monetäre Erträge der Weiterbildung. Edition ZfE. Vol. 7. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 107-144, 2020.