Research

Working Papers

“When Institutions Interact: How the Effects of Unemployment Insurance are Shaped by Retirement Policies” (Updated October 2023)
Matthew Gudgeon, Pablo Guzman, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle and Han Ye.
NBER Working Paper 31807

IAB Kurzbericht: "Geschlechtsspezifische Arbeitsmarktwirkung der Covid-19-Pandemie"
Hannah Illing, Michael Oberfichtner, Nico Pestel, Johannes Schmieder and Simon Trenkle

"The Long-Term Impact of Job Displacement in Germany During the 1982 Recession on Earnings, Income, and Employment"
Johannes Schmieder, Till von Wachter and Stefan Bender
Featured in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 31, 2009 

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Work in Progress

"Job Search, Unemployment Insurance and Active Labor Market Programs"
Thomas Le Barbanchon, Johannes F.  Schmieder and Andrea Weber
in preparation for Handbook of Labor Economics, 5th edition

“Domestic Outsourcing in the United States”
David Dorn, Johannes F. Schmieder, Jim Spletzer and Lee Tucker

“The Effects of Franchising on Workers: Evidence from the United States”
Rosemary Batt, Andrew Green, Savannah Kochinke and Johannes F. Schmieder

“Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies using a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design”
Daniel Heuermann, Johannes F. Schmieder and Philipp vom Berge.

"Do Employment Dynamics Explain the Black-White Earnings Gap?
The Dual Roles of the Wage and Separation Gaps"
Adrien Bilal, Savannah Kochinke, Johannes F. Schmieder and Lily Seitelman

Publications

"The Effects of UI Caseworkers on Job Search Effort"
Amelie Schiprowski, Julia Schmidtke, Johannes Schmieder, and Simon Trenkle.
American Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming.

“The Gender Gap in Earnings Losses after Job Displacement” (Updated July 2023)
Hannah Illing, Johannes F. Schmieder and Simon Trenkle. Web Appendix.
Journal of the European Economic Association,  Accepted.
Also available as NBER Working Paper 29251

"The Costs of Job Displacement over the Business Cycle and Its Sources: Evidence from Germany"
Johannes Schmieder, Till von Wachter, Joerg Heining. Web Appendix
American Economic Review, 2023, Volume 113, No. 5, Pages 1208-1254.

"Establishment Age and Wages"
Johannes Schmieder
Journal of Econometrics,  2023, Volume 233, Issue 2, Pages 424-442.

"Inequality and Income Dynamics in Germany" (Handelsblatt Artikel: Link)
Moritz Drechsel-Grau, Andreas Peichl, Johannes Schmieder, Kai D. Schmid, Hannes Walz and Stefanie Wolter
Quantitative Economics, 2022, Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 1593-1635.
Part of the The Global Repository of Income Dynamics (GRID) Project

“Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany”
Stefano DellaVigna, Joerg Heining, Johannes F. Schmieder, Simon Trenkle. Web Appendix
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 137, Issue 2, May 2022, Pages 1181–1232.  https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab039

"Disincentive Effects of Unemployment Benefits and the Role of Caseworkers"
Johannes F. Schmieder and Simon Trenkle. Web Appendix
Journal of Public Economics, 2020, Volume 182.

“Optimal Income Taxation with Unemployment and Wage Responses: A Sufficient Statistics Approach”
Kroft, Kory, Kavan Kucko, Etienne Lehmann, and Johannes F. Schmieder. Web Appendix
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12 (1): 254-92. 

"The Effect of Infrastructure on Worker Mobility: Evidence from High-Speed Rail Expansion in Germany"
Daniel F. Heuermann and Johannes F. Schmieder.
Journal of Economic Geography, 2019, Volume 19, Issue 2, 335–372. 

"A Context-robust Measure of the Disincentive Cost of Unemployment Insurance"
Johannes F. Schmieder and Till von Wachter
American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 2017, Vol. 5, 343-348

"The Rise of Domestic Outsourcing and the Evolution of the German Wage Structure"
Deborah Goldschmidt and Johannes F. Schmieder, Web Appendix
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, Vol 132, No. 3: 1165-1217.
Article on Domestic Outsourcing in "Wirtschafts Woche"

"Reference-Dependent Job Search: Evidence from Hungary"
Stefano DellaVigna, Attila Lindner, Balazs Reizer, Johannes F. Schmieder, Web Appendix
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, Vol 132, No. 4: 1969-2018.

"Identifying Couples in Administrative Data"
Deborah Goldschmidt, Wolfram Klosterhuber, and Johannes F. Schmieder
available as FDZ-Methodenreport 09/2014,
Journal for Labor Market Research, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 1: 29-43.

“The Effects of Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence and Interpretation”
Johannes F. Schmieder and Till von Wachter
Annual Review of Economics, 2016, Vol. 8: 547–581, Web Appendix 

"The Effect of Unemployment Benefits and Nonemployment Durations on Wages"
Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter and Stefan Bender.  Web Appendix
American Economic Review, 2016, Vol. 106, No. 3: 739-77

"Does the Use of Worker Flows Improve the Analysis of Establishment Turnover: Evidence from German Administrative Data"
Tanja Hethey-Maier and Johannes F. Schmieder
Schmollers Jahrbuch - Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2013, Vol. 133, No. 4.: 477-510
earlier version is available as: FDZ Methodenreport, 2010

“The Longterm Effects of Unemployment Insurance Extensions on Employment”
Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter, and Stefan Bender
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2012, Vol. 102, No. 3: 520-525

"The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates over 20 Years"
Johannes F. Schmieder, Till von Wachter and Stefan Bender
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, Vol 127, No. 2: 701-752
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"Does Wage Persistence Matter for Employment Fluctuations? Evidence from Displaced Workers"
Johannes F. Schmieder and Till von Wachter
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, Lead Article, Vol. 2, No. 3: 1-21

"Air Pollution and Infant Health: Lessons from New Jersey"
Janet Currie, Matthew Neidell, and Johannes F. Schmieder
Journal of Health Economics, 2009, Vol. 28, No 3: 688-703

"Fetal Exposures to Toxic Releases and Infant Health"
Janet Currie and Johannes F. Schmieder, Web Appendix
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 2009, Vol. 99, No 2: 177-183

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