Research interests

Applied Microeconomics with applications in

– Health and Labour Economics 

– Behavioural Economics

PUBLISHED AND ACCEPTED PAPERS

“Reservation wages and labour supply” (with Heiner Schumacher, Bettina Siflinger, and Franziska Valder), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 194, 583-607, 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.12.031 

“Entry decisions and asymmetric competition between non-profit and for-profit homes in the long-term care market” (with Iris Grant and Jo Van Biesebroeck), International Economic Review, Vol. 63(2), 631-670, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12544 

“Money or meaning? Labor supply responses to work meaning of employed and unemployed individuals” (with Heiner Schumacher, Stefan Schwarz, and Bettina Siflinger), European Economic Review, Vol. 137(C), 103786, 1-26, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103786

“International differences in interspousal health correlations” (with James Banks and James Smith), Health Economics, Vol. 30(5), 1152-1177, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4253 

“The long-term effect of unbalanced sex ratios caused by WWII on fertility - A life cycle perspective” (with Bettina Siflinger, James Smith, and Carina Steckenleiter), European Economic Review, Vol. 130, 103581, 1-22, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103581 

“Market size and competition: a ‘hump-shaped’ result” (with Heiner Schumacher, Jo Van Biesebroeck, and Iris Grant), International Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 70, 1-11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2020.102605 

“Early life circumstances predict measures of trust among adults” (with James Smith, Joachim Winter, and Maximiliane Hörl), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 122(1), 280-305, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12329 

“Historic sex-ratio imbalances predict female participation in the market for politicians” (with Iris Grant, Carina Steckenleiter and Joachim Winter), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 156, 144- 165, 2018. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2896584 

“One, two, many: insensitivity to group size in games with concentrated benefits and dispersed costs“(with Heiner Schumacher, Michael Kosfeld, and Joachim Winter), earlier versions circulated as “Us and them: distributional preferences in small and large groups”, Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 83(3), 1346-1377, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdw043 

“Student characteristics, professional preferences, and admission to medical school“ (with Heiner Schumacher, Joachim Winter, Martin Fischer, and Matthias Holzer), GMS Journal for Medical Education, Vol. 34(1), 2017. https://dx.doi.org/10.3205/zma001082 

“The role of outcome forecasts in patients’ treatment decisions: Evidence from a survey experiment on knee replacement surgery” (with Francis G. Caro, Alison S. Gottlieb, Susanne Hoffman, and Joachim Winter), Health Services Research, Vol. 51(1), 302-313, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12311 

“Professional norms and physician behavior: homo oeconomicus or homo hippocraticus?” (with Heiner Schumacher and Joachim Winter), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 131(C), 1-11, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.08.009

“Individual behavior as a pathway between early-life shocks and adult health: evidence from hunger episodes in post-war Germany” (with Bettina Siflinger, James P. Smith, and Joachim K. Winter), Economic Journal, Vol 125(588), F372-F393, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12281 

“The effects of World War II on economic and health outcomes across Europe” (with Bettina Siflinger, James Smith, and Joachim Winter), The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 96(1), 103-118, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00353 

“On the use of information in oligopolistic insurance markets” (with Heiner Schumacher), Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 81(1), 159-175, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6975.2012.01490.x 

“Contributions of second opinions, outcome forecasts, and testimonials to patient decisions about knee replacement surgery” (with Francis G. Caro, Alison S. Gottlieb, Susanne Hoffman, and Joachim Winter), Medical Decision Making, Vol 34(5), 603-614, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X14527796 

“Financial constraints and foreign direct investment: Firm-level evidence” (with Claudia Buch, Alexander Lipponer, and Monika Schnitzer), Review of World Economics, Vol. 150(2), 393-420, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-013-0184-z   

“Suit the action to the word, the word to the action: Hypothetical choices and real decisions in Medicare Part D” (with Florian Heiss, Daniel McFadden, and Joachim Winter), Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 32(6), 1313-1324, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.11.006 

“Who is afraid of political risk? Multinational firms and their choice of capital structure” (with Monika Schnitzer), Journal of International Economics, Vol. 82(2), 208-218, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2010.07.005 

INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS

“In good and bad times – associations between spousal health and assortative matching on early-life factors in Europe” (with Bettina Siflinger and James P. Smith), in Routledge Handbook on the Economics of Ageing edited by Bloom, D., Sousa-Posa, A., Sunde, U, New York, Routledge. 

“Provider behavior in health and long-term care markets – the role of altruism and non-profit motives” (with Marjolein van Damme), Public Health Forum, Vol. 30(3), 158-160, 2022. 

WORK IN PROGRESS

“It’s all about the meaning: work meaning, job flexibility, and the gender wage gap” (with Thimo De Schouwer), KU Leuven Working Paper Series, DPS 2204, 2022, revision requested at the Journal of Labor Economics. 

“Reciprocity and the interaction of the caseworker and the unemployed” (with Gerard van den Berg, Gerrit Müller, and Bettina Siflinger), CESifo Working Paper Series 7947, 2019, revision requested at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 

“Relationship stability: evidence from labor and marriage markets” (with Bettina Siflinger and Franziska Valder), revision requested at the Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 

“Intra-household labor supply - Introducing flexibility” (with Liebrecht De Sadeleer, Frederic Vermeulen, and Alexander Wintzeus).

“Cash or care: insights from the German long-term care market” (with Andre Romahn, Johannes Van Biesebroeck, and Marjolein Van Damme). 

“Work meaning and fair wages” (with Thimo De Schouwer, Elisabeth Gsottbauer, and Heiner Schumacher). 

“In sickness and in health: the role of assortative matching for spousal health dynamics” (with Edoardo Ciscato, Isadora Mathevet, and Bettina Siflinger). 

“Spousal health correlation and long-term care use in Europe” (with Isadora Mathevet, and Bettina Siflinger).

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

“Steigert sinnstiftende Arbeit die Bereitschaft zum Lohnverzicht?” (with Heiner Schumacher, Bettina Siflinger, Stefan Schwarz), IAB Forum, 2020. https://www.iab-forum.de/steigert-sinnstiftende-arbeit-die-bereitschaft-zum-lohnverzicht/ 

“Zinvol werk - en goedkope oplossing voor de arbeidsmarkt?” (with Heiner Schumacher, Bettina Siflinger, Stefan Schwarz), Leuvense Economische Standpunten, 2020/179, 2020. 

“Insensitivity to group size when benefits for a few are traded off against costs for many” (with Heiner Schumacher, Michael Kosfeld, Joachim Winter), VOX, CEPR Policy Portal, Jul. 06, 2016.

“Politisches Risiko und die Kapitalstruktur multinationaler Unternehmen” (with Monika Schnitzer), Ökonomenstimme, Feb. 23, 2011.

“Finanzierungsbedingungen und Internationalisierung von Unternehmen” (with Claudia Buch, Alexander Lipponer, and Monika Schnitzer), Ökonomenstimme, Aug. 16, 2010.

“Determinants, reasons and effects of offshoring on the employment and the economic structure in Germany” (with Claudia Buch, Monika Schnitzer, Christian Arndt, Anselm Mattes, Christian Muggele, and Harald Strotmann), Report commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economics, 2007.