Parental Leave, (In)formal Child-care and Long-term Child Outcome with Natalia Danzer, Nicole Schneeweis, and Martina Zweimüller, forthcoming in Journal of Human Resources, last update in August 2020: [article] [paper]

Grandmothers' Labor Supply with Wolfgang Frimmel, Bernhard Schmidpeter, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, forthcoming in Journal of Human Resources, last update in June 2020: [article] [paper]

Cutting Fertility? The Effect of Cesarean Deliveries on Subsequent Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply with Harald Mayr, Gerald J. Pruckner, and Pilar Garcia-Gomez, forthcoming in Journal of Health Economics, last update in February 2020: [article] [paper] [slides] [tweet]

Economic Origins of Cultural Norms: The Case of Animal Husbandry and Bastardy with Christoph Eder, forthcoming in European Economic Review, 2020, 125; last update January 2020: [paper] [slides]

The Effect of Prenatal Maternity Leave on Short and Long-term Child Outcomes with Alexander Ahammer and Nicole Schneweeis, forthcoming in Journal of Health Economics, last update in October 2019: [paper] [slides]

Job Displacement, Family Dynamics and Spousal Labor Supply, with Julia Schmieder and Andrea Weber, forthcoming in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, last update in July 2019: [paper] [slides]; media: VOXEU.org

The Intergenerational Causal Effect of Tax Evasion: Evidence from the Commuter Tax Allowance in Austria, with Wolfgang Frimmel and Jörg Paetzold, forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association, last update in April 2018: [article][paper]

Immigration and Voting for the Far Right, with Alexander F. Wagner and Josef Zweimüller, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15(6), 1341–1385. [paper] [article] [web-appendix]; media: VOXEU.org

Cost Savings of Developmental Screenings: Evidence from a Nationwide Program, with Gerald J. Pruckner and Thomas Schober, Journal of Health Economics, 2016, vol. 49, 120–135. [paper] [article] [web-appendix]

Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries, with Mario Lackner and Johann Scharler, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118(2), 292–323, [paper] [article] [web-appendix]; media: The Newcastle Herald

Do Joint Custody Laws Improve Family Well-Being , IZA World of Labor, 2015, 147, [article]

The Effectiveness of Health Screening, with Franz Hackl, Michael Hummer and Gerald J. Pruckner, Health Economics, 2015, 24(8), 913-935, [paper] [article] [web-appendix] [executive summary in german]; media: Die Presse, Der Standard

Can Pro-Marriage Policies Work? An Analysis of Marginal Marriages, with Wolfgang Frimmel and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Demography, 2014, 51(4), 1357-1359, [paper] [article] [web-appendix]

Taxes and Benefits: Two Options to Cheat on the State, with Friedrich G. Schneider, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76(3), 411-431, [paper] [article] [web-appendix]; media: The Financial Times Undercover Economist

The Effect of Health on Earnings: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Commuting Accidents, with Martina Zweimüller, Labour Economics, 2013, 24(1), 23-38, [paper] [article]

Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data, with Wolfgang Frimmel and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176(4), 907-929, [paper] [article] [web-appendix]

Satisfaction with Democracy and Collective Action Problems: The Case of the Environment, with Friedrich G. Schneider and Alexander F. Wagner, Public Choice, 2013, 155(1-2), 109-137, [paper] [article] [web-appendix] [data & code] [predecessor paper]

The Effect of Joint Custody on Family Outcomes, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(2), 278–315, [paper] [article] [web-appendix] [data & code]; award: Young Labor Economist Prize; media: LAVOCE, VOXEU.org

Tax Morale and Compliance Behavior: First Evidence on a Causal Link, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Advances, 2012, 12(1), [paper] [article] [data & code]; media: The New Yorker

Volunteering and the State, with Franz Hackl and Gerald J. Pruckner, Public Choice, 2012, 151(3), 465–495, [paper] [article] [data & code]; media: VoxEU.org

Marriage, Divorce and Interstate Risk Sharing, with Johann Scharler, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2012, 114(1), 55–78, [paper] [article] [data & code]

An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale, with Mario Lackner and Friedrich G. Schneider, Kyklos, 2010, 62(1), 55–74;[paper] [article] [longer working paper version]

The Quality of Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy in Western Europe – A Panel Analysis, with Friedrich G. Schneider and Alexander F. Wagner, European Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 25(1), 30–41, [artic le]

Non-Compliance under a Negative Income Tax, with Friedrich G. Schneider, Economics Bulletin, 2008, 8(8), 1–3, [article]

Die EU-Zinsenrichtlinie: Ein Schuss in den Ofen? with Lars Gläser, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2008, 9(1), 83–101,[paper] [article]

Local Compensation Payments for Agri-Environmental Externalities – A Panel Data Analysis of Bargaining Outcomes, with Franz Hackl and Gerald J. Pruckner, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 34(3), 295–320, [article]

Volunteering and Income: The Fallacy of the Good Samaritan? with Franz Hackl and Gerald J. Pruckner, Kyklos, 2007, 60(1), 77–104, [paper] [article]; media: ORF, NZZ.

Unterhalt, Obsorge und Scheidungsanwälte: Eine ökonometrische Untersuchung der einvernehmlichen Scheidung in Österreich, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 141(4), 501–525, [paper] [article]