Research
Articles in Refereed Journals
Culture and the Labor Supply of Female Immigrants, Economic Inquiry (forthcoming), 2022. With Julia Bredtmann.
Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom, Student Achievement, and Social Integration, Education Economics, 2021, 29(2), 121-142. With Julia Bredtmann and Christina Vonnahme. (Ruhr Economic Papers No. 783)
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Role Attitudes: Evidence from Immigrant Mothers-in-Law, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, 101-115. With Julia Bredtmann and Lisa Höckel. (IZA DP No. 13533)
Linguistic Distance, Networks and Migrants' Regional Location Choice, Labour Economics, 2020, 65. With Julia Bredtmann and Klaus Nowotny. (CReAM DP No. 12/17)
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Evidence from Microdata for Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55(7), 1455-1476. With Julia Bredtmann and Fernanda Martínez Flores. (CReAM DP No. 27/16)
Husband's Unemployment and Wife's Labor Supply – The Added Worker Effect across Europe, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2018, 71(5), 1201–1231. With Julia Bredtmann and Christian Rulff. (IZA DP No. 11087)
The Effect of Gender Equality on International Soccer Performance, International Journal of Sport Finance, 2016, 11(4), 288–309. With Julia Bredtmann and Carsten J. Crede. (Ruhr Economic Papers No. 501)
Linguistic Barriers in the Destination Language Acquisition of Immigrants, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 105, 30–50. With Ingo E. Isphording. (IZA DP No. 8090)
Getting What (Employers Think) You’re Worth – Evidence on the Gender Gap in Entry Wages among University Graduates, International Journal of Manpower, 2014, 35(3), 291–305. With Julia Bredtmann. (Ruhr Economic Papers No. 218)
The Costs of Babylon – Linguistic Distance in Applied Economics, Review of International Economics, 2013, 21(2), 354–369. With Ingo E. Isphording. (Ruhr Economic Papers No. 337)
Methods for Evaluating Educational Programs – Does Writing Center Participation Affect Student Achievement?, Evaluation and Program Planning, 2013, 36(1), 115–123. With Julia Bredtmann and Carsten J. Crede. (Ruhr Economic Papers No. 275)
Migration – Chancen für die Gewinnung von Fachkräften in der Pflegewirtschaft, Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz, 2013, 56(8), 1119–1126. With Grit Braeseke, Meiko Merda, Thomas K. Bauer, Magdalena A. Stroka and Anna E. Talmann.
Discussion Papers
Natives' Gender Norms and the Labor Market Integration of Female Immigrants, 2022. With Julia Bredtmann.
Local Property Taxation and the Rental Housing Market, 2020. With Thomas K. Bauer, Julia Bredtmann and Christian Rulff.
Monographs
Europe's Trust Deficit: Causes and Remedies, Monitoring International Integration 1, CEPR Press: London, 2017. With Christian Dustmann, Barry Eichengreen, André Sapir, Guido Tabellini and Gylfi Zoega.
Der Einfluss linguistischer Diversität innerhalb von Schulklassen auf den Bildungserfolg von Schülern mit deutscher und nichtdeutscher Muttersprache, RWI Materialien 106, RWI: Essen, 2016. With Julia Bredtmann and Christina Vonnahme.
Die Auswirkungen von Familienarbeit auf die Arbeitsmarktpartizipation, das (Alters-)Einkommen und die Gesundheit von Frauen: Eine empirische Analyse, RWI Materialien 102, RWI: Essen, 2016. With Thomas K. Bauer, Florian Beyer, Julia Bredtmann, Julia Piel, Katja Sabisch and Magdalena Stroka.
Language and Cultural Barriers in Labor Markets and International Factor Mobility, Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum: Bochum, 2013.
Schreiben in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften, UTB/Schöningh: Stuttgart, 2011. With Anika Limburg.
Other Publications
The responsiveness of wives' labour supply to their husband's job loss, VoxEU, 2017. With Julia Bredtmann and Christian Rulff.
Populism and trust in Europe, VoxEU, 2017. With Christian Dustmann, Barry Eichengreen, André Sapir, Guido Tabellini and Gylfi Zoega.
Olympic medals: Does the past predict the future?, Significance, 2016, 13(3), 22–25. With Julia Bredtmann and Carsten J. Crede.
Determinanten der Einstiegsgehälter von Hochschulabsolventen – Eine empirische Analyse, WiSt – Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 2015, 44(8), 442–448. With Julia Bredtmann and Katharina Lindenbaum.
How Sports Will Be Played, Watched and Secured by 2028: The Olympic Medal Map, ESPN The Magazine, The Anniversary Issue, May 13, 2013. With Julia Bredtmann and Carsten J. Crede.
Der Aufbau wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Studienarbeiten. Fünf typische Arbeiten – fünf typische Gliederungen, WiSt – Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 2013, 42(3), 157–160. With Anika Limburg.
How to predict Olympic medal totals, CNN World, 2012. With Julia Bredtmann and Carsten J. Crede.
Es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt. Die unterschiedlichen Typen von Literaturquellen und Möglichkeiten zur Beurteilung ihrer Qualität, WiSt – Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, 2012, 41(11), 615–618. With Anika Limburg.
Work in Progress
Language and Cultural Barriers in International Factor Movements.
The Effect of Language Deficiency on Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes in Germany (with Ingo E. Isphording and Mathias Sinning).
The Impact of Immigration on Regions and Workers (with Christian Dustmann, Uta Schönberg and Jan Stuhler).
Xenophobic Attacks and Local Labor Markets (with Julia Bredtmann, Michael Kvasnicka and David Zuchowski).
Retired Projects
The Role of Source- and Host-Country Characteristics in Female Immigrant Labor Supply, MPRA Paper No. 44544, 2015. With Julia Bredtmann.