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I work with the Finance, Competition, and Investment Global Department at the World Bank.
I am J-PAL invited researcher, Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR),
and a Lecturer in Economics at Heidelberg University,
where I am affiliated to the Chair International and Development Politics and to the Experimental Economics Group.
My work is in the field of Applied Microeconomics, in particular on Development Economics (with a focus on rigorous impact evaluations), Political Economy, and Economics of Crime. Moreover, I am interested in studying research ethics.
You can find my CV here: HERE .
POLICY/ PRogram EVALUATIONS
POLICY/ PRogram EVALUATIONS
I have designed and conducted numerous impact evaluations (incl. training; data collections) among others in Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Montenegro, Sudan, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Romania.
I have been working with implementing partners such as EC (DG-REGIO, DG GROW), UNICEF, UNDP, FAO, ACTED, ILO, NRSP, the World Bank, 3ie, the Green Climate Fund, and governments in the respective countries.
Some of the work resulted in academic research...
Research
Research
My work has been published in American Political Science Review, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of International Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, The World Bank Research Observer, and World Development.
Published
Sanctions, Sales, and Stigma: Intermediary Online Firms’ Market Role in Sustaining Trade (M. Kaiser, K. Kis-Katos, and L. Reher). forthcoming at Journal of International Economics.
Cost and benefits of climate change policies: Evidence from an RCT and extreme flooding in Pakistan (with M. Frölich). Journal of the European Economic Association; Volume 23, Issue 5, October 2025, Pages 1950–2002. DOI
Changing Business Practices of Micro and Small Enterprises Evidence from an RCT with 12 Financial Service Providers (with M. Frölich and S. Helmsmüller) Journal of Development Studies (Link)
Research Standards in Empirical Development Economics: What's Well Begun, is Half Done (with M. Frölich), World Development. 2020. DOI
Underconfidence and the Use of Persuasive Messages in the Attainment of Savings Goals (with A. Bohne and M. Frölich), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 2019. DOI
Long-Term Evidence of Retrospective Voting: A Natural Experiment from the German Democratic Republic. European Economic Review, 103, April 2018. DOI
Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes toward Immigration (with T. Siedler) Scandinavian Journal of Economics, April 2017. DOI
International Interventions to Build Social Capital: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Sudan (with M. Gilligan) American Political Science Review, 2015, 109 (03), 427–449. DOI. awarded: African Politics Conference Group Best Article in African Politics published in 2015 (issued by the American Political Science Association)
Measuring Violent Conflict in Micro-level Surveys: Current Practices and Methodological Challenges (with T. Brück, P. Justino, P. Verwimp, and A. Tedesco), The World Bank Research Observer, 2015. Link.
ONGOING
ONGOING
Renewable Energy Investments: Micro-Finance Support for Small Businesses and Micro Enterprises in Pakistan (with D. Müller, M. Frölich)
Renewable Energy Investments: Pan-European RCT (with N. Kala, F. Campos, L. Iacovone, R. Martin, J. Salhab)
Matching Firms and Scientists: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (with N. Kala, R. Chandy, F. Campos, L. Iacovone)
Foundational Digitalization: Evidence from a Large-Scale RCT in Romania (with S. Anderson, R. Chandy, L. Marc, L. Iacovone, J. Balbuena)
Psychological Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Germany (with L. Behaghel, E. Duflo, A. Ette, K. Spiess, A. Obminski, Y. Hazard, N. Ruesch, A. Moldavski)
The Freedom of Others: On Behavioral Responses to Mass-Releases from Prison in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
The Power of Faith: Effects of an Imam-led Information Campaign on Labor Supply and Social Interactions‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19724. CEPR Press (with J Gärtner, M Gillaizeau, G Karbala, L Montenbruck, G Montresor, A Pasha and G Zudenkova).
The Impact of Climate Change on Risk Aversion and Mitigation Behavior: Evidence from Germany (with O. Eryilmaz) CEPR Working Paper DP16266 Media: VOX, UN's PreventionWeb
How informed is consent? Evidence from a field experiment (with M. Stelter); CEPR Working Paper 16988 or directly HERE
available upon request:
How important are Firm Visits for High School Students? Evidence from a Randomized-Control Trial
Improving Adolescents' Lives in South Asia - Multi-Country Impact Evaluation in Pakistan and India. Endline reports completed. Call
Refereeing
American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, European Economic Review, Economic Journal, Public Choice, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Policy
Policy
See the work on Ukraine's private sector: https://documents.worldbank.org/pt/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099121623102526502
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