Political Economy & State Intervention

Committing to Grow: Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany, (joint with Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp and Nicolas Serrano-Velarde), NBER Working Paper 31645.

[Research Brief] Media Coverage: ZEW News

Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament, (joint with Laura Pohlan and Andrea Weber)

[Summary] [IWH DP] [IZA DP]

The Place-Based Effects of Police Stations on Crime: Evidence from Station Closures, (joint with Sebastian Blesse)

Journal of Public Economics, Volume 207, March 2022.

[EconPol Forum] [German Summary] [ifo Schnelldienst] [WP SVR] [WP ZEW] [Data & Code] [Online Appendix] Media coverage: WirtschaftsWoche, The SundayPost, Mannheimer Morgen, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Badische Zeitung, ZEWNews

Labor Economics & Digitization

Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany, (joint with Nicole Gürtzgen, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg)

European Economic Review, Volume 132, February 2021.

[WP IFAU] [Code] [Online Appendix] Media coverage: IAB Forum, ZEWNews

The Internet Effects on Sex Crime Offenses - Evidence from the German Broadband Internet Expansion

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 165, September 2019, Pages 82-99.

[WP] [Data & Code]

The Gender Reveal: The Effect of Sons on Young Fathers' Criminal Behavior and Labor Market Activities, (joint with Kabir Dasgupta, Tom Kirchmaier and Alexander Plum)

Labour Economics, Volume 78, October 2022. Winner of the New Zealand Economic Policy Prize Award 2021.

Does Low-Pay Persist across Different Regimes? Evidence from German Unification, (joint with Nicole Gürtzgen)

The Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, Volume 28, April 2020, Pages 413–440.

[Estimation Tables]

Economics of Education

Preferred Field of Study and Academic Performance, (joint with Francesco Berlingieri and Maresa Sprietsma)

Economics of Education Review, Volumne 95, August 2023.