Current position
2024/03 – present Professor (W2) of Quantitative Methods in Economics, RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Campus Landau
Editorial positions and affiliations
2025/02 – present Editor, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
Academic journal published by De Gruyter, Berlin; role: one of several editors, managing the peer review process and deciding about the publication of manuscripts
2024/04 – present Research Affiliate, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics
Network of former colleagues and friends of the house
2024/03 – present Follow, CESifo Research Network, Munich
Joint research network of the Center of Economic Studies at the University of Munich and the ifo Institute, participation in workshops and publication of working papers
2019/10 – present Research Affiliate, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
Global research network for labor economists, workshop participation and publication of working papers
Honors and accolades
2019/10 – present Research Affiliate, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
Global research network for labor economists, workshop participation and publication of working papers
2024 International Visiting Follow, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Funding for a one-month research stay at the Centre for Health Economics, competitive selection process based on research proposals
2022/12 Schwarz-Schütte Publication Award
Awarded for the best publications of a non-tenured researcher at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics in the year 2022
2022/10 Keynote Speaker, 1st NGE Autumn Workshop
Next Generation Economists Network, University of Hohenheim
2022/03 – 2023/05 Participation in the Academic Career Development Program
Selective interdisciplinary mentioning and workshop program at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2021/12 I mentored the winning team at the YES! – Young Economic Solutions
YES is a nationwide project to engage high school students in economic research, organized by the ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel
2019/10 NEPS Publication Award 2019
Awarded for an outstanding publication using the German National Education Panel Study, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg
Past positions
2024/01 – 2024/02 Acting Professor of Quantitative Methods in Economics, RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
2018/03 – 2023/12 Post-doctoral researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2021/10 – 2022/03 Acting Professor of Applied Microeconomics, University of Konstanz
2018/12 – 2019/07 Acting Professor of Applied Microeconomics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2016/04 – 2018/03 Research assistant Department of Economics, Paderborn University
2012/04 – 2018/03 Research and teaching assistant, Department of Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen
2009/01 – 2012/04 Student assistant, among others: RWI Essen and Chair of Public Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Education
2012/04 – 2018/03 Dr. rer. pol., University of Duisburg-Essen
Supervisors: Hendrik Schmitz, Paderborn University, and Martin Karlsson, University of Duisburg-Essen, grade: Summa cum laude
2010/10 – 2012/03 Master of Science in Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen
2007/10 – 2010/09 Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Research stays
2024/01 ifo Institute, Munich, Germany
Sponsor: Ludger Woessmann, ifo Center of the Economics of Education
2019/07 The University of Sydney, Australia
Sponsor: Deborah Cobb-Clark, School of Economics
2016/11 – 2016/12 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Sponsor: Sonja de New, Centre for Health Economics
2016/08 Lund University, Sweden
Sponsor: Therese Nilsson, Department of Economics
2015/12 – 2016/03 Lund University, Sweden
Sponsor: Therese Nilsson, Department of Economics
2015/01 – 2015/03 Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK
Sponsor: Sarah Cattan, Education & Skills Research Area
Invited talks and conferences
2024 ifo Institute (Munich)
2023 University of Hagen, International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (Catanzaro, Italy)
2022 TU Dortmund University, University of Konstanz, University of Koblenz-Landau, University of Siegen, Dresden University of Technology, CESifo Venice Summer Institute (Venice, Italy), Bank of Italy Human Capital Workshop (Rome, Italy), Oslo Educational Resources and Student Performance Workshop (Oslo, Norway), TU Dortmund/LIfBi Economics of Education Workshop (Bamberg)
2021 Thurgau Economic Institute (Kreuzlingen, Switzerland), Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (Bamberg), ESPE (Copenhagen, Denmark), IZA/ECONtribute Human Capital Workshop (Bonn), M-BEES & M-BEPS (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Virtual IAREP-SABE, EALE (Padova, Italy)
2020 DIW Berlin, University of Potsdam, EALE-SOLE-AASLE World Conference (Berlin), IZA/ECONtribute Human Capital Workshop (Bonn), UCD Behavioural Economics and Self-Control Workshop (Dublin, UK)
2019 The University of Sydney, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Chemnitz University of Technology, EEA (Manchester, UK), IAREP-SABE (Dublin, UK)
2018 SOLE (Toronto, Canada), EEA (Cologne), Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (Lorne, Australia), Nordic Health Economists' Study Group Meeting (Troms{\o}, Norway)
2017 Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, EPSE (Glasgow, UK), EALE (St.\ Gallen, Switzerland), Essen Health Conference
2016 Melbourne Institute (University of Melbourne), Centre for Health Economics (Monash University, Melbourne), Lund University, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (Stockholm)
2015 Centre for Economic Performance (London School of Economics), Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, EEA (Mannheim), ESPE (Izmir, Turkey)
2014 EALE (Ljubljana, Slovenia), International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (Catanzaro, Italy)
2013 EEA (Gothenburg, Sweden), EALE (Turin, Italy), ESPE (Aarhus, Denmark), International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education (Catanzaro, Italy)
Third-party funding
Competitive scholarships
2018/04 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) travel grant to attend a conference in Australia
2015/01 – 2015/03 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship for a research visit at Lund University
Other scholarships and travel grants
2017 German Economic Association travel grant
2016 ERASMUS+ travel grant
2015 German Economic Association travel grant
2013 German Economic Association travel grant
Service to the profession (selection)
Leadership Head of the Business and Economics Group in Landau
The Group consists of four professors, about ten researchers in total
Reviewing (selection) Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (twice), Journal of Applied Econometrics (twice), Journal of Population Economics, Economics of Education Review (five times), Labour Economics (twice), Health Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (six times), Economics and Human Biology (twice), Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters (twice), Education Economics
Data Successful proposal to implement the module "Self-control" into the 2020 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study Innovation Sample
Seminar organization Co-organizer, Research Seminar, DICE Düsseldorf, Winter term 2018/2019 to Summer term 2021
Recruiting European Job Market hiring committee (twice), professorship selection panels (several)
Working conditions Committee for new postdoc guidelines, HHU Düsseldorf
Further training
2025/06 Mental Health First Aid training, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit
2024/02 Mental Clarity and Decision-Making for Academics, 2 days, Dickerson et al.
2022/12 How to start a research group, 2 days, Schiller & Mertens
2022/10 Financing research projects, 2 days, HHU Düsseldorf
2022/06 Intermediate leadership, 2 days, Impulsplus
2022/05 Stakeholder communication in science, 2 days, city2science
2022/04 Strategic planning of research careers, 2 days, Scholz CTC
2021/04 Social media seminar, 2 days, NaWik
2020/11 E-learning program on science communication and popular writing, 7 units, including a graded final paper, NaWik
2020/11 Career toolkit for researchers, 3 days, Schiller & Mertens
2019/11 Introduction to science communication, 2 days, Wissenschaft im Dialog
Summer schools on research methods
2018/12 Topics in Applied Econometrics, Thomas Cornelissen, 3 days, RGS Mini Lecture, Essen
2016/05 Machine Learning in Econometrics, Victor Chernozhukov, 2 days, cemmap Masterclass, London
2016/04 Economics of Education, David Jaeger, 3 days, RGS Mini Lecture, Essen
2015/06 Applied Nonparametric Econometrics, Jeffrey Racine, 5 days, cemmap Masterclass, London
2015/06 Data Visualization & Health Econometrics, Kiell Salvanes and Andrew Jones, 7 days, CINCH Academy, Essen
2015/03 Public Policy in an Uncertain World: Analysis and Decisions, Charles Manski, 2 days, cemmap and PEPA Masterclass, London
2014/05 Non-Parametric Estimation and Discrete Choice Modeling, Michael Lechner and William Green, 7 days, CINCH Academy, Essen
2014/04 Quantile Regression, Bernd Fitzenberger, 3 days, RSG Mini Lecture, Essen