Research
Research
The Evolution of Child-Related Gender Inequality in Germany and The Role of Family Policies, 1960-2018, with Ulrich Glogowsky, Dominik Sachs, and Holger Lüthen. European Economic Review 175: 105018 (2025).
[Published version] [CESifo Working paper] [CEPR Discussion paper] [CRC TRR 190 Discussion paper] [VoxEU column]Pareto-Improving Tax Reforms and the Earned Income Tax Credit, with Felix Bierbrauer and Pierre Boyer, Econometrica 91 (3): 1077-1103 (2023).
[Published version] [Online appendix] [Working paper] [Replication package] [VoxEU column]Political Competition with Endogenous Party Formation and Citizen Activists, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 14 (3): 35-75 (2022).
[Published version] [Online appendix] [Working paper]Optimal Income Taxation with Labor Supply Responses at Two Margins: When is an Earned Income Tax Credit Optimal?, Journal of Public Economics 195, 104365 (2021).
[Published version] [Online appendix] [Working paper]How Effective Are Social Distancing Policies? Evidence on the Fight against COVID-19 from Germany, with Ulrich Glogowsky and Simeon Schächtele, PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257363 (2021).
[Published version] [Online appendix] [Working paper]Political Selection and the Optimal Concentration of Political Power, with Andreas Grunewald and Gert Pönitzsch, Economic Theory 70, 273-311 (2020).
[Published version]Designing Redistribution with Endogenous Transfer Take-Up, with Spencer Bastani and Manuel Pannier
The Impact of Parental Leave Benefits on Pre-Birth Earnings, with Ulrich Glogowsky, Amelie Grosenick, Leonie Koch, Andreas Peichl, and Dominik Sachs
A Reform-oriented Approach to Political Parties’ Revealed Social Preferences, with Felix Bierbrauer, Maximilian Blömer, Lilly Fischer, Manuel Pannier, and Andreas Peichl
Self-Financing Tax Cuts Around the World: New Theoretical Results and Applications to 33 Countries, with Daniel Weishaar
On the Political Economy of the Income Tax Threshold, with Pierre Boyer and Anasuya Raj
Zur Reform der Transferentzugsraten und Verbesserung der Erwerbsanreize (report on reform options for the transfer system, prepared for the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs), with Andreas Peichl, Holger Bonin, Holger Stichnoth, Felix Bierbrauer, Maximilian Blömer, Mathias Dolls, Michael Hebsaker, Sarah Necker, Manuel Pannier, Boyan Petkov, Lisa Windsteiger.
Die Ausgestaltung des Transferentzugs in der Interdependenz mit dem Bürgergeld, der Kindergrundsicherung und dem Wohngeld (report on the interdependencies of German transfers programs and reform options, prepared for the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action), with Maximilian Blömer and Andreas Peichl.