Julia Schmieder

I am a Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and a Research Affiliate at RFBerlin.

I am an applied microeconomist specializing in labor economics and related fields, including migration, demographic economics, health economics, and gender economics. I study the causes and consequences of fundamental shifts in the labor market, focusing on labor market differences between men and women, the determinants of migration decisions and the effects of migration, and the economics of long-term care provision.

You can find my CV here and my Google Scholar profile here. If you would like to get in touch, please email me at julia.schmieder[at]ovgu[dot]de.

Publications

Health of Parents, their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers (with Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, and Jörg Paetzold), Journal of Labor Economics, 43(3): 803–841, 2025.

Coverage: Brookings, Forbes

Fertility as a Driver of Maternal Employment, Labour Economics, 72: 102048, 2021.

Job Displacement, Family Dynamics, and Spousal Labor Supply (with Martin Halla and Andrea Weber), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(4): 253–287, 2020.

Coverage: VoxEU Column

Mortality in Midlife for Subgroups in Germany (with Peter Haan and Anna Hammerschmid), Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 14, 2019.

How Did EU Eastern Enlargement Affect Migrant Labor Supply in Austria? (with Andrea Weber), Focus on European Economic Integration, Q3-18, 113–121, 2018.

Work in progress

Parental Leave and Discrimination in the Labor Market (with Doris Weichselbaumer, Clara Welteke, and Katharina Wrohlich), IZA Discussion Paper No. 17451, 2024. [email us for a current draft] (Revise & Resubmit at the Journal of Human Resources)

Coverage: Die Presse

The Supply-Side Effect of Immigration on Prices: Evidence from Nursing Homes (with Peter Haan and Izabela Wnuk-Soares), RFBerlin Discussion Paper No. 224/26 [RF DP]. Short summary available at the CRC TRR 190 Coffee Break.

The Returns to International Migration in a Free Mobility Setting: Evidence from Austria and Germany (with Andrea Weber, David Card, Wolfgang Dauth, Wolfgang Frimmel, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer), NBER Working Paper No. 35774, 2026 [NBER WP] [RF DP].

Coverage: Die Presse

Free Mobility of Labor ‐ How are Neighboring Labor Markets Affected by the EU Eastern Enlargement (with Elisabeth Fidrmuc and Andrea Weber).

Policy work

Können ausländische Pflegekräfte Fachkräfteengpässe reduzieren? Erkenntnisse aus der Zuwanderung infolge der EU-Osterweiterung (with Peter Haan and Izabela Wnuk-Soares), ifo Schnelldienst, 78(11), 19–23, 2025.

Gender Pay Gap in a European Comparison: Positive Correlation between the Female Labor Force Participation Rate and the Gender Pay Gap (with Katharina Wrohlich), DIW Weekly Report 9, 2021. [German version]

Coverage: Der Spiegel, Deutschlandfunk, Deutsche Welle, CEWSjournal, Kununu

Gleichstellungspolitische Antworten auf die Arbeitsmarktwirkungen der COVID-19-Pandemie (with Katharina Wrohlich), Policy Report for the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), DIW Politikberatung kompakt 154, 2020.

Coverage: Handelsblatt, Tagesspiegel

Frauen in Corona-Krise stärker am Arbeitsmarkt betroffen als Männer (with Anna Hammerschmid and Katharina Wrohlich), DIW aktuell 42, 2020.

Corona-Krise erschwert Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie vor allem für Mütter - Erwerbstätige Eltern sollten entlastet werden (with Kai-Uwe Müller, Claire Samtleben, and Katharina Wrohlich), DIW Wochenbericht 19, 2020.

STEM Careers: Workshops Using Role Model Can Reduce Gender Stereotypes (with Katharina Drescher and Simone Häckl), DIW Weekly Report 13, 2020. [German version]

Todesfälle durch Suizid, Alkohol und Drogen sinken deutlich bei Männern und Frauen in Ost- und Westdeutschland (with Peter Haan, Anna Hammerschmid, and Robert Lindner), DIW Wochenbericht 7+8, 2019.

Coverage: Die Zeit, Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland

Lohn- und Beschäftigungseffekte der Zuwanderung nach Deutschland, DIW Roundup 90, 2016.

Other

Die privat bereitgestellte Pflege braucht sichere Rahmenbedingungen (with Peter Haan), op-ed article in DIE ZEIT, 2021.

Geschlechterstereotype von Schülerinnen und Schülern in Bezug auf MINT - Wie Workshops mit Rollenvorbildern Geschlechterstereotypen entgegenwirken können (with Katharina Drescher and Simone Häckl), schulmanagement 5, 2020.

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