Published and forthcoming papers:

Cygan-Rehm, K. (forthcoming). Lifetime Consequences of Lost Instructional Time in the Classroom: Evidence from Shortened School Years. Journal of Labor Economics. DOI: 10.1086/736549

Collischon, M., Cygan-Rehm, K., and Riphahn, R. T. (2025). Subsidized small jobs and maternal labor market outcomes in the long run. Socio-Economic Review (online first). DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwaf012.

Cygan-Rehm, K., and Karbownik, K. (2022). The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health. Journal of Health Economics, 83, 102612. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102612.

Cygan-Rehm K. (2022). Are there no wage returns to compulsory schooling in Germany? A reassessment. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 37(1), 218-223. DOI: 10.1002/jae.2854. Online Appendix and replication material.

Collischon M., Cygan-Rehm K., and Riphahn, R. T. (2021). Employment effects of payroll tax subsidies. Small Business Economics, 57(3), 1201-1219. 

Cygan-Rehm K., Kuehnle, D., and Riphahn, R. T. (2018).  Paid parental leave and families’ living arrangements. Labour Economics, 53, 182-197.

Cygan-Rehm K. and Wunder, Ch.  (2018).  Do working hours affect health?  Evidence from statutory workweek regulations in Germany. Labour Economics, 53, 162-171.

Cygan-Rehm K. (2018).  Estimating the effect of early-childhood citizenship on education using policy changes as instruments. Applied Economics Letters, 25(20), 1426-1431.

Cygan-Rehm K., Kuehnle, D., and Oberfichtner, M. (2017).  Bounding the causal effect of unemployment on mental health−nonparametric evidence from four countries. Health Economics, 26(12), 1844-1861.

Cygan-Rehm, K. (2016).  Parental leave benefit and differential fertility responses: Evidence from a German reform. Journal of Population Economics, 29(1), 73-103.

Cygan-Rehm, K. (2014). Immigrant fertility in Germany: the role of culture. Schmollers Jahrbuch - Journal of Applied Science Studies, 134(3), 305-340.

Cygan-Rehm, K., and Riphahn, R. T. (2014).  Teenage pregnancies and births in Germany:  patterns and developments. Applied Economics, 46(28), 3503-3522.

Cygan-Rehm, K. (2014).  Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf die Fertilität−Zum Stand der Kenntnis. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (1), 145-162 (in German).

Cygan-Rehm, K., and Maeder, M. (2013).  The effect of education on fertility:  evidence from a compulsory schooling reform. Labour Economics, 25, 35-48.

Discussion papers:

School Starting Age and the Gender Pay Gap over the Life Cycle (with Matthias Westphal, LIfBi WP No. 118)

Timing of School Entry and Personality Traits in Adulthood (with Anton Barabasch and Andreas Leibing, IZA DP No. 17387)

Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom: Evidence from shortened school years (IZA DP No. 17253)

Is additional schooling worthless? Revising the zero returns to compulsory schooling in Germany (CESifo Working Paper No. 7191)