Published and forthcoming papers:
Cygan-Rehm, K. and Westphal, M. (forthcoming). School starting age and the gender pay gap over the life cycle. Journal of Applied Econometrics.
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
Barabasch, A., Cygan-Rehm, K., and Leibing, A. (2026). Timing of school entry and personality traits in adulthood. European Economic Review, 183, 105236. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105236
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, 23(3) 1193-1223. 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. DOI: 10.1007/s11187-020-00344-w
Cygan-Rehm K., Kuehnle, D., and Riphahn, R. T. (2018). Paid parental leave and families’ living arrangements. Labour Economics, 53, 182-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2018.05.008
Cygan-Rehm K. and Wunder, Ch. (2018). Do working hours affect health? Evidence from statutory workweek regulations in Germany. Labour Economics, 53, 162-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2018.05.003
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. DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1430303
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. DOI: 10.1002/hec.3510
Cygan-Rehm, K. (2016). Parental leave benefit and differential fertility responses: Evidence from a German reform. Journal of Population Economics, 29(1), 73-103. DOI: 10.1007/s00148-015-0562-z
Cygan-Rehm, K. (2014). Immigrant fertility in Germany: the role of culture. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 134(3), 305-340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.134.3.305
Cygan-Rehm, K., and Riphahn, R. T. (2014). Teenage pregnancies and births in Germany: patterns and developments. Applied Economics, 46(28), 3503-3522. DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2014.932045
Cygan-Rehm, K. (2014). Wirkungen des Elterngeldes auf die Fertilität−Zum Stand der Kenntnis. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 83 (1), 145-162 (in German). DOI: 10.3790/vjh.83.1.145
Cygan-Rehm, K., and Maeder, M. (2013). The effect of education on fertility: evidence from a compulsory schooling reform. Labour Economics, 25, 35-48. DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.015
Discussion papers:
The Untold Story of Internal Migration in Germany: Life-cycle Patterns, Developments, and the Role of Education (with Anton Barabasch, Guido Heineck, and Sebastian Vogler, IZA DP No. 17948).