Research interests
Applied Microeconomics, especially Public Sector Economics.
Publications
The influence of economics education in school on future entrepreneurial behavior. Joint with Andranik Tumasjan (Mainz), Ines Rüter (Mainz), Larissa Zierow (ifo), and Ismail Ismail (LMU). Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, vol./no. tba, 2025.
The Big Sell: Privatizing East Germany's Economy. Journal of Public Economics, vol. 242, no. 105291, 2025. Joint with Moritz Hennicke and Moritz Lubczyk.
Grading Student Behavior. Labour Economics, vol. 90, no. 102570, 2024. Joint with Florian Schoner and Larissa Zierow.
The Gender Pay Gap in University Student Employment. Empirical Economics, vol. 63, 2022. Joint with Paul David Boll and Larissa Zierow.
The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism. Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 24 (2), 2020. Joint with Sascha O. Becker and Ludger Wößmann.
Public Employment Services under Decentralization: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. Journal of Public Economics, vol. 182 (2), 2020. Joint work with Michael Weber.
Fueling Fiscal Interactions: Commodity Price Shocks and Local Government Spending in Colombia. International Tax and Public Finance, vol. 24 (4), 2017. Joint work with Frank Fossen and Nicolas Pardo.
Working Papers / Under Review
Privatizations Spark Socialist Backlash: Evidence from East Germany’s Transformation. Joint work with Anselm Hager, Werner Krause, and Moritz Hennicke.
Moving out of the comfort zone: How cultural norms affect attitudes toward immigration. Joint with Yyonne Giesing, Björn Kauder, Niklas Potrafke, and Panu Poutvaara.
Work in Progress
Espionage-based knowledge flows and firm Outcomes. Joint with Albrecht Glitz (UPF Barcelona) and Adrian Lerche (IAB Nuremberg)
Publications Outside Economics and Other Work
Who heads the German ministries of education? A new dataset for the analysis of biographical characteristics of education ministers in the federal states, 1950–2020. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ZPol) – Journal of Political Science, 2023. Joint with Nathalie Irmert, Kaja Mummert, Rita Nikolai and Larissa Zierow.
The Relevance of the German Excellence Initiative for Inequality in University Funding. Higher Education Policy, 2021. Joint with Felix Winkelmayer.
Integrationsperspektiven von ukrainischen Geflüchteten im deutschen Schulsystem. ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, No. 08, 29-34. Joint with Katja Michlbauer.
Gleicht Schulbildung soziale Unterschiede aus? Wirtschaftsdienst, 2020, No. 100, 932-936. Joint with Johanna Raith and Larissa Zierow.