Policy Contributions and Publications in Non-Refereed Journals

Working from Home

• Working from Home in 2025: Five Key Facts, EconPol Policy Brief 73, CESifo, Munich, 2025.

(with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis and Pablo Zarate), April 2025.

Featured in The Economist, Der Standard, Deutschlandfunk, MDR, News.at,  ntv, stern, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Welt am Sonntag, WirtschaftsWoche, Zeit online,                                  Augsburger Allgemeine

• Working from Home Around the Globe: 2023 Report 

(with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis and Pablo Zarate), EconPol Policy Brief 53, CESifo, Munich, 2023.

  Featured in The Economist

• Wie wirken sich Homeoffice und steigende Wohnkostenbelastung auf die Wohnortwahl aus? Evidenz aus einer großangelegten Umfrage in Deutschland

(with Max Lay), ifo Schnelldienst, 76 (2), 37-42, 2023.

Featured in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel, Handelsblatt, Zeit Online, N-TV

• Working from Home Around the World

(with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis and Pablo Zarate), EconPol Forum 23 (6), CESifo, Munich, 2022.

Featured in Bloomberg

Real Estate Market

• Warum sind Mietregulierungen so beliebt? (with Paul Schüle and Lisa Windsteiger), ifo Schnelldienst, 78(6), 51-55, 2025

Featured in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

• Big Data Based Economic Insights: How Do Taxation and Regulation Affect the Real Estate Market? 

(with David Gstrein, Carla Krolage and Florian Neumeier), EconPol Forum 23 (6), CESifo, Munich, 2022 .

• Entwicklungen am Berliner Immobilienmarkt ein Jahr nach dem Mietendeckel

(with Daniela Arlia, Clemens Fuest, David Gstrein, Carla Krolage and Florian Neumeier), ifo Schnelldienst, 75(4), 50-55, 2022.

Featured in Bloomberg, Business Insider, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Spiegel, Wirtschaftswoche

• Ein Jahr Mietendeckel – Wie hat sich der Berliner Immobilienmarkt entwickelt?

(with Clemens Fuest, Florian Neumeier and Daniel Stöhlker), ifo Schnelldienst, 74 (3), 26-29, 2021.

• Wie beeinflusst die Corona-Pandemie die Wohnortpräferenzen? Evidenz aus einer großangelegten Umfrage in Deutschland 

(with Jan-Carl Mehles), ifo Schnelldienst, 74 (8), 27-31, 2021.

Featured in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Zeit Online, WirtschaftsWoche, Deutschlandfunk

• Ökonomische Effekte des Berliner Mietendeckels 

(with Clemens Fuest, Carla Krolage, Florian Neumeier and Daniel Stöhlker), ifo Schnelldienst, 73 (3), 33-38, 2020.

Fiscal Policy, Taxation, Social Protection 

• Zur Reform der Transferentzugsraten und Verbesserung der Erwerbsanreize                 (with Andreas Peichl, Holger Bonin, Holger Stichnoth, Felix Bierbrauer, Maximilian Blömer, Emanuel Hansen, Michael Hebsaker, Sarah Necker, Manuel Pannier, Boyan Petkov and Lisa Windsteiger), Forschungsbericht

• Income and Tax Burden of the Middle Class in Europe

(with Florian Dorn, David Gstrein and Max Lay), EconPol Forum 24(4), 67-72, 2023.

• The Role of Income Support Systems as Income Stabilizers in Times of Crisis

(with Max Lay), EconPol Policy Brief 52, 2023.

• Minimum Income Support Systems as Elements of Crisis Resilience in Europe

(with Werner Eichhorst, Holger Bonin, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Paul Marx and Max Lay), Research Report 615 on behalf of Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, 2023.

• Are the current "automatic stabilisers" in the Euro Area Member States sufficient to smooth economic cycles?

(with Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl and Felix Schleef), Research Report on behalf of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, 2019.

• The Nature of Shocks and Their Absorption Channels

(with Cinzia Alcidi, Clemens Fuest, Carla Krolage and Florian Neumeier), EconPol Policy Report 3 , 2017.

• Automatic Stabilizers in the Eurozone: Analysis of their Effectiveness at the Member State and Euro Area Level and in International Comparison  

(with Clemens Fuest, Jan Kock, Andreas Peichl, Nils Wehrhöfer and Christian Wittneben), Research Report on behalf of Federal Ministry of Finance, 2014.

• A Challenge for the G20: Globally Stipulated Debt Brakes and Transnational Independent Fiscal Supervisory Councils 

(with Andreas Peichl and Klaus F. Zimmermann), Intereconomics, 47 (1), 31-38, 2012.

• The Effects of the Recent Economic Crisis on Social Protection and Labour Market Arrangements across Socio-Demographic Groups  

(with Gaetano Basso, Werner Eichhorst, Thomas Leoni and Andreas Peichl), Intereconomics, 47 (4), 217-223, 2012.

• Social Protection as an Automatic Stabilizer  

(with Clemens Fuest and Andreas Peichl), IZA Policy Paper No. 18, 2010.

European Integration

• Wie kann der soziale Zusammenhalt in Europa gestärkt werden? Ergebnisse aus einem Umfrageexperiment in neun EU-Mitgliedsstaaten                                                        (with Lisa Windsteiger), ifo Schnelldienst, 77 (5), 11-14, 2024. 

• New Evidence on the Effects of EU Regional Policy

       (with Julia Bachtrögler-Unger, Carla Krolage, Paul Schüle, Hannes Taubenböck and Matthias Weigand), EconPol Forum 25 (1), CESifo, Munich, 2024

• The Recovery and Resilience Facility: A Springboard for a Renaissance of Public Investments in Europe? 

(with Francesco Corti, Daniel Gros, Tomas Ruiz, Alessandro Liscai, Tamas Kiss-Galfalvi, David Gstrein, Elena Herold), EconPol Forum 23 (6), CESifo, Munich, 2022 .

• Evaluation der EU-Regionalpolitik anhand von Satellitendaten 

(with Julia Bachtrögler-Unger, Paul Schüle, Hannes Taubenböck and Matthias Weigand), ifo Schnelldienst, 74 (6), 40-45, 2021.

• Incentivising Structural Reforms in Europe? A Blueprint for the European Commission’s Reform Support Programme   

(with Clemens Fuest, Carla Krolage, Florian Neumeier and Daniel Stöhlker), Intereconomics, 54 (1), 42-46, 2019.

• An Unemployment Re-Insurance Scheme for the Eurozone? Stabilizing and Redistributive Effects  

EconPol Policy Report 10 , 2019.

• Auf dem Weg zur Sozialunion?  

(with Andreas Peichl), ifo Schnelldienst, 72 (10), 8-11, 2019.

• Chances and Risks of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme 

ZEW policy brief No. 7, 2016.

• A Basic Unemployment Insurance Scheme for the Euro Area  

(with Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann and Andreas Peichl), CESifo DICE Report 1/2016.

• Fiscal Integration in the Eurozone: Economic Effects of Two Key Scenarios 

(with Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann and Andreas Peichl), in: John Ryan Verlag Peter Lang, Bern, 171-205, 2015.

• An Unemployment Insurance Scheme for the Euro Area 

(with Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Martin Ungerer), Research Report on behalf of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, 2014.

Social Cohesion and Fairness views

• Gerechtigkeitsempfinden in Deutschland

(with Julia Baarck, Kai Unzicker and Lisa Windsteiger), Bertelsmann Stiftung (Hrsg.), 2022.

• Covid-19, Trust and Solidarity in the EU 

(with Cevat Aksoy, Antonio Cabrales, Ruben Durante and Lisa Windsteiger), EconPol Policy Report 27 , 2020.

Institutions across the World

• Discrimination of Sexual Minorities in Emerging Markets: Can the Needle Be Moved?

    (with Cevat Aksoy, Christopher Carpenter, Ralph De Haas and Lisa Windsteiger), EconPol Forum, 24 (3), 41-43, 2023.  

• Wohlstand für Alle? Gemeinsame Betrachtung von Wachstum und Ungleichheit in Deutschland und Europa 

(with May Lay, Sarah Necker, Andreas Peichl and Ann-Christin Rathje), ifo Schnelldienst, 75 (10), 47-52, 2022.