Research

Publications

“Raising the bar: minimum wages and employers’ hiring standards” (2022). (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(2): 91-124) [accepted version]

Using the introduction of the statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 as a quasi experiment I find that the hiring standard of affected employers increases relative to unaffected ones.

“Motivating Gig Workers – Evidence from a Field Experiment” (2022), with Roberto González Amor, Patrick Kampkötter and Dirk Sliwka. (Labour Economics, 75: 102105) [accepted version]

We test whether gig workers work more and sloppier when a fixed component replaces part of normally commission-based pay. While they do neither on average, there is heterogeneity by intrinsic motivation.

“The effect of employment protection on firms' worker selection” (Forthcoming), with Jan Sauermann. (Journal of Human Resources) [accepted version]

Exploiting a 2001 reform of Sweden's employment protection we find that firms for which firing is made easier become less selective in their hiring than firms for which nothing changes.

Research in progress

Hiring discrimination along the life cycle, with Louis-Pierre Lepage and Jan Sauermann
Firms' information about labor market conditions, with Mattis Gilbert, Roland Rathelot, Marina Schwab and Andreas Steinmayr