Current Research

Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?
(with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch & Guido Schwerdt)
CESifo Working Paper #10925, 2024 | Download
R&R Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization


Why Is the Roy-Borjas Model Unable to Predict International Migrant Selection on Education? Evidence from Urban and Rural Mexico
(with Stefan Leopold & Jens Ruhose)
CESifo Working Paper #10588, 2023 | Download


Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
(with Eric A. Hanushek, Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden & Stan Vermeulen)
NBER Working Paper #31186, 2023 | Link (restricted access) Download


Discrimination in Universal Social Programs? A Nationwide Field Experiment on Access to Child Care
(with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch & Frauke Peter)
CESifo Working Paper #10368, 2023 (updated: March 2024) | Download


The Value of Early-Career Skills
(with Christina Langer)
CESifo Working Paper #10288, 2023 | Download 


Do Role Models Matter in Large Classes? New Evidence on Gender Match Effects in Higher Education
(with Stephan Maurer & Guido Schwerdt)
CESifo Working Paper #10208, 2023 | Download


Early Child Care and Labor Supply of Lower-SES Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(with Henning Hermes, Marina Krauss, Philipp Lergetporer & Frauke Peter)
CESifo Working Paper #10178, 2022 (updated: April 2024) | Download


Individualism, Human Capital Formation, and Labor Market Success
(with Katharina Hartinger, Sven Resnjanskij & Jens Ruhose)
CESifo Working Paper #9391, 2021 | Download
Winner of the Best Paper Award by the Economics of Education Association (AEDE)
R&R Journal of the European Economic Association


The Effects of Graduating from High School in a Recession: College Investments, Skill Formation, and Labor-Market Outcomes
(with Franziska Hampf & Marc Piopiunik)
CESifo Working Paper #8252, 2020 | Download