Individualism and the Formation of Human Capital
(with Katharina Hartinger, Sven Resnjanskij & Jens Ruhose)
Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming | Most recent version Working Paper (2021)
Winner of the Best Paper Award by the Economics of Education Association (AEDE)
Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
(with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer & Frauke Peter)
Journal of the European Economic Association 23(3), 1133–1172, 2025 | Published article Working Paper
Winner of a CIDER Public Science Award 2022
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)
The World Economy 48, 300-322, 2025| Published article Working Paper
Does Information about Inequality and Discrimination in Early Child Care Affect Policy Preferences?
(with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch & Guido Schwerdt)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 228, Article 106780, 2024 | Published article Working Paper
Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects
(with Sven Resnjanskij, Jens Ruhose, Ludger Woessmann & Katharina Wedel)
Journal of Political Economy 132(3), 971-1012, 2024 | Published article Most recent version Working Paper (2021)
Skill Mismatch and the Costs of Job Displacement
(with Ljubica Nedelkoska & Frank Neffke)
Research Policy 53(2), Article 104933, 2024| Published article Working Paper
Males Should Mail? Gender Discrimination in Access to Childcare
(with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Fabian Mierisch & Frauke Peter)
AEA Papers and Proceedings 113 (May), 427-431, 2023 | Published article
Returns to ICT Skills
(with Oliver Falck & Alexandra Heimisch-Roecker)
Research Policy 50(7), Article 104064, 2021 | Published article Working Paper
International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
(with Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose & Miguel Flores)
Journal of the European Economic Association 19(2), 1249–1298, 2021 | Published article Working Paper
Winner of the CESifo Young Affiliate Award
The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Students Performance
(with Eric A. Hanushek & Marc Piopiunik)
Journal of Human Resources 54(4), 857-899, 2019 | Published article Working Paper
Africa's Skill Tragedy: Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?
(with Jan Bietenbeck & Marc Piopiunik)
Journal of Human Resources 53(3), 553-578, 2018 (lead article) | Published article Working Paper
Winner of the ifo Research Award 2019
Skills, Earnings, and Employment: Exploring Causality in the Estimation of Returns to Skills
(with Franziska Hampf & Ludger Woessmann)
Large Scale Assessments in Education 5(12), 2017 | Published article
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
(with Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt & Ludger Woessmann)
Economics Letters 153, 15-19, 2017 | Published article Working Paper
Does the Technological Content of Government Demand Matter for Private R&D? Evidence from US States
(with Viktor Slavtchev)
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 8(2), 45-84, 2016 | Published article Working Paper
Team Building and Hidden Costs of Control
(with Gerhard Riener)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 123, 01-18, 2016 | Published article Working Paper
Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC
(with Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt & Ludger Woessmann)
European Economic Review 73(C), 103-130, 2015 | Published article Working Paper
Winner of the European Economic Review Best Paper Award
How Can Skill Mismatch Be Measured? New Approaches With PIAAC
(with Anja Perry & Daniela Ackermann-Piek)
methods data analyses - Journal for Quantitative Methods and Survey Methodology 8(2), 137-174, 2014 | Published article
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects In Groups
(with Gerhard Riener)
Economics Letters 120, 408-412, 2013 | Published article Working Paper