Publications
Application Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
(with Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer & Frauke Peter)
Journal of the European Economic Association, conditionally accepted | Download
Winner of a CIDER Public Science Award 2022
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 | Link Download Working Paper (2021)
Skill Mismatch and the Costs of Job Displacement
(with Ljubica Nedelkoska & Frank Neffke)
Research Policy 53(2), Article 104933, 2024| Link
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 | Link
Returns to ICT Skills
(with Oliver Falck & Alexandra Heimisch-Roecker)
Research Policy 50(7), Article 104064, 2021 | Link
International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills
(with Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose & Miguel Flores)
Journal of the European Economic Association 19(2), 1249–1298, 2021 | Link
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 | Link
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) | Link
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 | Link
Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills
(with Eric A. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt & Ludger Woessmann)
Economics Letters 153, 15-19, 2017 | Link
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 | Link
Team Building and Hidden Costs of Control
(with Gerhard Riener)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 123, 01-18, 2016 | Link
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 | Link
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 | Link
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects In Groups
(with Gerhard Riener)
Economics Letters 120, 408-412, 2013 | Link