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Research and policy consulting projects
Research and policy consulting projects
I have conducted several research and policy consulting projects for leading institutions such as the OECD, European Commission or various federal ministries in Germany and Luxembourg.
Research grant funded by the Centre of Competence for Data Science and Simulation (DSS) at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
Research grant funded by the Centre of Competence for Data Science and Simulation (DSS) at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
Period: 3/2025– 12/2025
Topic: "Vision Transformer Model for AI-Related Company Classification"
Research grant funded by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Research grant funded by the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
Period: 01/2025 – 12/2026
Topic: "Firm Innovation, Skills and Productivity (INSKILL)"
Research project for the Luxembourg Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy
Research project for the Luxembourg Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy
Period: 06/2023 – 12/2023
Research grant funded by the European Commission.
Research grant funded by the European Commission.
Period: 1/2024– 12/2026
Topic: "Skills for Labour Markets in the Green and Digital Transition (SkilLMeeT)"
Research grant funded by the Centre of Competence for Data Science and Simulation (DSS) at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
Research grant funded by the Centre of Competence for Data Science and Simulation (DSS) at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
Period: 5/2023– 12/2023
Topic: "AI and Research: Exploiting the Possibilities of GPT models for Empirical Research"
Research grant funded by the Deutsche Post Foundation.
Research grant funded by the Deutsche Post Foundation.
Period: 9/2020– 2/2022
Topic: "Has COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation on the labor market?"
Data: We will be using the second wave of the IAB-ZEW-Labor Market 4.0-Establishment Survey (BIZA) and enrich the data base by financial data from the Bureau van Dijk.
Research grant funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS).
Period: 2/2021– 2/2024
Topic: "Labor Market Impacts of Covid-19 in the Digital Transformation"
Data: The IZA is conducting the second wave of the IAB-ZEW-Labor Market 4.0-Establishment Survey (BIZA) together with the IAB and ZEW; more information (German), see here.
Results: Digitalisierung in der Covid-19-Pandemie Corona hat den digitalen Graben zwischen den Betrieben vertieft. (joint with Melanie Arntz, Michael Böhm, Georg Graetz, Jan Moritz Johanning, Florian Lehmer, Cäcilia Lipowski, Britta Matthes and Nick Niers), IAB Kurzbericht 4, 2023.
Research project for the social media platform XING, operated by New Work SE, completed.
Period: 12/2018-05/2019
Report: "Die Grenzen zwischen Arbeit und Freizeit verschwimmen in beide Richtungen"
Results presented at "New Work Experience" in Hamburg.
Press: Süddeutsche Zeitung
Research project for the Minimum Wage Commission, operated by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA),completed.
Research project for the Minimum Wage Commission, operated by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA),completed.
Period: 01/2019-01/2020
Report: "MLK 010 - Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit" (joint with Nico Pestel, Holger Bonin, Ingo Isphording, Marco Caliendo), 2020.
Research project for the European Commission, completed.
Period: 11/2017-04/2018
Report: "The impact of Technological innovation on the Future of Work" (joint with Melanie Arntz, Maarten Goos, Ulrich Zierahn, Stephanie Carretero Gómez, Ignacio González Vázquez and Koen Jonkers), 2019, JRC Technical Report.
Research grant funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Research grant funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Period: 4/2017 – 12/2022
Report: “Digitalisierung und Wandel der Beschäftigung (DiWaBe) - Eine Datengrundlage für die interdisziplinäre Sozialpolitikforschung" (joint work with Arntz, Melanie, Katharina Dengler, Ralf Dorau, Matthias Hartwig, Robert Helmrich, Florian Lehmer, Britta Matthes, Anita Tisch, Sascha Wischniewski and Ulrich Zierahn), 2020, ZEW-Dokumentation, no 20-02.
Research grant funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Period: 11/2016-09/2021
Research grant funded by the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg , completed.
Period: 4/2006- 4/2019
Research output: “Minimum Wages and Solo Self-Employment” (joint with Angelika Ganserer, Simona Murmann and Ulrich Zierahn), in revision. (updated Januar 2024)
Research project for the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), completed.
Period: 03/2016 - 08/2016
Report: “Tätigkeitswandel und Weiterbildungsbedarf in der digitalen Transformation’’ (joint with Melanie Arntz, Simon Jansen and Ulrich Zierahn), 2016.
Results entered the work process at the German Industry 4.0 platform, see also: "Die digitale Transformation im Betrieb gestalten – Beispiele und Handlungs empfehlungen für Aus und Weiterbildung".
Research project for the Robotics Coordination Action for Europe (RockEU), completed.
Research project for the Robotics Coordination Action for Europe (RockEU), completed.
Period: 02/2016 - 05/2016
Report: “Robotics and Employment - Consequences of Robotics and Technological Change for the Structure and Level of Employment” (joint with Melanie Arntz and Ulrich Zierahn), 2016.
Research project for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), completed.
Research project for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), completed.
Period: 10/2015 - 02/2016
Report: “The Risk of Automation for Jobs in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis", OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No. 189, Paris” (joint with Melanie Arntz and Ulrich Zierahn), 2016, revised version published as “Revisiting the Risk of Automation” in Economics Letters.
Press: The Economist, New York Times, The Sidney Morning Herald, Die Welt, Handelsblatt, EurActiv, Deutschlandfunk Nova, Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, KURIER, OECD Policy Brief, Robonomics, Berliner Zeitung, American Enterprise Institute, ZEW News.
Research grant funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Development (BMBF), completed.
Research grant funded by the Federal Ministry for Research and Development (BMBF), completed.
Period: 08/2015 - 07/2017
Report: "Digitalisierung und die Zukunft der Arbeit: Makroökonomische Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit und Löhne von morgen" (with joint with Melanie Arntz and Ulrich Zierahn), 2018.
Data: We conducted the first wave of the IAB-ZEW-Labor Market 4.0-Establishment Survey (BIZA); studies based on the data see here, Data access see here.
Press: Spiegel-Online, ZEW News
Research project for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Research project for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Report: “Übertragung der Studie von Frey/Osborne (2013) auf Deutschland” (joint with Holger Bonin and Ulrich Zierahn).
Press: FAZ, Focus, ZEW News.
Research grant funded by the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg , completed.
Period: 04/2013 - 09/2014
Research output: “Racing With or Against the Machine? Evidence on the Role of Trade in Europe” (joint with Anna Salomons and Ulrich Zierahn), 2022, Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.
Press: The Economist, Makronom, Bloomberg, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Robotonomics, Industry 4.0 Magazin, Die Presse, Kronenzeitung .
Research grant funded by the ZEW Sponsors' Association for Science and Practice, completed.
Period: 10/2011 - 04/2012
Research output: “When the Minimum Wage Really Bites Hard: The Negative Spillover Effect on High-Skilled Workers" (joint with Ulrich Zierahn), 2022, Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming.
Press: Ökonomenstimme; ZEW News
Research grant funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, completed.
Period: 09/2011 - 12/2013
Research output: “Demographic Ageing and the Polarization of Regions - An Exploratory Space-Time Analysis” (joint with Roberto Patuelli), 2015, Environment and Planning A, 47, 1192-1210.
“Demographic Change and Regional Innovation” (joint with Melanie Arntz), earlier version published as ZEW Discussion paper No 14-050.
Press: ZEW News
Research project for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Research project for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Period: 09/2011 - 12/2013
Report: "Beschäftigungssituation Älterer im Dachdeckergewerbe" (joint with Bodo Aretz and Holger Bonin), 2012 .
Research project for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Research project for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), completed.
Period: 12/2011 - 8/2011
Report: “ZEW-Studie zu den Wirkungen eines Mindestlohns in der Dachdeckerwirtschaft” (joint with Bodo Aretz, Melanie Arntz, Sandra Gottschalk, Michaela Niefert, Christian Rammer, Helmut Schröder and Holger Schütz), 2011.
Research output: "The Minimum Wage in the Roofing Sector: Impact on Employment, Worker Protection and Competition” (joint with Bodo Aretz, Melanie Arntz and Christian Rammer), 2012, Journal for Labour Market Research, 45 (3), 233-256.
"The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector” (joint with Bodo Aretz and Melanie Arntz), 2013, German Economic Review, 14 (3), 282-315.
Research grant funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Period: 11/2008 - 01/2011
Topic: "Potentials for the flexibization of regional labour markets. An empirical study on the consequences of regional mobility"
Research output: “Selektive Arbeitskräftemobilität in Deutschland: Beschäftigungschancen sind wichtiger als der Lohn” (joint with Melanie Arntz and Florian Lehmer), 2012, IAB-Kurzbericht, 13, 1-8.
“Can Regional Employment Disparities Explain the Allocation of Human Capital Across Space?” (joint with Melanie Arntz and Florian Lehmer), 2014, Regional Studies, 48 (10), 1719-1738.
Press: ZEW Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen.
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