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Working Papers

2024

1. The Double Dividend of Attention-Releasing Policies
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
2. The Double Dividend of Nudges
   Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition

2023

3. Für einen besseren Datenzugang im Bereich Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialversicherung. Stellungnahme aus dem Verein für Socialpolitik
   RatSWD Working Papers, German Data Forum (RatSWD)
4. Which Occupations Do Unemployed Workers Target? Insights from Online Job Search Profiles
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2022

5. Do Job Seekers Understand the UI Benefit System (And Does It Matter)?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
6. The Direct and Indirect Effects of Online Job Search Advice
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2019

7. Passive Choices and Cognitive Spillovers
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2018

8. Defaults and donations: Evidence from a field experiment
   DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) View citations (4)
   Also in VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2015)
   Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2014) View citations (12)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (12)
   Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich (2015)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (12)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2014) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Defaults and Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2019) View citations (31) (2019)

2017

9. Deadlines and Cognitive Limitations
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (3)

2016

10. Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany
    VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (1)
    Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar (2015) View citations (35)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015) View citations (40)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (37)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Learning about job search: A field experiment with job seekers in Germany, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (53) (2018)

2015

11. Incentives and Information as Driving Forces of Default Effects
    Discussion Paper Series of SFB/TR 15 Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems, Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Bonn, University of Mannheim, University of Munich View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (18)

2012

12. Nudges at the Dentist
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2012) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Nudges at the dentist, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2014) View citations (72) (2014)

2011

13. Equity and Efficiency in Multi-Worker Firms: Insights from Experimental Economics
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2010

14. Implicit Contracts, Unemployment, and Labor Market Segmentation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2009

15. Eingeschränkt rationales Verhalten: Evidenz und wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen
    IZA Standpunkte, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
16. Gift Exchange and Workers' Fairness Concerns - When Equality Is Unfair
    Discussion Papers, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Gift Exchange and Workers' Fairness Concerns: When Equality is Unfair, Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press (2010) View citations (117) (2010)

2008

17. Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multi-Stage Elimination Tournaments
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multistage Elimination Tournaments, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (66) (2012)

2007

18. Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Do the reciprocal trust less?, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2008) View citations (54) (2008)

2006

19. Reciprocity and Payment Schemes: When Equality Is Unfair
    Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Communicating through Defaults
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (1), 256-268

2022

2. Deadlines and Memory Limitations
   Management Science, 2022, 68, (9), 6733-6750 View citations (4)
3. Interventions and Cognitive Spillovers
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (5), 2293-2328 View citations (14)

2019

4. Defaults and Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101, (5), 808-826 View citations (31)
   See also Working Paper Defaults and donations: Evidence from a field experiment, DICE Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2018

5. Learning about job search: A field experiment with job seekers in Germany
   Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 164, (C), 33-49 View citations (53)
   See also Working Paper Learning about Job Search: A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany, VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2014

6. Contractual Incompleteness, Unemployment, and Labour Market Segmentation
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81, (1), 30-56 View citations (22)
7. Nudges at the dentist
   European Economic Review, 2014, 72, (C), 19-38 View citations (72)
   See also Working Paper Nudges at the Dentist, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2012

8. Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multistage Elimination Tournaments
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30, (1), 149 - 174 View citations (66)
   See also Working Paper Promotions and Incentives: The Case of Multi-Stage Elimination Tournaments, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (5) (2008)

2010

9. Gift Exchange and Workers' Fairness Concerns: When Equality is Unfair
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8, (6), 1299-1324 View citations (117)
   See also Working Paper Gift Exchange and Workers' Fairness Concerns - When Equality Is Unfair, Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2008

10. Do the reciprocal trust less?
    Economics Letters, 2008, 99, (3), 454-457 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Do the Reciprocal Trust Less?, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (11) (2007)

Edited books

2016

1. Inside the Firm: Contributions to Personnel Economics
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

2011

2. Inside the Firm: Contributions to Personnel Economics
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (6)