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Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät (School of Business and Economics), Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (University of Tuebingen), (more information at EDIRC) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Using Post-Regularization Distribution Regression to Measure the Effects of a Minimum Wage on Hourly Wages, Hours Worked and Monthly Earnings
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2022

2. Using Distribution Regression Difference-in-Differences to Evaluate the Effects of a Minimum Wage Introduction on the Distribution of Hourly Wages and Hours Worked
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)

2021

3. A Convenient Representation of the Wealth Distribution and More Evidence on Homeownership and Wealth Inequality in Euro Area Countries
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
4. Why a Labour Market Boom Does Not Necessarily Bring Down Inequality: Putting Together Germany's Inequality Puzzle
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Why a labour market boom does not necessarily bring down inequality: putting together Germany's inequality puzzle, Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons (2022) (2022)

2020

5. Two-Stage Least Squares Random Forests with a Replication of Angrist and Evans (1998)
   VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (1)
6. Two-Stage Least Squares Random Forests with an Application to Angrist and Evans (1998)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Two-stage least squares random forests with an application to Angrist and Evans (1998), Economics Letters, Elsevier (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2019

7. Does More Math in High School Increase the Share of Female STEM Workers? Evidence from a Curriculum Reform
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2018

8. Econometrics and Income Inequality
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2018)
   See also Journal Article Econometrics and Income Inequality, Econometrics, MDPI (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
9. The Role of Hours Changes for the Increase in German Earnings Inequality
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article The Role of Hours Changes for the Increase in German Earnings Inequality, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter (2019) View citations (4) (2019)

2017

10. Changes in the German Wage Structure: Unions, Internationalization, Tasks, Firms, and Worker Characteristics
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
11. Early Tracking, Academic vs. Vocational Training and the Value of 'Second Chance' Options
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article Early tracking, academic vs. vocational training, and the value of ‘second-chance’ options, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
12. Rising Wage Inequality in Germany: Increasing Heterogeneity and Changing Selection into Full-Time Work
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2017) View citations (6)

2016

13. Life-Cycle Educational Choices: Evidence for Two German Cohorts
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
14. Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women: A Simultaneous Hazards Approach
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women – A Simultaneous Hazards Approach, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
15. Trends in the German Income Distribution: 2005/06 to 2010/11
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2016)
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2016)
    See also Journal Article Why Did Income Inequality in Germany Not Increase Further After 2005?, German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik (2019) View citations (19) (2019)

2013

16. A Goodness-of-Fit Approach to Estimating Equivalence Scales
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)

2012

17. Additive Decompositions with Interaction Effects
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
18. The Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Revisited: The Importance of Data and Methodological Choices
    NRN working papers, The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria View citations (3)
    Also in ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2012) View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article The Effectiveness of Public-Sponsored Training Revisited: The Importance of Data and Methodological Choices, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (97) (2014)

2011

19. A New Approach to Testing Marginal Productivity Theory
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2010

20. Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)

2008

21. Unemployment Persistence: Is There Evidence for Stigma Effects?
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Unemployment persistence: Is there evidence for stigma effects?, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2010) View citations (65) (2010)

2007

22. Which Program for Whom? Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Programs in Germany
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research View citations (78)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (79)

2006

23. Variance estimation for generalized entropy and Atkinson inequality indices: The complex survey data case
    German Stata Users' Group Meetings 2006, Stata Users Group View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Variance Estimation for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices: the Complex Survey Data Case*, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2006) View citations (34) (2006)

2005

24. Unemployment Duration and the Length of Entitlement Periods for Unemployment Benefits: Do the IAB Employment Subsample and the German Socio-Economic Panel Yield the Same Results?
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Unemployment duration and the length of entitlement periods for unemployment benefits: do the IAB employment subsample and the German Socio-Economic Panel yield the same results?*, AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, Springer (2005) View citations (23) (2005)

2004

25. Measuring State Dependence in Individual Poverty Status: Are There Feedback Effects to Employment Decisions and Household Composition?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (35)
    Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2004) View citations (35)

2003

26. Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices from Complex Survey Data
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations (9)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (7)
27. Estimation of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices from survey data
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations (7)
28. Who Are the Chronic Poor? Evidence on the Extent and the Composition of Chronic Poverty in Germany
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
    Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2003) View citations (19)

2002

29. Accounting for Poverty Differences between the United States, Great Britain, and Germany
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations (6)
    Also in ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2002) View citations (6)
30. The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations (9)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2002) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality, German Economic Review, De Gruyter (2005) View citations (25) (2005)
31. The covariance structure of east and west German incomes and its implications for the persistence of inequality and poverty
    10th International Conference on Panel Data, Berlin, July 5-6, 2002, International Conferences on Panel Data View citations (9)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Does more maths and natural sciences in high school increase the share of female STEM workers? Evidence from a curriculum reform
   Applied Economics, 2022, 54, (16), 1889-1911 View citations (3)
2. Why a labour market boom does not necessarily bring down inequality: putting together Germany's inequality puzzle
   Fiscal Studies, 2022, 43, (2), 121-149
   See also Working Paper Why a Labour Market Boom Does Not Necessarily Bring Down Inequality: Putting Together Germany's Inequality Puzzle, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2021

3. Two-stage least squares random forests with an application to Angrist and Evans (1998)
   Economics Letters, 2021, 204, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Two-Stage Least Squares Random Forests with an Application to Angrist and Evans (1998), IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
4. arhomme: An implementation of the Arellano and Bonhomme (2017) estimator for quantile regression with selection correction
   Stata Journal, 2021, 21, (3), 602-625 View citations (3)

2020

5. Counterfactual quantile decompositions with selection correction taking into account Huber/Melly (2015): An application to the German gender wage gap
   Labour Economics, 2020, 67, (C) View citations (10)
6. Early tracking, academic vs. vocational training, and the value of ‘second-chance’ options
   Labour Economics, 2020, 66, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Early Tracking, Academic vs. Vocational Training and the Value of 'Second Chance' Options, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) (2017)

2019

7. The Role of Hours Changes for the Increase in German Earnings Inequality
   Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2019, 239, (2), 277-304 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper The Role of Hours Changes for the Increase in German Earnings Inequality, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) (2018)
8. Unions, Internationalization, Tasks, Firms, and Worker Characteristics: A Detailed Decomposition Analysis of Rising Wage Inequality in Germany
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, (4), 461-498 View citations (29)
9. Why Did Income Inequality in Germany Not Increase Further After 2005?
   German Economic Review, 2019, 20, (4), 471-504 View citations (19)
   Also in German Economic Review, 2019, 20, (4), 471-504 (2019) View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Trends in the German Income Distribution: 2005/06 to 2010/11, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) (2016)

2018

10. Econometrics and Income Inequality
    Econometrics, 2018, 6, (4), 1-3 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Econometrics and Income Inequality, Post-Print (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
11. Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women – A Simultaneous Hazards Approach
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, 18, (2), 22 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women: A Simultaneous Hazards Approach, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
12. The role of employment interruptions and part-time work for the rise in wage inequality
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 7, (1), 1-34 View citations (31)

2017

13. Direct Estimation of Equivalence Scales and More Evidence on Independence of Base
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (5), 875-905 View citations (29)
14. Life-cycle educational choices in a system with early tracking and ‘second chance’ options
    Economics of Education Review, 2017, 56, (C), 80-94 View citations (30)

2014

15. A general decomposition formula with interaction effects
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (9), 636-642 View citations (20)
16. An empirical test of marginal productivity theory
    Applied Economics, 2014, 46, (9), 996-1020 View citations (3)
17. Poverty persistence and poverty dynamics
    IZA World of Labor, 2014, 103 View citations (7)
18. The Effectiveness of Public-Sponsored Training Revisited: The Importance of Data and Methodological Choices
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32, (4), 837 - 897 View citations (97)
    See also Working Paper The Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Revisited: The Importance of Data and Methodological Choices, NRN working papers (2012) View citations (3) (2012)

2012

19. Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany, 1999/2000–2005/2006
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58, (4), 622-647 View citations (91)

2011

20. Can Employment Changes Explain Rising Income Inequality in Germany?
    Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2011, 131, (2), 349-357

2010

21. Unemployment persistence: Is there evidence for stigma effects?
    Economics Letters, 2010, 106, (3), 188-190 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper Unemployment Persistence: Is There Evidence for Stigma Effects?, ZEW Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (14) (2008)

2009

22. Measuring state dependence in individual poverty histories when there is feedback to employment status and household composition
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24, (7), 1095-1116 View citations (98)
    Also in Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24, (7), 1095-1116 (2009) View citations (41)

2006

23. Beschäftigungseffekte ausgewählter Maßnahmen der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland: eine Bestandsaufnahme (Effects of selected measures of further vocational training in Germany: an appraisal)
    Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, 2006, 39, (3/4), 365-390
24. Variance Estimation for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices: the Complex Survey Data Case*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68, (3), 371-383 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Variance estimation for generalized entropy and Atkinson inequality indices: The complex survey data case, German Stata Users' Group Meetings 2006 (2006) View citations (33) (2006)

2005

25. A framework for the decomposition of poverty differences with an application to poverty differences between countries
    Empirical Economics, 2005, 30, (2), 331-358 View citations (35)
26. The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality
    German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (4), 445-469 View citations (25)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (4), 445-469 (2005) View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin (2002) View citations (9) (2002)
27. Unemployment duration and the length of entitlement periods for unemployment benefits: do the IAB employment subsample and the German Socio-Economic Panel yield the same results?*
    AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2005, 89, (2), 209-236 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Unemployment Duration and the Length of Entitlement Periods for Unemployment Benefits: Do the IAB Employment Subsample and the German Socio-Economic Panel Yield the Same Results?, ZEW Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (21) (2005)

2003

28. Handbook on inequality measurement: by Jacques Silber (Ed.), Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 680 pp., EUR 206.00/USD 209.00, August 1999, ISBN 0-7923-8574-8
    Journal of Development Economics, 2003, 70, (2), 543-548

2002

29. Bootstrap inference for inequality, mobility and poverty measurement
    Journal of Econometrics, 2002, 108, (2), 317-342 View citations (122)
30. Measuring inequality in the presence of intra-household correlation
    Applied Economics Letters, 2002, 9, (15), 1003-1006 View citations (3)

2001

31. Measuring the Effects of Socio-Economic Variables on the Income Distribution: An Application to the East German Transition Process
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 83, (1), 185-190 View citations (30)

2000

32. INCOME INEQUALITY IN GERMANY DURING THE 1980s AND 1990s
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2000, 46, (1), 1-19 View citations (43)

1999

33. Inequality Trends in the German Income Distribution
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 1999, 68, (2), 275-283 View citations (1)

Books

2015

1. Forschungsprojekt: Analyse der Verteilung von Einkommen und Vermögen in Deutschland. Projektbericht an das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
   ZEW Expertises, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Chapters

2006

1. Who are the chronic poor? An econometric analysis of chronic poverty in germany
   A chapter in Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty, 2006, pp 31-62 View citations (1)

Software Items

2022

1. ARHOMME: Stata module to estimate Arellano and Bonhomme quantile selection model
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2017

2. SVYGEI_SVYATK: Stata module to derive the sampling variances of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices when estimated from complex survey data
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (4)