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Working Papers

2025

1. The big sell: Privatizing East Germany's economy
   ULB Institutional Repository, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
   Also in Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles (2020) View citations (8)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (9)
   ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2020) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article The big sell: Privatizing East Germany’s economy, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2024

2. Moving Out of the Comfort Zone: How Cultural Norms Affect Attitudes toward Immigration
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024)

2022

3. Grading Student Behavior
   VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
   See also Journal Article Grading student behavior, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
4. Privatizations Spark Socialist Backlash: Evidence from East Germany's Transformation
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in OSF Preprints, Center for Open Science (2021) View citations (1)

2021

5. The Gender Pay Gap in University Student Employment
   ifo Working Paper Series, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
   See also Journal Article The gender pay gap in university student employment, Empirical Economics, Springer (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2020

6. Die Treuhandanstalt: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme 30 Jahre nach der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung
   ZEW Expert Briefs, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
   See also Journal Article Die Treuhandanstalt: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme 30 Jahre nach der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung, ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich (2020) (2020)
7. The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communis
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (72)
   Also in Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition (2020)
   Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) (2020) View citations (72)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (46)
   Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics (2020) View citations (31)
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics (2020) View citations (41)
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics (2020) View citations (15)
   ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2020) View citations (40)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (69)
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) (2020) View citations (65)
   VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2020) View citations (15)
   See also Journal Article The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (85) (2020)

2019

8. Public Employment Services under Decentralization: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   Also in VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2017) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Public employment services under decentralization: Evidence from a natural experiment, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (11) (2020)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The big sell: Privatizing East Germany’s economy
   Journal of Public Economics, 2025, 242, (C)
   See also Working Paper The big sell: Privatizing East Germany's economy, ULB Institutional Repository (2025) (2025)

2024

2. Grading student behavior
   Labour Economics, 2024, 90, (C)
   See also Working Paper Grading Student Behavior, VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics (2022) (2022)

2022

3. Die Lohnlücke zwischen Frauen und Männern besteht bereits vor Abschluss des Studiums
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, (04), 66-69
4. Integrationsperspektive von ukrainischen Geflüchteten im deutschen Schulsystem
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, (08), 29-34
5. The gender pay gap in university student employment
   Empirical Economics, 2022, 63, (4), 2253-2313 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Gender Pay Gap in University Student Employment, ifo Working Paper Series (2021) (2021)

2021

6. Es liegt nicht alles am Sozialismus — über Ost-West-Unterschiede und ihre Ursprünge
   (It Is Not All Because of Socialism — On East-West Differences and Their Origins)
   Wirtschaftsdienst, 2021, 101, (1), 32-36 View citations (1)
7. Verstärkt die Exzellenzinitiative die finanzielle Ungleichheit zwischen den Universitäten?
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, (06), 50-52

2020

8. Die Treuhandanstalt: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme 30 Jahre nach der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, (09), 49-52
   Also in ifo Dresden berichtet, 2020, 27, (05), 17-21 (2020)
   See also Working Paper Die Treuhandanstalt: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme 30 Jahre nach der Deutschen Wiedervereinigung, ZEW Expert Briefs (2020) (2020)
9. Die deutsche Teilung und Wiedervereinigung und die „Auswirkungen“ des Kommunismus
   ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, (05), 48-51 View citations (1)
10. Gleicht Schulbildung soziale Unterschiede aus?
    (Does School Education Balance out Social Differences?)
    Wirtschaftsdienst, 2020, 100, (12), 932-936 View citations (3)
11. Jobcenter: Optionskommunen vermitteln Arbeitslose seltener in Beschäftigung
    ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, (02), 39-44
12. Public employment services under decentralization: Evidence from a natural experiment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 182, (C) View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Public Employment Services under Decentralization: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, CESifo Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
13. Sweden’s School Reforms to Postpone First Grade to Middle School: A Model?
    CESifo Forum, 2020, 21, (04), 33-36
14. The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communism
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34, (2), 143-71 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper The Separation and Reunification of Germany: Rethinking a Natural Experiment Interpretation of the Enduring Effects of Communis, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (72) (2020)

2017

15. Fueling fiscal interactions: commodity price shocks and local government spending in Colombia
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24, (4), 616-651 View citations (8)