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Working Papers

2026

1. Is academic-track schooling worthwhile without college? Decomposing monetary returns to education
   Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen
2. School Starting Age and the Gender Pay Gap over the Life Cycle
   IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER
   Also in Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2024) View citations (2)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2025) View citations (2)

2025

3. Early- and later-life stimulation: How retirement shapes the effect of education on old-age cognitive abilities
   Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen View citations (1)
4. Family First: The causal effect of family size on cultural participation
   ACEI Working Paper Series, Association for Cultural Economics International
5. Public Transportation Investments and the Rise of the Labor Movement
   VfS Annual Conference 2025 (Cologne): Revival of Industrial Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

2024

6. Disruptions in primary care: Can resigning GPs cause persistently negative health effects?
   Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen
7. Effects of retirement on cognitive functioning: Evidence from biomedical and administrative insurance claims data
   Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen
8. Gene-environment interactions with essential heterogeneity
   Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen View citations (1)
9. Monetary returns to upper secondary schooling, the evolution of unobserved heterogeneity, and implications for employer learning
   Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen

2022

10. Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities
    Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (4) (2022)

2021

11. The dynamic and heterogeneous effects of retirement on cognitive decline
    Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen View citations (6)

2020

12. Marginal College Wage Premiums under Selection into Employment
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (1)
    Also in DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) (2020) View citations (1)
    Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2020) View citations (1)
    Working Papers CIE, Paderborn University, CIE Center for International Economics (2020) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Marginal College Wage Premiums Under Selection Into Employment, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (14) (2022)

2019

13. Baby gap: Does more education make for less children?
    RWI Impact Notes, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
14. Fertility effects of college education: Evidence from the German educational expansion
    DICE Discussion Papers, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) View citations (11)
    Also in Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2017) View citations (6)
    VfS Annual Conference 2018 (Freiburg, Breisgau): Digital Economy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2018)
    CINCH Working Paper Series, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Competent in Competition and Health (2017) View citations (6)

2018

15. Die Geburtenlücke: Wie das Studium die Familienplanung beeinflusst
    RWI Impact Notes, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

2017

16. More teachers, smarter students? Potential side effects of the German educational expansion
    Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen View citations (4)

2016

17. Informal Care and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes
    VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (5)
    Also in Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2016) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Informal care and long-term labor market outcomes, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (50) (2017)
18. The Long Shadows of Past Insults: Intergenerational Transmission of Health over 130 Years
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
    Also in Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2015)

2015

19. Heterogeneity in Marginal Non-monetary Returns to Higher Education
    Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (9)
    Also in Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2015) View citations (18)
    CINCH Working Paper Series, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Competent in Competition and Health (2015) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Heterogeneity in Marginal Non-Monetary Returns to Higher Education, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2019) View citations (52) (2019)

2013

20. Short- and Medium-Term Effects of Informal Care Provision on Health
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) View citations (4)
    Also in Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2013) View citations (6)
    Ruhr Economic Papers, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen (2013) View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The Effects of Resigning GPs on Patient Healthcare Utilization and Some Implications for Health
   Health Economics, 2025, 34, (5), 932-955 View citations (1)

2022

2. Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities
   Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 86, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Late-career unemployment and cognitive abilities, Ruhr Economic Papers (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
3. Marginal College Wage Premiums Under Selection Into Employment
   The Economic Journal, 2022, 132, (646), 2231-2272 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Marginal College Wage Premiums under Selection into Employment, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2019

4. Heterogeneity in Marginal Non-Monetary Returns to Higher Education
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17, (1), 205-244 View citations (52)
   See also Working Paper Heterogeneity in Marginal Non-monetary Returns to Higher Education, Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers (2015) View citations (9) (2015)

2017

5. Informal care and long-term labor market outcomes
   Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, (C), 1-18 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper Informal Care and Long-term Labor Market Outcomes, VfS Annual Conference 2016 (Augsburg): Demographic Change (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2015

6. Short- and medium-term effects of informal care provision on female caregivers’ health
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 42, (C), 174-185 View citations (58)