CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf) Updated 6 Feb 2012

1. Papers in Refereed Journals

ECONOMICS

2008-now

Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy Updated 10/2010
(with Peter H. Egger and Maximilian von Ehrlich), CEPR Discussion Paper 8043, forthcoming at the European Economic Review

Endogenous Product versus Process Innovation and a Firm's Propensity to Export Updated 11/2009
(with Peter H. Egger), forthcoming at Empirical Economics (EE)

Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution
(with Erik Hornung and Ludger Woessmann), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (AEJMacro), Vol. 3(3), 92-126.

The Effect of Investment in Children's Education on Fertility in 1816 Prussia
(with Francesco Cinnirella and Ludger Woessmann), Cliometrica, Vol. 6(1), 29-44.

Margins of Multinational Labor Substitution
(with Marc-Andreas Muendler), 2010, American Economic Review (AER), Vol. 100(5), 1999-2030.

Education versus Fertility: Evidence from before the Demographic Transition
(with Francesco Cinnirella and Ludger Woessmann), 2010, Journal of Economic Growth (JOEG), Vol. 15(3), 177-204.
Lead article

The Effect of Protestantism on Education before the Industrialization: Evidence from 1816 Prussia
(with Ludger Woessmann), 2010, Economics Letters (EL), Vol. 107(2), 224-228.

Going NUTS: The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance
(with Peter H. Egger, Max von Ehrlich), Journal of Public Economics (JPubE), 2010, vol. 94(9-10), 578-590.

Youth Emancipation and Perceived Job Insecurity of Parents and Children
(with Samuel Bentolila, Ana Fernandes and Andrea Ichino), Journal of Population Economics (JPopE), 2010, vol. 23(3), 1047-1071 (corrected page number).

Equity Fund Ownership and the Cross-Regional Diversification of Household Risk
(with Mathias Hoffmann), Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF), 2010, vol. 34(1), 90-102.

Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History
(with Ludger Woessmann), The Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE), 2009, vol. 124(2), 531-596.
Awarded the year 2010 'Prize for Academic Research' by the Friends of the Ifo Institute

Common political culture: Evidence on regional corruption contagion
(with Peter H. Egger and Tobias Seidel), European Journal of Political Economy (EJPE), 2009, vol. 24(3), 300-310.

Luther and the Girls: Religious Denomination and the Female Education Gap in 19th Century Prussia
(with Ludger Woessmann), Scandinavian Journal of Economics (SJE), 2008, vol. 110(4), 777-805.

Income Insecurity and Youth Emancipation: A Theoretical Approach
(with Samuel Bentolila, Ana Fernandes and Andrea Ichino), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 19. (2008), Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap.

The Effect of FDI on Job Separation
(with Marc-Andreas Muendler), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 8. (2008), Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap.

pre-2008

Intra-and International Risk-Sharing in the Short Run and the Long Run
(with Mathias Hoffmann), European Economic Review, 2006, vol. 50(3), 777-806

Introducing Time-to-Educate in a Job Search Model
Bulletin of Economic Research, 2006, Vol. 58 (1), 61-72

Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals
(with Karolina Ekholm, Robert Jäckle and Marc-Andreas Muendler), Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2005, vol. 141(4), 693-731.

How Large is the "Brain Drain" from Italy?
(with Andrea Ichino and Giovanni Peri), Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia , vol. 63(1), 1-32, 2004.

STATISTICS

Beschäftigungseffekte von Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen bei Exporteuren und Nicht-Exporteuren,
(with Peter H. Egger), AStA: Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 2009, Vol. 3(2), 123-136.

Micro Data at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research : The "Ifo Business Survey", Usage and Access
(with Klaus Wohlrabe), Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch), 2008, vol. 128(2), 307-319.

Sensitivity Analysis for Average Treatment Effects,
(with Marco Caliendo), The Stata Journal, 2007, vol. 7(1), 71-83.

Mikrodaten im ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: Bestand, Verwendung und Zugang,
(with Klaus Abberger, Barbara Hofmann, and Klaus Wohlrabe), AStA: Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 2007, vol. 1(1), 1-20.

Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores
(with Andrea Ichino), The Stata Journal vol.2(4), 2002, pp. 358-377.

Stata updates reported in The Stata Journal, vol. 4, no.2, 2004, 224-225, Software updates

2. Recent Working Papers

Absorptive Capacity and the Growth Effects of Regional Transfers: A Regression Discontinuity Design with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Updated 7/2011
(with Peter H. Egger and Maximilian von Ehrlich), CEPR Discussion Paper 8474.

Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide Updated 6/2011
(with Ludger Woessmann), CEPR Discussion Paper 8448.

Does Parental Education Affect Fertility? Evidence from Pre-Demographic Transition Prussia Updated 4/2011
(with Francesco Cinnirella and Ludger Woessmann), CEPR Discussion Paper 8339.

The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy Updated 3/2011
(with Katrin Boeckh, Christa Hainz, Ludger Woessmann), CEPR Discussion Paper 8288.

Offshoring and the Onshore Composition of Tasks and Skills Updated 8/2009
(with Karolina Ekholm and Marc-Andreas Muendler), CEPR Discussion Paper 7391.

How Low Business Tax Rates Attract Multinational Headquarters: Municipality-Level Evidence from Germany Updated 1/2009
(with Peter H. Egger, and Valeria Merlo), CESifo Working Paper 2517.

Schooling Infrastructure, Educational Attainment and Earnings Updated 10/2007
(with Frank Siebern-Thomas, European Commission).

The Costs of Displacement in Germany - A Study Based on the German Socioeconomic Panel

Why Don't Italians Finish University? - Explaining University Enrollment Behavior in Italy and Germany

3. Books, Book Chapters and Comments

Produktionen flyttar utomlands: Om offshoring och arbetsmarknaden (with Karolina Ekholm and Katariina Nilsson Hakkala), 2011, SNS Förlag, Stockholm, 107 pages.

Book Chapters and Comments

The Effects of the Protestant Reformation on Human Capital (with Ludger Woessmann) in: Rachel McCleary (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion , 2011.

Job Creation Abroad and Worker Retention at Home (with Marc-Andreas Muendler) in: Stefan Bender, Julia Lane, Kathryn Shaw, Fredrik Andersson and Till von Wachter (eds.) The Analysis of Firms and Employees: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches, NBER, University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Discussion of Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Julian Messina and Giovanna Vallanti, Gross Job Flows and Institutions in Europe: a Sectoral Approach/Perspective, Julián Messina, Claudio Michelacci, Jarkko Turunen and Gylfi Zoega (eds.) Labour Market Adjustments in Europe, London: Edward Elgar, 2006: 184-186.

Comment on Ben J. Heijdra, Christian Keuschnigg, and Wilhelm Kohler, Eastern Enlargement of the EU: Jobs, Investment and Welfare in Present Member Countries in Helge Berger and Thomas Moutos (eds.) Managing EU Enlargement, p. 211-215. Cambridge, MA; MIT Press, 2004.

4. Policy Papers

In English

Home Labor Market Effects of Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 2005.

Employment Pacts in Italy 1992-2002, DICE Report - Journal for Institutional Comparisons, Vol. 2, no.1, 2004.

In German

Wie das Habsburger Reich heute in den osteuropäischen Verwaltungen sichtbar ist,
(with Katrin Boeckh, Christa Hainz, Ludger Woessmann), ifo Schnelldienst, no.12, 2011.

Kehren deutsche Firmen ihrer Heimat den Rücken? - Ein Bericht über Ausländische Direktinvestitionen deutscher Unternehmen,
(with Robert Jäckle and Marc-Andreas Muendler), ifo Schnelldienst, no.1, 2005.

Gerechtigkeit und Effizienz nachgelagerter Studiengebühren,
(with Robert Fenge), ifo Schnelldienst, no.2, 2005.

In Spanish

Fragmentación Internacional de la Producción. Cuáles son sus Efectos en el Mercado Laboral ?,
(with Karolina Ekholm), Integration and Trade, 2011, Vol. 15(32) January-June 2011.

5. Pedagogical Contributions

In German

80 Jahre Millssche Verhältniszahl (Mills' ratio), 1926-2006, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (WiSt), 35. Jg - Heft 1 - Januar 2006, p.43-45.