CURRICULUM VITAE (pdf) Updated 5 January 2010

1. Papers in Refereed Journals

ECONOMICS

2008-now

Margins of Multinational Labor Substitution Updated 10/2009
(with Marc-Andreas Muendler), forthcoming at the American Economic Review (AER)

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.

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

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.

Youth Emancipation and Perceived Job Insecurity of Parents and Children
(with Samuel Bentolila, Ana Fernandes and Andrea Ichino), Journal of Population Economics (JPopE), forthcoming.

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/vol8/iss1/art19.

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/vol8/iss1/art8.

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, forthcoming.

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. Book Reviews and Comments

The Effects of the Reformation on Human Capital (with Ludger Woessmann) in: Rachel McCleary (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion, 2010.

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.

3. 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

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.

4. Pedagogical Contributions

In German

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

5. Recent Working Papers

Going NUTS: The Effect of EU Structural Funds on Regional Performance Updated 12/2009
(with Peter H. Egger, Max von Ehrlich)

Catch Me If You Can: Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution Updated 09/2009
(with Erik Hornung and Ludger Woessmann), Stirling Economics Discussion Paper 2009-19.

Education versus Fertility: Evidence from before the Demographic Transition Updated 08/2009
(with Francesco Cinnirella and Ludger Woessmann), Stirling Economics Discussion Paper 2009-17.

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 12/2008
(with Peter H. Egger, and Valeria Merlo), Stirling Economics Discussion Paper (SEDP) 2008-30

Schooling Infrastructure, Educational Attainment and Earnings Updated 10/2007
(with Frank Siebern-Thomas, European Commission), revise and resubmit at Labour Economics (LE)

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