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Current Position and Affiliations
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Since 02/2009
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Director of Research
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
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Since 06/2009
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Research Affiliate
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany
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Since 08/2005
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Research Fellow
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
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Education
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05/2000-04/2005
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PhD in Economics (summa cum laude)
J.W.Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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10/1994-04/2000
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Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.A. Economics), Grade: 1.4
J.W.Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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10/1997-06/1998
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Undergraduate Studies in Economics
University of Manchester, England
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10/1994-09/1997
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Undergraduate Studies in Economics
J.W.Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Professional Career
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Since 02/2009
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Director of Research
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
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08/2007-01/2009
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Senior Research Associate
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
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05/2007-01/2009
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Deputy Program Director for the Area: Evaluation of Labour Market Programs
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
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01/2005-07/2007
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Senior Research Associate
German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany
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04/2003-07/2003
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Research Visitor
University College London, Department of Economics, UK
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05/2000-12/2004
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Research Associate
J.W.Goethe-University, Institute of Statistics and Econometrics, Frankfurt, Germany
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Selected Research Projects (Project Leader)
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2010-2012
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'Evaluating the New Start-Up Subsidy for the Unemployed'
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
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2008-2009
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'Job Search Behavior of the Unemployed' (CA 829/1-1, with A. Uhlendorff)
German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany
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2008-2009
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'Long-Run Effects of Start-Up Subsidies'
Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
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'Evaluating the Hartz-Reforms: Part 1e - Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed'
Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (now: BMAS), Berlin, Germany |
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Scholarships and Awards
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2007
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Best Paper Award
RATIO Colloquium for YSS: Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Policies
August 24-25, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Best Paper/Presentation Award
7th international GSOEP
User Conference (presented by my co-author Katharina Wrohlich)
July 3-5, Berlin, Germany
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| 1997-1998
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Exchange Student Scholarship
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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1996-2000
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Student Scholarship
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
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Services to the Profession
Conference/Workshop Organization
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2010
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DIW Berlin/IZA Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research (Bonn)
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2007-
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Annual IZA Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation
2010 (Uppsala, with IFAU), 2009 (Washington DC), 2008 (Bonn, with IFAU), 2007 (Bonn)
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2009-
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IZA/CEPR European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics
2010, 2009 (Buch/Ammersee) |
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IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists
2010, 2009 (Buch/Ammersee) |
2009-
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IZA Prize Conference on Frontiers in Labor Economics
2009 (The Economics of Well-Being and Happiness, Washington DC) |
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2006
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Public Policy Evaluation - Labour Market Reforms in France and Germany (Seminar), French Embassy Berlin, April 6
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Editorship
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2006
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Guest editor for the special issue on 'Evaluation of Labour Market
Policies', Quarterly Journal of Economic Research |
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Refereeing
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Advances in Econometrics, Advances in Statistical Analysis, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Applied Economics Quarterly, Biometrical Journal, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economics of Transition, Empirical Economics, European Economic Association (Annual Meeting 2008, 2009), European Journal of Political Economy, International Journal of Manpower, Journal for Labour Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies/Schmollers Jahrbuch, Journal of Economics and Statistics/Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics, Labour Economics, National Science Foundation (US), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics.
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