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Current Position and Affiliations
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Since 10/2011
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Full Professor of Empirical Economics
Chair of Empirical Economics, Potsdam University, Germany
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Since 10/2011
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Program Director for the research area "Evaluation of Labor Market Programs"
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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02/2009-09/2011
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Director of Research
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
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03/2010-05/2010
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Research Visitor (short-term)
University of Miami, UC Santa Cruz, IQSS/Harvard, US
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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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2010-2013
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'Evaluating Business Coaching for Start-Ups'
Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, KfW, Germany
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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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2012
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European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Annual Conference, Bonn
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2010-
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Annual Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research
2012 (Potsdam), 2011 (Bonn), 2010 (Bonn, with DIW)
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2007-
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Annual IZA Conference on Labor Market Policy Evaluation
2012 (Bonn, with IFAU), 2011 (Harvard, with IQSS), 2010 (Uppsala, with IFAU), 2009 (Washington DC), 2008 (Bonn, with IFAU), 2007 (Bonn)
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2009-2012
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IZA/CEPR European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 (Buch/Ammersee) |
2009-2012
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IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting of Labor Economists
2012, 2011, 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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2012
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Guest Editor, Journal of Economic Psychology, Volume 33(2), Special Issue: 'Personality and Entrepreneurship' |
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2006
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Guest Editor, Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, Special Issue: 'Evaluation of Labour Market
Policies' |
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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, China Economic Review, Economic
Inquiry, Economics of Transition, Empirical Economics, European Economic Association (Annual Meeting 2008, 2009), European
Association of Labor Economists (Annual Meeting 2011, 2012), European Journal of Political Economy, European Society for Population Economics (Annual Meeting 2012), German Economic Association (VfS, Annual Meeting 2011), German Research Foundation (DFG), Handbook of Migration, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, International Economic Review, International Journal of Manpower, International Review of Law and
Economics, Journal for Labour Market Research/Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies/Schmollers Jahrbuch, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economics and Statistics/Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Labour Economics, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, National Science Foundation (US), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of Industrial Organization, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Small Business Economics, Social Policy and Administration.
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