Research Interests | Current Projects | Work in Progress | Editorial Process

You will find a full list of my publications here.

You can download most of my papers here: http://ideas.repec.org/e/pca21.html

Research Interests

• Evaluation of Labor Market Programs
• Job Search and Unemployment Dynamics
• Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment, Start-up Subsidies
• Personality Traits, Preferences, and Economic Outcomes
• Applied Microeconometrics

Current Research Projects

• 'Evaluating Business Coaching for Start-Ups'
  Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, KfW, Germany
• 'Evaluating the New Start-Up Subsidy for the Unemployed'
  Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
• 'Job Search Behavior of the Unemployed' (CA 829/1-1, with A. Uhlendorff)
  German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany

Discussion Papers / Work in Progress

• Caliendo, M., Fossen, F. and Kritikos, A.S. (2011): Personality Characteristics and The Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed, Discussion Paper No. 5566, IZA Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M. and M. Clement (2011): The Advertizing Role of Professional Critics in the Book Industry, Working Paper, Bonn.
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• Bergemann, A., Caliendo, M. and Van den Berg, G.J. (2010): The Effects of Training and Workfare on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals, Working Paper, Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M., Künn, S. and Uhlendorff, A. (2009): Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Employment Stability: Evidence from a Multivariate Duration Model, Working Paper, Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M. (2009): Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience, IFAU Working Paper No. 2009/26, Uppsala.
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• van den Berg, G., Caliendo, M. and Uhlendorff, A. (2009): Matching or Duration Models? A Monte Carlo Study, Working Paper, Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M. and Kritikos, A.S. (2009): "I Want to, But I also Need to": Start-Ups Resulting from Opportunity and Necessity", Discussion Paper No. 4661, IZA Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M. and Uhlendorff, A. (2008): Self-Employment Dynamics, State Dependence and Cross Mobility Patterns, Discussion Paper No. 3900, Bonn.
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Papers in the Editorial Process

• Caliendo, M., Künn, S. and Schmidl, R. (2011): Fighting Youth Unemployment: The Effects of Active Labor Market Policies, Working Paper, Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M. and W.S. Lee (2011): Fat Chance! Obesity and the Transition from Unemployment to Employment, Discussion Paper No. 5795, IZA Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M., Cobb-Clark, D. and Uhlendorff, A. (2010): Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies, Discussion Paper No. 4750, IZA Bonn.
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• Caliendo, M., Tatsiramos, K. and Uhlendorff, A. (2009): Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach, Discussion Paper No. 4670, IZA Bonn.
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