Research

Working Papers Link to heading

Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
(with Julián Costas-Fernández, Anna Raute, and Uta Schönberg), 2026

Are We Yet Sick of New Technologies? The Unequal Health Effect of Workplace Digitalization
(with Melanie Arntz, Stephan Maurer, and Oliver Schlenker), 2025

Organized Labor Versus Robots? Evidence from Micro Data
(with Wolfgang Dauth, and Oliver Schlenker), 2025

Transforming Institutions: Labor Reallocation and Wage Growth in a Reunified Germany
(with Sang Yoon (Tim) Lee, Tommaso Porzio, and Wolfgang Dauth), 2021

Publications Link to heading

Social Mobility in Germany
(with Majed Dodin, Lukas Henkel, Dominik Sachs, and Paul Schüle), Journal of Public Economics 232, 105074, 2024

Matching in Cities
(with Wolfgang Dauth, Enrico Moretti, and Jens Suedekum), Journal of the European Economic Association 20(4), 1478–1521, 2022

Optimal Need-Based Financial Aid
(with Mark Colas and Dominik Sachs), Journal of Political Economy 129(2), 492-533, 2021
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Adjusting to Globalization in Germany
(with Wolfgang Dauth and Jens Suedekum), Journal of Labor Economics 39(1), 263-302, 2021

The Adjustments of Labor Markets to Robots
(with Wolfgang Dauth, Jens Suedekum, and Nicole Woessner), Journal of the European Economic Association 19(6), 3104–3153, 2021
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Education Policies and Taxation without Commitment
(with Dominik Sachs), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 120(4), 1075-1099, 2018

Redistribution and Insurance with Simple Tax Instruments
(with Dominik Sachs), Journal of Public Economics 146, 58-78, 2017

Trade and Manufacturing Jobs in Germany
(with Wolfgang Dauth and Jens Suedekum), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 107(5), 337-342, 2017

Education and Optimal Dynamic Taxation: The Role of Income-Contingent Student Loans
(with Dominik Sachs), Journal of Public Economics 138, 1-21, 2016

The Rise of the East and the Far East: German Labor Markets and Trade Integration
(with Wolfgang Dauth and Jens Suedekum), Journal of the European Economic Association 12(6), 1643-1675, 2014

​​Industry churning and the evolution of cities: Evidence for Germany
(with Jens Suedekum), Journal of Urban Economics 64(2), 326-339, 2008

Work in Progress Link to heading

Access to High-Opportunity Workplaces and Upward Mobility
(with Niklas Vetterer), 2026

Intergenerational Income Mobility in Germany
(with Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer and Niklas Vetterer), 2026

Returns to Job Networks
(with Andreas Mense), 2026

Match Effects: New Evidence
(with Wolfgang Dauth and Enrico Moretti), 2026