Publications in Refereed Journals
- Religious practice and student performance: Evidence from Ramadan fasting (with Erik Hornung and Maurizio Strazzeri), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 205, 100-119. An earlier version is available as CEPR Discussion Paper 16620.
- Central Exams and Adult Skills: Evidence from PIAAC (with Lisa Leschnig and Katarina Zigova), Economics of Education Review, 90, 2022, 102289. An earlier version is available as IZA Discussion Paper 14107.
- Information Provision and Preferences for Education Spending: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments in three Countries (with Maria Cattaneo, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann, and Stefan C. Wolter), European Journal of Political Economy, 63, 2020, 101876. An earlier version is available as IZA Discussion Paper 12749.
- Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation (with Marc Piopiunik, Lisa Simon and Ludger Woessmann), European Economic Review, 123, 2020, 103374. An earlier version is available as IZA Discussion Paper 11283.
- The Impact of Personalized Information on Vote Intention: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment (with Joëlle Pianzola, Alexander H. Trechsel, Kristjan Vassil and R. Michael Alvarez), Journal of Politics, 81 , 2019, 833-847.
- How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States (with Philipp Lergetporer, Martin R. West, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann), Journal of Public Economics, 167, 2018, 138-157.
- The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida (with Martin R. West and Marcus A. Winters), Journal of Public Economics, 152, 2017, 154-169. An earlier version is available as NBER Working Paper 21509.
- Coping with Change: International Differences in the Returns to Skills (with Eric A. Hanushek, Simon Wiederhold and Ludger Woessmann), Economics Letters, 154, 2017, 15-19. An earlier version is available as NBER Working Paper 22657.
- The Information Value of Central School Exams (with Ludger Woessmann), Economics of Education Review, 56, 2017, 65-79.
- The Effect of Opposite Sex Siblings on Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills in Early Childhood (with Laura Cyron and Martina Viarengo), Applied Economics Letters, 24, 2017, 1369-1373. An earlier version is available as ADBI Working Paper 627.
- General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Life-Cycle (with Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang), The Journal of Human Resources, 52 (1), 2017, 48-87.
- Too old to work, too young to retire? (with Andrea Ichino, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer and Josef Zweimüller), Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 9, 2017, 14-29.
- Does Early Educational Tracking Increase Migrant-Native Achievement Gaps? Differences-In-Differences Evidence Across Countries (with Jens Ruhose), Economics of Education Review, 52, 2016, 134–154. An earlier version is availabe as CESifo Working Paper No. 5248.
- Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC (with Eric A. Hanushek, Simon Wiederhold and Ludger Woessmann), European Economic Review, 73, 2015, 103–130. An earlier version is available as NBER Working Paper 19762.
- Ökonometrische Methoden zur Evaluierung kausaler Effekte der Wirtschaftspolitik (with Franziska Kugler and Ludger Woessmann), Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 15 (2), 2014, 105–132. An earlier version is available as ifo Working Paper 178.
- Zentrale Abschlussprüfungen, Signalwirkung von Abiturnoten und Arbeitsmarkterfolg in Deutschland (with Marc Piopiunik and Ludger Woessmann), Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 17 (1), 2014, 35-60.
- Central School Exit Exams and Labor Market Outcomes (with Marc Piopiunik and Ludger Woessmann), European Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 31, 93-108. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 3940.
- The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School (with Martin R. West), Journal of Public Economics, 97(C), 2013, 308-326. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 3530.
- Migration Background and Educational Tracking: Is There a Double Disadvantage for Second-generation Immigrants? (with Elke Lüdemann), Journal of Population Economics, 26(2), 2013, 455-483. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 3256.
- The Impact of an Adult Education Voucher Program: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment (with Dolores Messer, Ludger Woessmann and Stefan Wolter), Journal of Public Economics, 96 (7-8), 2012, 569–583. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 3331.
- The Middle School Plunge: Achievement tumbles when young students change schools (with Martin R. West), Education Next, 12 (2), 2012, 62-68.
- Is Traditional Teaching Really All That Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach (with Amelie C. Wuppermann), Economics of Education Review, 30 (2), 2011, 365-379. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 2634.
- Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: “Leaving the sinking ship” vs. “Captain throwing ballast overboard”, Labour Economics, 18 (1), 2011, 93-101. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 2252.
- Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide (with Martin Schlotter and Ludger Woessmann), Education Economics, 19 (2), 2011, 109-137. An earlier version is available as CESifo Working Paper 2877.
- Sage on the Stage: Is lecturing really all that bad? (with Amelie C. Wuppermann), Education Next, 11 (3), 2011, 62-67.
- Labor Quality Growth in Germany (with Jarkko Turunen), Economics Letters, 108 (3), 2010, 280-282. An earlier version is available as Ifo Working Paper 77.
- Does the color of the collar matter? Employment and earnings after plant closure (with Andrea Ichino, Oliver Ruf, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer and Josef Zweimüller), Economics Letters, 108 (2), 2010, 137-140. An earlier version is available as IZA Discussion Paper 3617.
- Growth in Euro Area Labour Quality (with Jarkko Turunen), Review of Income and Wealth, 53 (4), 2007, 716–734. An earlier version is available as EZB Working Paper Nr. 575.
- Why Does Consumption Fall at Retirement? Evidence from Germany, Economics Letters, 89 (3), 2005, 300-305.