RWI Research Seminar

Aims and Scope

» In the RWI Research Seminar external guests (national as well as international) present their scientific papers. In general, the seminars take place on Mondays from 4 to 5 pm (including discussion). Anyone interested in listening can join the seminar after prior registration.

2011

Mathias Trabandt (EZB): Involuntary Unemployment and the Business Cycle (28. Februar 2011)

Bernd Wilfling (Universität Münster): Short-selling Constraints and Stock-return Volatility: Empirical Evidence from the German Stock Market (3. März 2011)

Tobias Hackmann (Forschungszentrum Generationenverträge Universität Freiburg): LOS(T) in Long-Term Care: Empirical Evidence from German Data 2000-2009 (3. Mai 2011)

Peter J. Kuhn (University of California): Gender Discrimination in Job Ads: Theory and Evidence (9. Mai 2011)

Andrew Clark (Paris School of Economics): Winning Big but Feeling No Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health (12. Mai 2011)

Kornelius Kraft (TU Dortmund): Die Auswirkungen von Betriebsräten auf das Beschäftigungswachstum (23. Mai 2011)

Hendrik Jürges (Universität Wuppertal): Education and Health: What is the Evidence and What More Do We Need to Know? (30. Mai 2011)

Jan-Christoph Rülke (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management): Do Private Sector Forecasters Herd from the German Council of Economic Experts? (9. Juni 2011)

Stefan Boeters (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis): Optimal Tax Progressivity in Unionised Labour Markets – Simulation Results for Germany (18. August 2011)

Jörg Spenkuch (University of Chicago): Racial Discrimination and Job Finding (24. Oktober 2011)

Michael Grimm (ISS Rotterdam): Investment Decisions of Small Entrepreneurs in a Context of Strong Sharing Norms (14. November 2011)

Andreas Schmid (Universität Bayreuth): Consolidation and Concentration in the German Hospital Market (13. Dezember 2011)

2010

Michael Roos (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): Caught in the past: The role of historical data in expectation formation (17. Februar 2010)

Daniel Hamermesh (University of Texas): Strike Three: Discrimination, Incentives and Evaluation (11. März 2010)

Martin Werding (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): How do migrants choose their destination country? An analysis of Institutional Determinants (18. März 2010)

Malte Hübner (Sachverständigenrat): Welfare Competition in Germany: Decentralization, the Intensity of Competition and some evidence for the factor flow theory (15. April 2010)

Thomas Zwick (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München): Which personnel measures are effective in increasing the productivity of older employees? (19. April 2010)

Ronald Schettkat (Universität Wuppertal): Gedöns und andere wichtige Sachen von der sozialen Revolution (29. April 2010)

Ben Kriechel (University of Maastricht): On the reform of a firm's hierarchical workplace (3. Mai 2010)

Sue Man Fan (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): Modern tests for forecast evaluation and their application to asset price models (27. Mai 2010)

Bernhad Boockmann (IAW): Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions: An Effective Tool to Activate Welfare Recipients? (7. Juni 2010)

Todd Sorensen (University of California): The Effect of Immigration on Ethnic Composition and Occupational Reallocation (14. Juni 2010)

Nicole Gürtzgen (ZEW): Wage Insurance within German Firms – Do Institutions matter? (24. Juni 2010)

Heiko Peters (Sachverständigenrat): Outside Board Memberships of CEOs: Signal for Expertise or Entrenchment? (1. Juli 2010)

Mark Wooden (University of Melbourne): Transitions Out of Casual Employment: The Australian Experience (8. Juli 2010)

Hans Georg Nehen (Universität Duisburg-Essen): Probleme der Gerontologie/der Geriatrie (11. Oktober 2010)

Andreas Werblow (TU Dresden): Einfluss des Demografischen Wandels auf die Patientenstruktur in deutschen Krankenhäusern (8. November2010)

Bruce Chapman (Australian National University): Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education: Financing Tuition Fees (12. November 2010)

Kai Konrad (Max-Planck-Institut): Social mobility and redistributive taxation (18. November 2010)

Olivier Bargain (University College Dublin): Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US:  between Equity and Efficiency (29. November 2010)

2009

Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam): Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction (8. Januar 2009)

Jaap Abbring (Free University of Amsterdam): Mixed Hitting Time Models (with a labor market application) (22. Januar 2009)

Jan Erik Askildsen (University of Bergen): Monitoring prioritization in a public health care sector (9. Februar 2009)

Hartmut Lehmann (University of Bologna): Wage policies of a Russian firm and the financial crisis of 1998: Evidence from personnel data – 1997 to 2002 (18. Februar 2009)

Konstantinos Tatsiramos (IZA Bonn): Explaining how delayed motherhood affects fertility dynamics in Europe. (19. Februar 2009)

Joop Hartog (University of Amsterdam): Risk Attitude and Wage Growth: Replication and Reconstruction (11. März 2009)

Uwe Sunde (Universität St. Gallen, IZA Bonn): Life Expectancy and Economic Growth: The Role of the Demographic Transition (19. März 2009)

Horst Entorf (Universität Frankfurt): Is Being Soft on Crime the Solution to Rising Crime Rates? Evidence from Germany (1. April 2009)

Frank Nikolaus (Berufsverband der Unternehmensstrukturierer): Unternehmensrestrukturierung in den Zeiten der Finanzkrise. Sanierungsfeindliches Umfeld? (25. Juni 2009)

Christian von Weizsäcker (Universität zu Köln): Staatsschulden als weltwirtschaftliches Steuerungsinstrument (16. Juli 2009)

Colin Green (Universität Lancaster): Employment Protection, Threat and Incentive Effects on Worker Absence (23. Juli 2009)

Robert Schwager (Universität Göttingen): Fiskalwettbewerb im Hochschulwesen (13. August 2009)

Agata Maida (Laboratorio Revelli): Rent-sharing, Holdup, and Wages: Evidence from Matched Panel Data (29. Oktober 2009)

Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Universität Linz): Price points in e-commerce (26. Oktober 2009)

Kerstin Schneider (Universität Wuppertal): „Freie“ Schulwahl in Deutschland: Die Effekte der Auflösung der Grundschulbezirke in NRW (19. November 2009)

Arne Uhlendorf (Universität Mannheim): Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach (26. November 2009)

2008

Markus Pannenberg (FH Bielefeld/DIW Berlin): Risk Aversion, Reservation Wages and Search Intensity: Evidence for Germany (6. März 2008)

Marco Sahm (Universität München): Optimal Democratic Mechanisms for Income Taxation and Public Good Provision (13. März 2008)

Justina Fischer (Stockholm School of Economics): Globalization and Protection of Employment (17. April 2008)

Juan Barón (Australien National University): Locus of Control, Parental Background, and Youth’ Educational Outcomes (24. April 2008)

Carsten Colombier und Werner Weber (Finanzministerium der Schweiz): Langfristperspektiven der öff entlichen Finanzen in der Schweiz (15. Mai 2008)

Thomas Kopetsch (Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung): Gesundheitspolitik (29. Mai 2008)

Thomas Dohmen (University of Maastricht): Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability (29. Mai 2008)

Franesca Fabbri (Universität München): Intermarriage and Labour Market Performance: Ethnic Minorities in Britain (26. Juni 2008)

Holger Bonin (ZEW Mannheim): Incidence and Sources of Wage Rigidity in Germany: Evidence from a New Employer Survey (17. Juli 2008)

Steven Stillmann (Motu Economic and Public Policy Research): The Impact of Immigration on Child Health: Experimental Evidence from a Migration Lottery Program (15. Oktober 2008)

Bernd Jonas (ThyssenKrupp): Höhe der Steuersubstratverlagerung deutscher Unternehmen ins Ausland (16. Oktober 2008)

Laszlo Goerke (Universität Tübingen): An Economic Analysis of Dismissal Legislation: Determinants of Severance Pay in West Germany (12. November 2008)

Bas ter Weel (University of Maastricht): Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits (20. November 2008)

Christoph Wunder (Universität Bamberg): Alter und Lebenszufriedenheit: Einige Überlegungen zu inhaltlichen und methodischen Aspekten (4. Dezember 2008)

Carlos Carrillo-Tudela (University of Leicester): Human Capital Accumulation and Labor Market Equilibrium (17. Dezember 2008)

Liana Jacobi (University of Melbourne): Climbing the Drug Staircase: A Bayesian Analysis of the Initiation of Hard Drug Use (18. Dezember 2008)