Marta De-Philippis: 2011-
Marta has been writing her MRes paper testing the implications of the multitasking model using data on teaching quality (grades) and acacademic publications for faculty at Bocconi University.
David Schönherr: EDP student from Bonn 2011-12
David is interested in the effects of networks in business on corporate decisions and outcomes. In a paper with Rainer Haselmann and Vikrant Vik he is looking at the lending decisions of German banks which are connected to firms through membership in service clubs. In another project he is investigating the effect of connections to the president on firm performance in South Korea.
Abel Schumann: visiting PhD student from the Stockholm School of Economics 2011-12
Abel is studying the effect of local shocks on economic outcomes. One of his projects looks at the effect of locust swarms on outcomes for rural households in Africa. In another project he is investigating the effect of different policies of the occopying forces in Germany after WWII along the border between the French and American zones.
Michael Böhm: 2010-
Michael works primarily on the allocation of talent in the labor market. He has completed a paper on the effect of business cycle conditions on the allocation of talent and long-term productivity across sectors. He is now developing a testable model of the routinization hypothesis by combining a Roy model with Autor-Levy-Murnane, and applying it to data from the US from the 1980s to the 2000s.
Claudia Steinwender: 2009-
Claudia has been writing her MRes paper on the employment effects of regionally based subsidies, which are given to firms to encourage job creation. She is now thinking about issues in trade, related to market integration, innovation, and market intermediaries. For this project she has been collecting data on the US-English cotton trade in the 19th century around the time when the transatlantic telegraph cable was laid.
Hannes Schwandt: EDP student 2009-2010, now back at Pompeu Fabra
Hannes has been working on the effect of economic shocks on health and well-being. He will be completing his thesis in summer 2012 and start a Post-Doc at the Center for Health and Well-Being at Princeton University in the fall. He has written the following papers:
The papers are available on
Hannes' web page
Alexander Lembcke: 2008-
Alexander has worked on various topics in labour economics. He will complete his thesis in summer 2012 and has written the following three papers:
Örjan Sandewall: 2007-2008
Örjan wrote a thesis based on some unusual Swedisch datasets. He started his PhD work with John van Reenen. Örjan works as a consultant at NERA. He wrote the followig papers as a PhD student:
Fabian Waldinger: 2004-2008
Fabian completed his thesis on various topics on education and peer effects in academic research. He is now a lecturer at Warwick University. He wrote the following three papers as a PhD student:
The papers are available on
Fabian's web page
Michele Pellizzari: 2000-2004
Michele completed his thesis on unemployment insurance, social assistance, and the role of networks in job search behavior. He is now an assistant professor at Bocconi University in Milan. He wrote the following papers as a PhD student:
The papers are available on
Michele's web page