Seminar topics/ papers

1. Bossler, M. and Gerner, H.-D. (2016): “Employment effects of the new German minimum wage: Evidence from establishment-level micro data”, IAB Discussion Paper, 10/2016, Nürnberg.
2. Caliendo, M., Mahlstedt, R., and Künn, S. (2017): “The Return to Labor Market Mobility: An Evaluation of Relocation Assistance for the Unemployed”, Journal of Public Economics 148, 136-151.
3. Card, D., Kluve, J., and Weber, A. (2015): “What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations”, NBER Working Paper No. 21431, Cambridge, MA.
4. de Graaf-Zijl, M., van den Berg, G. J., and Heyma, A. (2011): “Stepping stones for the unemployed: the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular) work”, Journal of Population Economics 24, 107–139.
5. Dube, A., Lester, T. W., and Reich, M. (2010): “Minimum Wage Effects across State Borders: Estimates using Contiguous Counties”, The Review of Economics and Statistics 92, 945–964.
6. Jespersen, S. T., Munch, J. R., and Skipper, L. (2008). “Costs and benefits of Danish active labour market programmes”, Labour Economics 15, 859–884.
7. Lalive, R., van Ours, J., and Zweimüller, J. (2006): “How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment”, Review of Economic Studies 73, 1009-1038.
8. Manoli, D. S. and Weber, A. (2016). “The Effects of the Early Retirement Age on Retirement Decisions”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10154, Bonn.
9. Nekoei, A. and Weber, A. (2014): “Does Extending Unemployment Benefits Improve Job Quality?”, American Economic Review 107, 527-561.
10. Schmieder, J., von Wachter, T., and Bender, S. (2012): “The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates over 20 Years", Quarterly Journal of Economics 127, 701-752.

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