Research

Nudging Generosity: Choice Architecture and Cognitive Factors in Charitable Giving

With Jonathan Schulz and Christian Thöni

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 74, pp. 139-145, April 2018.

Doing it Twice, Getting it Right? The Effects of Grade Retention and Course Repetition in Higher Education

With Darjusch Tafreschi

Economics of Education Review, 55, pp. 198-219, December 2016.

After-School Care and Parents' Labor Supply

With Christina Felfe and Michael Lechner

Labour Economics, 42, pp. 62-75, October 2016.

Financial Work Incentives for Disability Benefit Recipients: Lessons from a Randomized Field Experiment

With Monika Bütler, Eva Deuchert, Michael Lechner, and Stefan Staubli

IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 4(1), pp. 1-18, December 2015.

Inequality in Education Outcomes: The Role of Sorting among Students, Teachers, and Schools

Winner of the EEA Young Economist Award at the Conference of the European Economic Association 2017.

The Persistent Effects of Short-Term Peer Groups in Higher Education

Selection into Experiments: Evidence from a Population of Students

With Jonathan Schulz, Uwe Sunde, and Christian Thöni

Closing the Teacher Quality Gap: An Empirical Assessment of Teacher Assignment Problems

With Geert Ridder, Bryan S. Graham, and Gema Zamarro