Welcome
I am a Ph.D. candidate in economics at LMU Munich and a junior economist at ifo Institute. My supervisors are Ludger Woessmann and Davide Cantoni. I will join the research group of Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich as a post-doc in Fall 2022.
I work at the intersection of Labor Economics and Public Economics with a special focus on Education, Political Economy, and Economics of Religion. One area of my research analyzes how the content of education shapes student achievement, attitudes and beliefs, choices, and long-term labor market outcomes. Another line of my research focuses on policies reducing the effects of genetic and social inequality.
I was a Visiting Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University in 2019/2020. I obtained my Master's degrees from the London School of Economics and University College London.
Research
Job Market Paper
Evolution vs. Creationism in the Classroom:
The Lasting Effects of Science Education
Working Papers
The Unintended Effects of the Common Core State Standards
on Non-Targeted Subjects
with M. Danish Shakeel
Working Paper (WP): Harvard PEPG WP, Brown Annenberg Institute WP, ifo WP
Media Coverage: Forbes, The Education Exchange (Podcast)
Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from
German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Educationwith Ludger Woessmann and Larissa Zierow
Working Paper (WP): Brown Annenberg Institute WP, CESifo WP, IZA WP
Policy Summary: VoxTalks Economics (Podcast) and VoxEU Column, 03/2022; Re-printed in: CESifo Forum 03/2022.
Media Coverage: The Guardian, Helsinki Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (German), Bayerischer Rundfunk (German), Spiegel Online (German), Bild.de (German), n-tv (German)
Work in Progress
Genetic Endowments, Educational Outcomes and
the Mediating Influence of School Investments
Does the timing of income payments matter for households?
Evidence from random within-month variation of child allowance payments
Policy papers (non-refereed)
The Costs of Canceling Darwin: Fewer scientists, more skepticism of science in states that limit evolution instruction
Download: Education Next, 04/2022
Wie geht es einkommensschwächeren Familien in der Coronakrise?
with Vera Freundl, Katia Werkmeister and Larissa Zierow
Download: ifo Schnelldienst, 07/2021
Media Coverage: Tagesschau.de (German), Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (German), Business Insider (German), Der Standard (Austrian)
CV
You can find my CV here.
Contact
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