Prof. Dr. Josef Zweimüllermore information

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Bernasconi	Per Capita Income and the Quality and Variety of Imports
Brunner	Immigrant Concentration and Attitudes Toward Immigrants
Kiedaisch	Intellectual Property Protection and Income Distribution
	Taste for Exclusivity and Intellectual Property Rights
Kohler	Income Distribution, Market Size, and Foreign Direct Investment
Osikominu	Quality Leisure Time and Youth Development: What Are the Effects of Sports?
	The Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Revisited: The Importance of Data and Methodological Choices
	The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions
Staubli	Does Raising the Retirement Age Increase Employment of Older Workers?
	Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and the Early Retirement Decision
	The Labor Supply Effects of Old-Age Pension Work Disincentives: Evidence from Policy Changes in Austria
Zweimüller	Fatal Attraction? Access to Early Retirement and Mortality
	Inequality and Growth: The Neglected Time Dimension
	Does Culture Affect Unemployment? Evidence from the “Röstigraben”,
	Political Ideology, Economic Expectations, and Fertility Choices
	The Macroeconomics of Model T
	Does Immigration Into Their Neighborhoods Incline Voters Toward the Extreme Right? The Case of the Freedom Party of Austria
	Extended Unemployment Benets and Early Retirement: Program Complementarity and Program Substitution
	Take-up of Unemployment Benefits: the Role of Social Interaction

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Bernasconi	The Linder Hypothesis and the Two Extensive Margins of International Trade Flows
Foellmi	Trade and Nonhomothetic Preferences
Hepenstrick	The Composition of Global Inequality and the Structure of International Trade
Kohler	Income per capita, International Trade, and Growth
	A dynamic North-South Model of Demand-induced Product Cycles
	Non-homothetic preferences, Growth and International Trade
Kuhn	The Impact of Labor Market Entry Conditions on Initial Job Assignment, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wages
	Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany
	Subjective evaluations of wage inequality and the demand for redistribution
	Financial Incentives, the Timing of Births, Birth Complications, and Newborns' Health: Evidence from the Abolition of Austria's Baby Bonus
Lalive	Social Interactions
Oechslin	Inequality and Institutions
	The Persistence of Dysfunctional Institutions: A Political-Economy Approach
Steinhauer	Leverage and Covariance Matrix Estimation in Finite-Sample IV Regressions
Wuellrich	How do Welfare State Provisions Affect Labor Market Outcomes?
Zweimüller	How Economic Incentives Affect Workplace Accidents
	Matching Firm and Worker Data
	Effect of Parental Leave on Fertility and Labor Supply
	Labor Market Opportunities for People with Disabilities
	Paths into early retirement and long-run effects on health
	Financial incentives and the timing of births
	Parental Leave and Mothers' Careers: The Relative Importance of Job Protection and Cash Benefits
	Preferences for Indirect Redistribution: Does Culture Matter?
	Incentives in Unemployment Insurance
	Evaluation of Active Labor Market Policy
	Employment and Health
	Firms, Workers and Compensating Wage Differentials
	Growth and Employment
	Training and male-female wage differences
Zweimüller Föllmi	Inequality and Growth
Zweimüller Foellmi	Inequality and Product Market Imperfections