Projects

My externally funded research projects:

Ongoing Projects

Education Policies to Empower People to Participate in the Social Market Economy in the Era of Digital Transformation

Funded by the ifo Institute based on Bavarian state funding (2022-25)

International Comparative Education Policy Lab

Funded by the Smith Richardson Foundation (with Eric A. Hanushek, Stanford) (2019-23)

Educational Choices, Market Design, and Student Outcomes

Funded as part of the Collaborative Research Center Transregio CRC TRR 190 “Rationality and Competition: The Economic Performance of Individuals and Firms” by the German Science Foundation (DFG) (with Dorothea Kübler, WZB) (2017-20 and 2021-24)

Concluded Projects

Efficiency and Equity in Education: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reforms across German States

Funded by the Leibniz Competition of the Leibniz Association (with Jutta Allmendinger, WZB) (2019-22)

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a 1:1 Mentoring Program

Funded by the Commissioner of the Federal Government for Migration, Refugees and Integration and a consortium of non-profit foundations (2015-21)

Outcomes and Causal Inference in International Comparative Assessments (OCCAM)

Cooperation partner in European Training Network (ETN) funded by the European Commission, Horizon 2020 (2018-21)

European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE)

Funded by the European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture (2003-2020, several prolongations and winning of new tenders)

Awarded the Special Prize of the ifo Institute for Outstanding Achievement 2014

How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement and Equity? Evidence from German State Reforms

Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) (2018-20)

Accountability and School Institutions in Cross-Country Perspective

Funded by the Smith Richardson Foundation (2016-18)

Teacher Effectiveness and its Determinants in Germany: An In-Depth Analysis

Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) (2015-18)

Acquisition and Utilisation of Adult Skills – A Network for Analyzing, Developing and Disseminating PIAAC

Contribution to a cooperative project, funded by the Leibniz Competition of the Leibniz Association (2015-18)

Awarded the Award for Special Achievements in Third-Party Funded Research of the ifo Institute 2020

The Political Economy of Education Policy: Insights from a Public Opinion Survey

Funded by the Leibniz Competition of the Leibniz Association (2014-17)

Awarded the Prize of the ifo Institute for Outstanding Achievement in Externally Funded Research 2017

Final Report

Calculation of Returns to Education in Germany

Funded by Union Investment (2015-16)

Report

National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

Contribution to a cooperative project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2008-13) and by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) (2014-2016)

Exit Exams as a Governance Instrument in the School System: The Importance of School-Leaving Grades for the Hiring Decisions of Firms

Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2014-16)

Economics of Innovation in Network-based Industries

Funded by Deutsche Telekom AG (2007-09, 2010-13, 2013-16)

Expert Consultation PIAAC Final Report

Funded by GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (2013)

The Importance of State Human Capital

Funded by the Kern Family Foundation (2012-15)

Value-added Based Measures of Teacher Effectiveness and their Determinants in the German National Educational Panel Study

Funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) (2012-15)

LLLight’in’Europe – Lifelong Learning, Innovation, Growth and Human capital Tracks in Europe

Cooperation partner in FP7 project, funded by the European Commission (2012-15)

Integration of Immigrants’ Children through the Education System

Funded by the Leibniz Competition of the Leibniz Association within the ifo project "Optimal Immigration Policies in Europe: From Conflicting Interests to Mutual Gains" (2012-15)