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CHRISTINA GATHMANN of Department of Economics of Bergheimer Straße 20 69115 Heidelberg, Phone: +49-6221-54-5057 Email: [email protected] Webpage: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/wiso/awi/professuren/amnpoe/gathmann_en.html

EDUCATION

2004 Ph.D, Department of Economics, 2004 M.A., Department of Economics, University of Chicago 1998 Diploma, Department of Economics, Humboldt University , Germany 1998 Diploma, Department of Social , Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Public Economics, Labor Economics, Policy Evaluation, Migration,

EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS

Since 2011 Professor, Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg Since 2013 Associate Editor, European Economic Review Since 2013 Academic Advisory Board, German Federal Ministry of the Economy and Technology (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie) Since 2013 Academic Advisory Board, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)) Since 2013 Research Fellow am College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) funded by the Jacobs Foundation, Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Leibniz Association Since 2009 Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), Research Associate Since 2007 Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Ageing (CDEHA), Stanford University, Research Affiliate Since 2007 CESifo Institute, Research Fellow Since 2003 Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Research Fellow

Research visits: Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and University College London (Summer 2000, Summer 2002) German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin (Summer 2003) Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn (Summer 2005, Summer 2006) Humboldt University of Berlin (Summer 2006) University of (Fall 2008) CESifo Institute, Munich (Fall 2008) University College London (Fall 2011, Fall 2012) Columbia University and ISERP, New York City (Spring 2012)

PAST ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2010-2012 Coordinator of the “German Internet Panel” for the Collaborative Research Center SFB884 “Political Economy of Reforms”, 2009-2011 University of Mannheim, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor 2007-2009 Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute, Research Affiliate 2007-2009 Stanford University, Center for Longevity, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2006-2007 Hoover Institution, W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow 2006 Humboldt University Berlin, Lecturer at the 6th International Summer School (ISSEM) 2005-2009 CREES, Stanford University, Research Affiliate 2004-2006 Stanford University, Department of Economics, Visiting 2004-2006 Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Visiting Scholar 2001 University of Chicago, Lecturer

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

[10] “Compulsory Schooling and Mortality in 20th Century ” (with Hendrik Jürges and Steffen Reinhold), Social and , Special Issue on “Educational Attainment and Adult Health: Contextualizing Causality”. [9] “The German Internet Panel: A Probability-Based Face-to-Face Recruited Online Panel” (with Annelies Blom and Ulrich Krieger), Field Methods, forthcoming. [8] “Voter Preferences, Direct and Government Spending” (with Patricia Funk), European Journal of Political Economy, 33 (2014): in press. [7] “How do Electoral Systems Affect Fiscal Policy? Evidence from Cantonal Parliaments, 1890-2000” (with Patricia Funk), Journal of the European Economic Association, 11, 5 (2013): 1178-1203. [6] “Gorbachev’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign and ’s Mortality Crisis” (with Grant Miller and Jay Bhattacharya), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5, 2 (2013): 232-60. [5] “Does Direct Democracy Reduce the Size of Government? New Evidence from Historical Data, 1890- 2000” (with Patricia Funk), Economic Journal, 121, 557 (2011): 1252-1280. [4] “Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering” (with Henning Hillmann), Journal of Economic , 71, 3 (2011): 730-761. [3] “How General is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach” (with Uta Schönberg), Journal of Labor Economics, 28, 1 (2010): 1-50 (lead article). [2] “Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from Migrant Smuggling at the Southwestern Border”, Journal of Public Economics, 92, 10-11 (2008): 1926-1941. [1] “Skill Loss of Older East after Unification”, Journal of Applied Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch), 125 (2005): 1-10 (lead article).

WORKING PAPERS

[11] “Gender Gaps in Policy-Making: Evidence from Direct Democracy in Switzerland” (with Patricia Funk), Economic Policy, scheduled for April 2014. [12] “Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children” (with Björn Saß), R&R at Journal of Labor Economics. [13] “Benefits of Citizenship? Evidence from Germany’s New Immigration Policy” (with Nicolas Keller), December 2013. [14] “Endogeneous US Welfare Policy: An Instrumental Variable Approach,” (with Latika Chaudhary), December 2011. [15] “Displacement, Human Capital Spillovers and Local Labor Markets” (with Ines Helm and Uta Schönberg), November 2013. [16] “Permanent Wage Changes and the East German Fertility Crisis after Unification” (with Melanie Arntz), October 2013. [17] “Trial and Error? Policy Experimentation during the US Welfare Reform” (with Andreas Bernecker), June 2013. [18] “Death and Politics: Proportional Representation and the Mortality Decline’’ (with Steffen Reinhold), December 2011.

PERMANENT WORKING PAPERS

[0] “Changes in Relative Wages and Household Income of Older Cohorts during East Germany’s Transition”, mimeo, University of Chicago, December 2004.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

[25] “The Impact of Direct Democracy on Public Spending and the Size of Government” (with Patricia Funk), invited for CESifo DICE Report, 12, 1 (2014). [24] “The End of the Soviet Union’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign May Explain a Substantial Share of Russia’s ‘Mortality Crisis’ in the 1990s” (with Jay Bhattacharya and Grant Miller), European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog, London School of Economics, http://bit.ly/1c13API. [23] “Russia’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign during the Gorbachev Era” (with Marijke Welisch), CESifo DICE Report, 10, 4 (2012): 62-68. [22] “Betreuungsgeld benachteiligt Kinder aus sozial schwachen Familien” (with Björn Saß), KiTa aktuell Recht, 10, 3 (2012): 87-89. [21] “Die Wirkungen des Betreuungsgeldes auf Kinder und ihre Familien am Beispiel Thüringen” (with Björn Saß), unsere jugend (Zeitschrift für Studium und Praxis der Sozialpädagogik), 64, 9 (2012): 365-370. [20] “Direct democracy as a way to limit public spending: Evidence from Switzerland” (with Patricia Funk), VOX EU column, published online at http://www.voxeu.org/article/direct-democracy-way- limit-public-spending-evidence-switzerland on February 10, 2012. [19] “Does Deterrence Work? U.S. Border Enforcement, Migrant Smuggling, and Illegal Migration,” Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) Policy Brief, March 2005.

WORK IN PROGRESS

“The Mortality Decline in Switzerland from 1880-2000” (with Steffen Reinhold) “Voting Against Reform? Individual Gains and Voting Behavior during Economic Transition” “Knowledge Spillovers in Local Labor Markets” (with Thomas Cornelissen and Uta Schönberg) “Dynamic Tax Competition: Evidence from the Inner-German Border’’ (with Florian Misch) “Job Displacement and Adult Mortality” (with Kriistina Huttunen and Robin Stitzing) “Specific Human Capital and Internal Careers: Evidence from Matched Data” (with Astrid Kunze) “Labor Supply Responses: Evidence from Hypothetical Choices” (with Annette Holthausen) “Free Childcare and its Effects on Children and their Families in Germany” (with Anna Busse) “Assimilation of Immigrants: The Role of Language and ” (with Marijke Welisch)

AWARDS AND HONORS

2006-2007 Brittson Fellowship for Russian Studies, Hoover Institution 2006-2007 W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship, Hoover Institution 2003-2004 Henry Morgenthau Jr. Memorial Fund Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago 2003 Young Economist Award, European Economic Association 2002-2003 Margaret G. Reid Memorial Fund Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago 1998-2002 University of Chicago Fellowship 1998 Röper Prize for Best Graduate in Economics, Humboldt-University of Berlin 1994 ’s Honors List, University of Ottawa, Canada 1993-1994 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship “North America Studies”

RESEARCH GRANTS

2013-2016 “Political Reforms and the Mortality Decline: An Empirical Analysis for Swiss Cantons”, German Research Foundation (DFG Sachbeihilfe), €229.070 2013 “Determinants of Self-regulatory Behavior in Young Children” University of Heidelberg, Seed Grant of the Excellence Initiative II (FoF 4: Self-regulation and Regulation – Individuals and Organizations) 2011-2013 “Concept and Implementation of the German Internet Panel (GIP)” as responsible Coordinator of the Infrastructure Project Z1, Collaborative Research Center SFB 884 “Political Economy of Reforms”, University of Mannheim. German Research Foundation, funding agency of SFB 884, €1.150,000. 2011-2013 “The Effect of (Relative) Wages and Human Capital on Fertility Choices: Lessons from East Germany's Fertility Decline after Unification” ZEW Mannheim, Forschungsprogramm ‘Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies’ (SEEK), €100,000. 2010-2011 “Death and Politics: Political Representation and the Decline in Mortality” University of Mannheim, Seed Grant (Forschungsfonds), €9,400 2008 “How do Electoral Rules Affect Fiscal Policy?” Cliometrics Society, Early Career Grant, $1,200. 2007-2009 “Gorbachev’s Anti-Alcohol Campaign and the Russian Mortality Crisis” National Institute of Health, National Institute of Aging, NIH/NIA P30 Seed Grant, $30,000. 2006-2009 “Commerce and Crime: States, Property Rights, and the War on Trade, 1700-1815.” National Science Foundation (SES-0550848), $118,209. 2006-2007 “The of Consumption Insurance during Russia's Economic Transition” Stanford University, VPUE Faculty Grant for Undergraduate Research, $3,750. 2005-2007 “Illegal Markets and the State: Evidence from 18th Century Privateering.” Stanford University, OTL Research Incentive Fund Award, $24,978. 2005-2006 “The Political Economy of Illegal Organization: Evidence from 18th Century Privateering.” Stanford University, VPUE Faculty Grant for Undergraduate Research, $6,450. 2003 Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies, $500.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2014 (scheduled) Microeconomics, Undergraduate, University of Heidelberg (Summer) 2013 Empirical Political Economy, Graduate (MA), University of Heidelberg (Winter) 2013 Introduction to the Economics of Immigration, Undergraduate, University of Heidelberg (Winter) 2012, 2013 Empirical Research and Policy Evaluation, Graduate (MA), University of Heidelberg (Summer), University of Mannheim (Winter) 2012, 2013 Labor Economics Seminar, Undergraduate, University of Heidelberg (Summer) 2011 Immigration and Public Policy Seminar, Undergraduate, University of Heidelberg (Winter) 2011, 2012 Labor Economics, Undergraduate, University of Heidelberg (Winter) 2010-2013 Immigration and Public Policy, Graduate (MA), University of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg (Summer) 2010 Immigration and Public Policy Seminar, Graduate (MA), University of Mannheim(Winter) 2008-2010 Empirical Public Finance & Policy Evaluation, Graduate, University of Mannheim(Winter) 2008 Topics in Labor Economics, Graduate Lectures, University of Munich (Fall) 2008, 2009 Longevity (Guest Instructor), Undergraduate, Stanford University (Spring) 2006 Advanced Labor Economics, Undergraduate, Stanford University (Spring) 2005-2007 Transition Economics, Undergraduate, Stanford University (Spring) 2001 Industrial Organization, Undergraduate, University of Chicago (Fall)

SEMINARS AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2013 University of Leicester; HU Berlin; University of St. Gallen, Keynote at Kickoff Workshop for “College of Interdisciplinary Educational Research” (CIDER) at the WZB, Berlin; Norwegian Business School in Oslo; University of ; ; Workshop on Natural Experiments and Field Experiments, Holzhausen, University of . 2012 /Aalto; EBRD London; TU Darmstadt; Workshop on Natural Experiments and Field Experiments (organized by LMU Munich); University College London; University of . 2011 , Aarhus Business School (Workshop on Health, Work and the Workplace), University of Aarhus; , LMU Munich (Workshop on Natural Experiments and Field Experiments); University of Erlangen-Nürnberg; MPI Institute for the Study of Collective Goods (); German Federal Statistical Office; MESS workshop, ; DIW Berlin. 2010 Bocconi, , University of Heidelberg, LMU Munich (Workshop on Natural Experiments and Field Experiments), University of Rotterdam (Political Economy Workshop), University of St. Gallen, ENTER-Jamboree at University of Toulouse, MEA Mannheim, University of , ZEW Mannheim, University and MPI 2009 University of Southern California, VA Palo Alto Center for Health Care Evaluation, Stanford University (School of Medicine, Stanford Center for Longevity), IMT Lucca 2008 University of Heidelberg, University of Mannheim, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, , University of Bonn, LMU Munich, University of Mannheim (). 2007 Arizona State University, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Hoover Institution, San Francisco State University 2006 UQAM Montreal, University of Mannheim, University of Frankfurt, University of Darmstadt, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia 2005 University of Rochester, University of Washington at Seattle, University of California - Santa Cruz, University of Chicago, Humboldt University of Berlin, Stanford GSB, Stanford University 2004 Stockholm School of Economics, Center for European Economic Research (ZEW), CERGE-EI Prague 2003 , University of Chicago

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2012, 2013 Program Committee European Association of Labour Economists (EALE)

2012 Conference organizer, “2nd Conference on ‘Political Economy of Reforms’”, SFB884 Mannheim 2012 Seminar series organizer “Mannheim Seminar on Survey Methodology (MSSM)”, SFB 884 2011 Workshop organizer “GIP Organizational Meeting”, SFB 884 2011 Workshop organizer, “Questionnaire Design”, SFB 884 2011 Workshop organizer, “Concept of the German Internet Panel”, SFB 884

2013 Selection Committee, Annual Meeting of the ‘Verein für Socialpolitik’ 2011 Scientific Committee, ZEW workshop “Health and Human Capital” 2010 Scientific Committee, ZEW conference “Tax Policy Decision-Making” 2010 Scientific Committee, ZEW conference “Evaluation of Policies Fighting Social Exclusion”

2013 Discussant, International Institute for Public Finance Conference, Taormina. 2013 Discussant, CESifo Conference on Public Sector Economics, Munich. 2010 Discussant, 1st TEMPO Conference on International Migration, Dublin. 2010 Session Chair, Tax Policy Decision-Making, ZEW Mannheim. 2009 Session Chair, International Society of New Institutional Economics Meeting, UC Berkeley-Haas. 2009 Discussant, American Economic Association Meeting, San Francisco. 2008 Session Chair, World Congress of Cliometrics, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2007 Discussant, UNDP Conference on Migration and Development, Stanford University. 2006 Discussant, Midwest Political Science Meeting, Chicago. 2005 Discussant, China Conference, Stanford University. 2004 Discussant, Society of Labor Economists Meeting, San Antonio. 2003 Session Chair, European Economic Association Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. 2003 Discussant, -American Economic Association Meeting, Puebla, Mexico.

REFEREEING SERVICE ------Journals: AEJ: Applied Economics, American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Contemporary Economic Policy, Demography, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Empirical Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic History, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Labor Market Research, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Labour, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and , Public Choice, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal.

Other: Foundation (AvH), Blackwell Publishing, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, German Science Foundation (DFG), Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Culture, Baden-Wurttemberg, National Science Foundation (NSF), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF).

ADVISING

Doctoral Students: Francesco Berlingieri (ongoing), Andreas Bernecker (ongoing), Eduard Brüll (ongoing), Anna Busse (ongoing), Antonio Cardin (ongoing), Annette Holthausen (ongoing), Nicolas Keller (ongoing), Ole Monscheuer (ongoing). Dissertation Committee: Benjamin Protte, 2013 (1st Placement: private sector), Verena Niepel, 2012 (1st Placement: ZEW Mannheim and CIDER), Steffen Osterloh, 2011 (1st Placement: Sachverständigenrat), Björn Saß, 2010 (1st Placement: McKinsey Research Unit) Master students: Zeynep Tamtürk (2011), Merve Cim (2011), Eduard Brüll (2013), Anne Tisleric (2013), Julia Koschke (2013), Kerstin Schmidtmann (ongoing), Marijke Welisch (ongoing), Hannah Stallings (ongoing), Franziska Lembcke (ongoing).

OTHER SERVICE

Member of the Directorate, Alfred-Weber Institute (Heidelberg, since 2013) Commissioner (Heidelberg, 2013) Junior Recruiting Committee (Mannheim 2010, Heidelberg 2012, 2013) Senior Recruiting Committee (Mannheim 2013; Heidelberg 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Member of Examination Board in Economics (Heidelberg, since 2011) External Ph.D. examiner: (2012), (2010).

POPULAR PRESS COVERAGE

Newspaper: Business Week, Econo, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Frankfurter Rundschau, Financial Times Deutschland, Geo, GlobalPost, Handelsblatt, Human Resource Manager, Il Solo 24 Ore, Le Monde, Mannheimer Morgen, N24, News.de, N-TV.de, Spiegel Online, Stanford News, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Täglicher Anzeiger, taz, Vox EU, Welt am Sonntag, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ), Wirtschaftswoche, . Television: ARD Tagesthemen und Nachtmagazin (April 2, 2012), ZDF Frontal 21 (April 21, 2012), RTL Aktuell (April 3, 2012), WDR Aktuelle Stunde (April 3, 2012), MDR (April 18, 2012), 3Sat (April 25, 2012); MDR (June 6, 2012), 3 Sat Scobel (April 18, 2013). Radio: Bayern 2 (April 5, 2012), Radio Berlin (RBB), Kulturradio (April 14, 2012), Saarländischer Rundfunk SR1 (April 16, 2012).