CHRISTINA GATHMANN Head of Labor Market Department Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte des Sciences L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette / Belval Email: [email protected] Webpage: http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakultaeten/wiso/awi/professuren/amnpoe/gathmann_en.html June 2020 RESEARCH INTERESTS Labor Economics, Immigration, Policy Evaluation, Microeconometrics, Public Economics, Political Economy, Health Economics EDUCATION 2004 Ph.D., Department of Economics, University of Chicago 2004 M.A., Department of Economics, University of Chicago 1998 Diploma, Department of Economics, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany 1998 Diploma, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS Since 09/2020 Head of Labor Market Department, Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg Since 2021 Center for Research and Analysis on Migration (CReAM), External Research Fellow Since 2020 Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Research Fellow Since 2021 Chair of the Academic Advisory Board, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) (Vorsitzende des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des IAB) Since 2020 Academic Advisory Board of the MERCUR University Alliance, Mercator Foundation Since 2020 International Fellow, Institut Convergences Migrations, Paris School of Economics Since 2019 Academic Advisory Board for Research Group „Immigration, Integration and Attitudes”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labor at ZEW Mannheim Since 2018 Consultant for the Foundation for Culture and Art (Tor 4), BASF Mannheim Since 2017 Academic Advisory Board, Bremen Research Initiative on Early Childhood (BRISE) Since 2014 Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, External Research Fellow Since 2013 Academic Advisory Board, German Federal Ministry of the Economy and Technology (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technology), Since 2013 Academic Advisory Board, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)) Since 2009 Research Associate, Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) Since 2009 Stanford Center for Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University, Research Affiliate Since 2007 Research Fellow, CESifo Institute Since 2003 Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) PAST EMPLOYMENT AND AFFILIATIONS 2011-2021 Professor, Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg 2019-2020 Deputy Chair of the Academic Advisory Board, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des IAB) 2019-2020 Board Member, Flagship “Transforming Cultural Heritage”, University of Heidelberg 2018-2020 Board Member, Research Council of Field of Focus 4, University of Heidelberg 2018-2019 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg 2017-2019 Department Chair, Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg 2015-2019 Deputy Chairperson of the Academic Advisory Board, German Ministry of the Economy and Energy (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende, Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie) 2015-2018 Board of Directors (Erweiterter Vorstand), Verein für Socialpolitik 2013-2017 Deputy Head of the Alfred-Weber Institute, University of Heidelberg 2013-2016 Academic Fellow at the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) funded by the Jacobs Foundation, BMBF and Research and the Leibniz Association 2013 Equal Opportunity Commissioner, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg 2010-2012 Collaborative Research Center SFB884 “Political Economy of Reforms” at University of Mannheim, Coordinator of the “German Internet Panel” (GIP) 2009-2011 University of Mannheim, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor 2007-2009 Stanford University, Center for Longevity, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2007-2009 Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Ageing (CDEHA), Stanford University, Research Affiliate 2007-2009 Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute, Research Affiliate 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 Faculty 2004-2006 Stanford Center for International Development (SCID), Visiting Scholar 2001 University of Chicago, Lecturer 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 Mannheim (Fall 2008) CESifo Institute, Munich (Fall 2008) University College London, London (Fall 2011, Fall 2012) Columbia University and ISERP, New York City (Spring 2012) Aalto University, Helsinki (Fall 2014, Spring 2016) Yale University (Fall 2016) NHH Bergen (Fall 2018) NYU Abu Dhabi (Winter 2019) EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2017-2019 Economic Policy, Panel Member 2013-2017 European Economic Review, Associate Editor JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS [16] “The Role of Electoral Incentives for Policy Innovation: Evidence from the U.S. Welfare Reform” (with Andreas Bernecker and Pierre Boyer), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 13, 2 (2021): 26-57. [15] “Free Childcare and its Effects on Children and their Families” (with Anna Busse), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179 (2020): 240-260. [14] “Spillover Effects of Mass Layoffs” (with Ines Helm and Uta Schönberg), Journal of the European Economic Association, 18, 1 (2020): 427-468. [13] “Access to Citizenship and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants” (with Nicolas Keller), Economic Journal, 128, 616 (2018): 3141-3181. [12] “Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children” (with Björn Saß), Journal of Labor Economics, 36, 3 (2018): 665-709. [11] “Gender Gaps in Policy-Making: Evidence from Direct Democracy in Switzerland” (with Patricia Funk), Economic Policy, 30, 81 (2015): 141-181. [10] “The German Internet Panel: A Probability-Based Face-to-Face Recruited Online Panel” (with Annelies Blom and Ulrich Krieger), Field Methods, 27 (2015): 391-408. [9] “Compulsory Schooling and Mortality in 20th Century Europe” (with Hendrik Jürges and Steffen Reinhold), Social Science and Medicine, 127 (2015): 74-82. [8] “Voter Preferences, Direct Democracy and Government Spending” (with Patricia Funk), European Journal of Political Economy, 32 (2013): 300-319. [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 Russia’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 History, 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 Germans after Unification”, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch), 125 (2005): 1-10 (lead article). UNDER SUBMISSION [17] “Proportional Representation, Political Responsiveness and Child Mortality”, Revise &Resubmit at the Journal of the European Economic Association, earlier version: IZA Working Paper No. 12729. [18] “In Sickness and In Health: Job Displacement and Health Spillovers within Couples” (with Kristiina Huttunen, Laura Jernström, Robin Stitzing and Lauri Sääsvuori), CEPR Discussion Papers; no. DP15856; earlier version: IZA Working Paper No. 13329; May 2021, submitted. WORKING PAPERS [19] “Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in Germany” (with Ole Monscheuer), October 2020. [20] “Access to Citizenship and Social Integration” (with Nicolas Keller and Ole Monscheuer), Working Paper, April 2019. [21] “Marginal Returns to Citizenship and Skill Development,” (with Anna Busse and Christina Vonnahme), May 2021. [22] “Evolution of Wage Inequality in East Germany” (with Eduard Brüll), December 2018. [23] “From Licensing to Certification: Labor Market Effects of Liberalization,” (with Franziska Lembcke), Working Paper, March 2020. [24] “College Openings and Local Economic Development” (with Francesco Berlingieri and Matthias Quinckhardt), May 2021. [25] “Minimum Wages, Routine Jobs and Capital-Labor Substitution” (with Mario Bossler, Terry Gregory and Kristina Zapp), June 2020. [26] “The Link between Education and Mortality Revisited” (with Grant Miller, Jennifer Teng and Jessica Ying Cao), December 2019. [27] “Identifying Preferences for Leisure from Hypothetical and Actual Labor Supply Choices” (with Eduard Brüll), August 2016. [28] “Permanent Wage Changes and the East German Fertility Crisis after Unification” (with Melanie Arntz and