Aiko Schmeißer
Aiko Schmeißer studied International Economics (M.Sc.) at the University of Göttingen as well as Economics (B.Sc.) and International Economics and Development (B.A.) at the University of Bayreuth. He is a doctoral student at the Berlin School of Economics and the Uni Potsdam. Since October 2021, he works as a research assistant at the Chair of Empirical Economics. His research interests are in the fields of Labor Economics, Political Economy, and Behavioral Economics.
Further Information
Education
- Since 10/2020: Doctoral studies in Economics, University of Potsdam and Berlin School of Economics
- 01/2024 – 05/2024: Visiting doctoral student, Harvard University, Center for Labor and a Just Economy
- 04/2018 - 09/2020: Graduate studies in International Economics, University of Göttingen
- 10/2014 - 03/2018: Undergraduate studies in Economics and International Economics and Development, University of Bayreuth
Professional Experience
- Since 10/2021: Research Assistant at the Chair of Empirical Economics (Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo), University of Potsdam, Germany
- 01/2020 - 03/2020: Fieldwork Assistant, Cambodia
- 10/2018 - 09/202: Student Research Assistant at the Research Training Group Globalization and Development, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 03/2018 - 05/2018: Internship at the German Council of Economic Experts, Wiesbaden, Germany
- 09/2017 - 03/2018: Student Research Assistant at the Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Dr. Stadelmann), University of Bayreuth, Germany
- 02/2017 - 04/2017: Internship at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin, Germany
Conferences, Workshops and Seminars
- 09/2024 Verein für Socialpolitik (Berlin)
- 08/2024 European Economic Association (Rotterdam)
- 07/2024 IZA Summer School (Bonn)
- 06/2024 European Society for Population Economics (Rotterdam)
- 05/2024 Economics PhD Conference (Warwick)
- 05/2024 RIDGE / LACAE Workshops on Labor and Political Economy (Santiago de Chile)
- 05/2024 Society of Labor Economics (Portland)
- 04/2024 Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago)
- 04/2024 Lunchtime Seminar Harvard Center for Labor and a Just Economy (Cambridge)
- 03/2024 Applied Young Economist Webinar (Online)
- 02/2024 Political Economy Seminar Harvard Government Department (Cambridge)
- 12/2023 BeNA Winter Workshop (Berlin)
- 09/2023 European Association of Labor Economics (Prague)
- 08/2023 European Economic Association (Barcelona)
- 08/2023 Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (Frankfurt)
- 06/2023 European Society for Population Economics (Belgrade)
- 02/2023 IAAEU Colloquium on Economics (Trier)
- 01/2023 Potsdam Research Seminar in Economics (Potsdam)
- 12/2022 BeNA Winter Workshop (Berlin)
- 11/2022 ifo Workshop on Political Economy (Dresden)
- 09/2022 Verein für Socialpolitik (Basel)
- 09/2022 European Association of Labor Economics (Padua)
- 06/2022 European Society for Population Economics (Calabria)
- 06/2022 BSE Summer Workshop (Berlin)
- 01/2022 FU Research Seminar in Applied Microeconomics (Berlin)
- 09/2021 European Association of Labor Economics (Online)
- 06/2021 European Society for Population Economics (Online)
- 02/2019 Workshop Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (Göttingen)
Teaching Experience
University of Potsdam
- Winter 2024/25: Advanced Microeconometrics (practical session, graduate level), Research Idea Development Seminar (seminar, graduate level)
- Summer 2024: Seminar in Applied Econometrics (seminar, undergraduate level)
- Winter 2023/24: Advanced Microeconometrics (practical session, graduate level), Research Idea Development Seminar (seminar, graduate level)
- Summer 2023: Policy Evaluation (practical session, graduate level), Seminar in Applied Econometrics (seminar, undergraduate level)
- Winter 2022/23: Advanced Microeconometrics (seminar, graduate level), Advanced Methods and Applications in Policy Evaluation (practical session, graduate level)
- Summer 2022: Statistics (practical session, undergraduate level), Seminar in Applied Econometrics (seminar, undergraduate level)
- Winter 2021/22: Advanced Microeconometrics (practical session, graduate level), Research Idea Development Seminar (seminar, graduate level)
University of Bayreuth
- Summer 2016 and 2017: Macroeconomics I (practial session, undergraduate level)
- Winter 2015/16: Microeconomics I (practial session, undergraduate level)
Working Papers and Publications
Working Papers
- Do Unions Shape Political Ideologies at Work? (withJohannes Matzat), 2023, CESifo Working Papers, No. 10301 [Details & Download]
- Racial Peer Effects at Work: Evidence from Worker Deaths in Brazil (with Katharina Fietz), 2024, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, No 10899 [Details & Download]
- The Accuracy of Job Seekers' Wage Expectations (with Marco Caliendo, Robert Mahlstedt, and Sophie Wagner), 2023 [Details & Download]
- Job Loss and Political Entry (with Laura Barros), 2024 [Details & Download]
Work in Progress
- Endogenous Racial Identities in the Labor Market (with Pedro C. Sant’Anna and Sulin Sardoschau)
- The Value of Peers: Coworker Preferences in a Job Choice Experiment
Refereed Publications
- A Tale of (Almost) 1001 Coefficients: Deep and Heterogeneous Effects of the EU-Turkey Customs Union (with Mario Larch and Joschka Wanner), 2021, Journal of Common Market Studies, 59(2), 242-260. [Details & Download]