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2024
07.05.2024 | Welcome
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Martin Lange to our team as a guest researcher from May to August 2024.
2023
08.12.23 | Goodbye
Dr. Sönke H. Matthewes will be leaving the University of Potsdam. In January 2024, he will take up a new position as Assistant Professor of Applied Economics (tenure track) at Utrecht University. We wish him all the best and every success there.
15.10.23 | Welcome
We are pleased to welcome Jan Thewes to our team. He will support us in teaching and research as a research assistant with immediate effect.
01.10.23 | Research Semester
Prof. Thomas Siedler is on a research semester in the winter semester 23/24. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Margaryan or Ms. Pohle (assistant professor).
31.08.23 | DFG Project Approval
The German Research Foundation (DFG) approves external funding for Shushanik Margaryan’s and Thomas Siedler’s research project „Climate policy co-benefits, air pollution, and population health“ in the amount of approximately 200,000 euros for two years.
02.05.23 | Welcome
We are pleased to welcome Ana Sofia Gómez Sánchez to our team. She will support us in teaching and research as a research assistant with immediate effect.
15.04.23 | Welcome
We are pleased to welcome Linda Kumrow to our team. She will support us in teaching and research as a research assistant with immediate effect.
01.04.23 | Welcome
We are happy to announce that Theresa Henkel will support us as a research assistant from now on. She will take over the parental leave of Dr. Matthewes.
01.03.23 | Welcome
We are pleased to welcome Camilla Piovesan to our team. She will support us in teaching and research as a research assistant with immediate effect.
2022
14.10.22 | 1st BSE Postdoc & Junior Professors Workshop
Shushanik Margaryan, Thomas Sielder (University of Potsdam & BSE) and Luca Stella (FU Berlin & BSE) organized the first ever postdoc and junior professor workshop across institutions of the BSE. It took place on October 13 & 14 at the University of Potsdam. Around 20 BSE members presented their research on topics in applied microeconomics.
14.09.22 | Paper accepted for publication in Health Economics
The paper "Health effects of a ban on late-night alcohol sales" by Matthias Bäuml, Jan Marcus, and Thomas Siedler was accepted at the journal Health Economics.
14.09.22 | Thomas Siedler joins the Berlin School of Economics (BSE)
Thomas joins the BSE as faculty member.
18.10.22 | Job openings (Postdoctoral positions)
We seek to fill postdoctoral positions (100%, EG 13 TV-L, initial contract limited to three years) in Empirical, Labour, Health, and Education Economics starting September 01, 2023. The deadline for application is November 20, 2022. More detailed information on the opening is available here.
23.08.22 | Shushanik Margaryan is heading to participate in the 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences on 23-27 August
The meeting this year includes 19 Nobel Laureates and more than 300 young economists from 64 countries.
15.08.22 | Congratulations to Sönke Matthewes for successfully defending his PhD thesis!
Sönke Hendrik Matthewes successfully defended his dissertation on “Consequences of Institutional Differentiation in Secondary School Systems: Three Empirical Essays in the Economics of Education” at Free University Berlin.
15.01.22 | Agata Galkiewicz joins our team!
On January 15, Agata starts working with us. We are happy to welcome her to our team.
2021
20.09.21 | Congratulations to Shushanik Margaryan for successfully defending her PhD thesis!
Shushanik Margaryan successfully defended her dissertation on "Empirical Analyses of Societal Challenges: Social Cohesion, Labor Market Transition an Population Health".
15.09.21 | Sönke Matthewes joins our team!
On September 15, Sönke starts working with us. Further information will follow soon.
09.07.21 | Paper accepted for publication in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
The paper "The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children" by Jan Marcus, Thomas Siedler, and Nicolas Ziebarth was accepted for publication in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
11.06.21 | Shushanik Margaryan was awarded the HCHE Young Researcher Award
Shushanik Margaryan was awarded the HCHE Young Researcher Award for her paper "Low emission zones and population health" published in the Journal of Health Economics.
25.05.21 | Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Economics
The paper „More Opportunity, More Cooperation? The Behavioral Effects of Birthright Citizenship on Immigrant Youth” by C. Felfe, M. Kocher, H. Rainer, J. Saurer, and T. Siedler was accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Economics.
25.05.21 | Paper accepted for publication in the Economics of Education Review
The paper „Student Internships and Early Labour Market Success: A Field Experiment” by S. Baert, B. Neyt, I. Tobback, D. Verhaest and T. Siedler was accepted for publication in the Economics of Education Review.