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Prof. Helmut Rainer Ph.D.
Director of the ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics
Professor of Economics, esp. Social Policy and Labor Markets, Faculty of Economics, University of Munich
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Professional Experience
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since 2010
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Director of the ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics
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since 2010
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Professor of Economics, esp. Social Policy and Labor Markets, Faculty of Economics, University of Munich
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08/2009 - 12/2009
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Reader (Associate Professor), School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews
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08/2005 - 07/2009
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor), School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews
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09/2003 - 07/2005
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Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Essex
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10/2000 - 08/2003
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Essex
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09/1999 - 08/2000
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Civil Service (“Zivildienst”), Gedenkstätte Hadamar, Hadamar, Germany
Akkordeon
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Contributions to Refereed Journals
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Contribution in Refereed JournalCaught between Cultures: Unintended Consequences of Improving Opportunity for Immigrant GirlsHelmut Rainer, Gordon B. Dahl, Christina Felfe, Paul Frijters2022Review of Economic Studies 89 (5), 2491 - 2528
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Contribution in Refereed JournalHow Much Violence Does Football Hooliganism Cause?Leander Andres, Marc Fabel, Helmut Rainer2023Journal of Public Economics 225, 104970
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Contribution in Refereed JournalAll Geared Towards Success? Cultural Origins of Gender Gaps in Student AchievementHelena Holmlund, Helmut Rainer, Patrick Reich2023Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 209, 222–242
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Contribution in Refereed JournalQuantifying Domestic Violence in Times of Crisis: An Internet Search Activity-Based Measure for the COVID-19 PandemicHelmut Rainer, Dan Anderberg, Fabian Siuda2022Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 185 (2), 498–518
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Contribution in Refereed JournalMore Opportunity, More Cooperation? The Behavioral Effects of Birthright Citizenship on Immigrant YouthChristina Felfe, Martin G. Kocher, Helmut Rainer, Judit Saurer, Thomas Siedler2021Journal of Public Economics 200
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Contribution in Refereed JournalColonialism and female empowerment: A two-sided legacyEleonora Guarnieri, Helmut Rainer2021Journal of Development Economics 151, 102666
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Contribution in Refereed JournalWhy Birthright Citizenship Matters for Immigrant Children: Short- and Long-Run Impacts on Educational IntegrationChristina Felfe, Helmut Rainer, Judith Saurer2020Journal of Labor Economics 38 (1), 143–182
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Contribution in Refereed JournalFamily-Specific Investments and Divorce with Dynamically Inconsistent Households: Marital Contracts and PolicyDan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Kerstin Roeder2018Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 148, 199–225
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Contribution in Refereed JournalFamilienpolitik in Deutschland: Kausale Evaluationsstudien und ausgewählte ErgebnisseAnita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainer2017Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 18 (2), 117–131
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Contribution in Refereed JournalDaddy monthsVolker Meier, Helmut Rainer2017Journal of Population Economics, vol. 30, 875–892
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Contribution in Refereed JournalWhen Labor Disputes Bring Cities to a Standstill: The Impact of Public Transit Strikes on Traffic, Accidents, Air Pollution, and HealthStefan Bauernschuster, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainer2017American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 9 (1), 1-37
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Contribution in Refereed JournalChildren of a (Policy) Revolution: The Introduction of Universal Child Care and its Effect on FertilityStefan Bauernschuster, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainer2016Journal of the European Economic Association 14 (4), 975-1005
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Contribution in Refereed JournalPigou Meets Ramsey: Gender-Based Taxation with Non-Cooperative CouplesVolker Meier, Helmut Rainer2015European Economic Review 77, 28–46
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Contribution in Refereed JournalPolitical Socialization in Flux? Linking Family Non-Intactness during Childhood to Adult Civic EngagementTimo Hener, Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler2016Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 179 (3), 633-656
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Contribution in Refereed JournalUnemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and EvidenceDan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Jonathan Wadsworth, Tanya Wilson2016Economic Journal 126 (597), 1947-1979
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Contribution in Refereed JournalUnintended Consequences of Welfare Reform for Children with Single Parents: A Theoretical AnalysisM. Francesconi, W. van der Klaauw, Helmut Rainer2015Review of Economics of the Household 13 (3), 709-733
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Contribution in Refereed JournalThe Effect of Power Imbalances on Incentives to Make Non-Contractible InvestmentsMarco Faravelli, Oliver Kirchkamp, Helmut Rainer2013European Economic Review 61, 169-185
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Contribution in Refereed JournalMeet the Parents? Family Size and the Geographic Proximity between Adult Children and Older MothersHelmut Rainer, Helena Holmlund, Thomas Siedler2013Demography 50 (3), 903-931
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Contribution in Refereed JournalEconomic Abuse: A Theory of Intrahousehold SabotageHelmut Rainer, Dan Anderberg2013Journal of Public Economics 97 (1), 282-295
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Contribution in Refereed JournalEducation, Communication and Wellbeing: An Application to Sexual SatisfactionHelmut Rainer, Ian Smith2012Kyklos 65 (4), 581-598
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Contribution in Refereed JournalOn the Optimality of Joint Taxation for Non-Cooperative CouplesVolker Meier, Helmut Rainer2012Labour Economics 19 (4), 633-641
Accpeted: 2012
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Contribution in Refereed JournalFamily Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International PerspectiveHelmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler2012Population and Development Review 38 (2), 337-351
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Contribution in Refereed JournalPolitical Regimes and the Family: How Sex-Role Attitudes Continue to Differ in Reunified GermanyStefan Bauernschuster, Helmut Rainer2012Journal of Population Economics 25 (1), 05-27
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Contribution in Refereed JournalAssisted Reproductive Technologies in a Model of Fertility ChoiceHelmut Rainer, G. Selvaretnam, D. Ulph2011Journal of Population Economics 24 (3), 1101–1132
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Contribution in Refereed JournalStaying Together for the Sake of the Home? House Price Shocks and Partnership Dissolution in the UKHelmut Rainer, Ian Smith2010Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 173 (3), 557–574
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Contribution in Refereed JournalDoes Democracy Foster Trust?Helmut Rainer, T. Siedler2009Journal of Comparative Economics 37 (2), 251-269
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Contribution in Refereed JournalSocial Networks in Determining Migration and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the German ReunificationHelmut Rainer, T. Siedler2009Economics of Transition 17 (4), 739-767
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Contribution in Refereed JournalThe Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britain on Married Couples: Theory and EvidenceHelmut Rainer, Marco Francesconi, Wilbert van der Klaauw2009Economic Journal 119 (535), F66-F100
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Contribution in Refereed JournalO Brother, Where Art Thou? The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market OutcomesHelmut Rainer, T. Siedler2009Economica 76 (303), 528-556
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Contribution in Refereed JournalGender Discrimination and Efficiency in Marriage: the Bargaining Family under ScrutinyHelmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler2008Journal of Population Economics 21 (2), 305-329
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Contribution in Refereed JournalSubjective Income and Employment Expectations and Preferences for RedistributionHelmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler2008Economics Letters 99 (3), 449-453
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Contribution in Refereed JournalShould We Write Prenuptial ContractsHelmut Rainer2007European Economic Review 51 (2), 337-363
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Working Papers
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Working PaperDan Anderberg, Gordon B. Dahl, Christina Felfe, Helmut Rainer, Thomas SiedlerCESifo, Munich, 2024CESifo Working Paper No. 10965
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Working PaperSofia Amaral, Gordon B. Dahl, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Timo Hener, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2023CESifo Working Paper No. 10205
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Working PaperMarc Fabel, Matthias Flückiger, Markus Ludwig, Helmut Rainer, Maria Waldinger, Sebastian WichertCESifo, Munich, 2022CESifo Working Paper No. 9742
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Working PaperLeander Andres, Marc Fabel, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2021CESifo Working Paper No. 9431
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Working PaperDan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Fabian SiudaCESifo, Munich, 2020CESifo Working Paper No. 8593
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Working PaperGordon B. Dahl, Christina Felfe, Paul Frijters, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2020CESifo Working Paper No. 8045
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Working PaperAudrey Au Yong Lyn, Helmut Rainerifo Institute, Munich, 2019ifo Working Paper No. 314 (revised version: May 2020)
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Working PaperEleonora Guarnieri, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2018CESifo Working Paper No. 7009
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Working PaperChristina Felfe, Martin G. Kocher, Helmut Rainer, Judith Saurer, Thomas SiedlerCESifo, Munich, 2018CESifo Working Paper No. 6991
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Working PaperChristina Felfe, Helmut Rainer, Judith SaurerCESifo, Munich, 2016CESifo Working Paper No. 6037
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Working PaperDan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Kerstin RoederCESifo, Munich, 2016CESifo Working Paper No. 5996
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Working PaperStefan Bauernschuster, Timo Hener, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2015CESifo Working Paper No. 5313
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Working PaperVolker Meier, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2014CESifo Working Paper No. 5033
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Working PaperVolker Meier, Helmut RainerIfo Institute, Munich, 2014Ifo Working Paper No. 179
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Working PaperStefan Bauernschuster, Timo Hener, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2014CESifo Working Paper No. 4776
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Working PaperDan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Jonathan Wadsworth, Tanya WilsonCESifo, Munich, 2013CESifo Working Paper No. 4315
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Working PaperStefan Bauernschuster, Timo Hener, Helmut RainerIfo Institute, Munich, 2013Ifo Working Paper No. 158
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Working PaperVolker Meier, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2012CESifo Working Paper No. 3966
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Working PaperTimo Hener, Helmut Rainer, Thomas SiedlerCESifo, Munich, 2012CESifo Working Paper No. 3918
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Working PaperDan Anderberg, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2011CESifo Working Paper No. 3673
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Working PaperVolker Meier, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2010CESifo Working Paper No. 3128
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Working PaperHelmut Rainer, Thomas SiedlerCESifo, Munich, 2010CESifo Working Paper No. 2989
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Working PaperStefan Bauernschuster, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2010CESifo Working Paper No. 2957
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Working PaperMarco Faravelli, Oliver Kirchkamp, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2010CESifo Working Paper No. 2933
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Working PaperHelmut Rainer, Marco Faravelli, Oliver Kirchkamp2009Jena Economic Research Papers 2009-016
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Working PaperHelmut Rainer, Helena Holmlund, Thomas Siedler2009IZA Discussion Paper No. 4398
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Working PaperHelmut Rainer, Geethanjali Selvaretnam, David Ulph2008ISER Working Paper 2008-02
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Working PaperHelmut Rainer, Marco Francesconi, Wilbert van der Klaauw2008CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7107
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Further Publications
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Article in JournalSofia Amaral, Gordon B. Dahl, Timo Hener, Victoria Kaiser, Helmut RainerCESifo, Munich, 2023EconPol Forum 24 (6), 50-53
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Article in JournalSofia Amaral, Gordon Dahl, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2023ifo Schnelldienst, 2023, 76, Nr. 04, 60-62
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Article in JournalLeander Andres, Marc Fabel, Matthias Flückiger, Markus Ludwig, Helmut Rainer, Maria Waldinger, Sebastian Wichertifo Institut, München, 2022ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 05, 28-33
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Article in JournalLeander Andres, Marc Fabel, Helmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2022ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 02, 24-27
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Article in JournalDan Anderberg, Helmut Rainer, Fabian Siudaifo Institute, Munich, 2022ifo Schnelldienst, 2022, 75, Nr. 01, 32-34
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainer, Andreas Peichlifo Institut, München, 2021ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 07, 06-10
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Article in JournalChristina Felfe de Ormeño, Helmut Rainerifo Institute, Munich, 2020CESifo Forum 21 (4), 14-18
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Article in JournalChristina Gathmann, Ole Monscheuer, Christina Felfe, Helmut Rainer, Swantje Falcke, Paolo Pinotti, Graziella Bertocchi, Chiara Strozziifo Institut, München, 2020ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 11, 03-24
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Article in JournalSofia Amaral, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Helmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2020ifo Schnelldienst, 2020, 73, Nr. 07, 52-56
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainer, Clara Albrecht, Stefan Bauernschuster, Victoria Endl-Geyer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Joachim Ragnitzifo Institut, München, 2018ifo Schnelldienst, 2018, 71, Nr. 21, 56-61
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Monograph (Authorship)Helmut Rainer, Clara Albrecht, Stefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Joachim Ragnitzifo Institut, München, 2018ifo Forschungsberichte / 96
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Monograph (Authorship)Wolfgang Auer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Marc Piopiunik, Helmut RainerInstitut für Innovation und Technik (iit), Berlin, 2017Studien im Rahmen des Bundesberichts Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs (BuWiN)
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Monograph (Authorship)Helmut Rainer, et al.Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Berlin, 2017
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2017ifo Schnelldienst, 2017, 70, Nr. 13, 57-59
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Paper in Academic VolumeHelmut RainerHanser, München, 2016in: Gabriel Felbermayr et. al. (Hrsg.): Hans-Werner Sinn und 25 Jahre deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik, 94-95
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Article in JournalStefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2014ifo Schnelldienst, 2014, 67, Nr. 24, 31-36
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Article in JournalStefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2014ifo Schnelldienst, 2014, 67, Nr. 10, 30-37
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner, Janina ReinkowskiIfo Institute, Munich, 2014CESifo DICE Report 12 (1), 37-45
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Article in JournalHolger Bonin, Anita Fichtl, Helmut Rainer, C. Katharina Spieß, Holger Stichnoth, Katharina Wrohlichifo Institut, München, 2013ifo Schnelldienst, 2013, 66, Nr. 18, 22-30
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Article in JournalPolitical Socialisation in Changing Times? Connection Between Family Structures and Civic EngagementHelmut Rainer, Timo Hener, Thomas Siedler, Anita Fichtlifo Institut, München, 2013ifo Schnelldienst, 2013, 66, Nr. 17, 30-38
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Monograph (Authorship)Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner, Janina Reinkowskiifo Institut, München, 2013ifo Forschungsberichte / 60
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner, Janina Reinkowskiifo Institut, München, 2013ifo Schnelldienst, 2013, 66, Nr. 09, 28-36
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Monograph (Authorship)Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Wolfgang Auer, Natalia Danzer, Mine Hancioglu, Bastian Hartmann, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner, Notburga Ott, Janina Reinkowski, Martin Werdingifo Institut, München, 2013ifo Forschungsberichte / 59
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainer, Wolfgang Auer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner, Janina Reinkowski, Martin Werdingifo Institut, München, 2013ifo Schnelldienst, 2013, 66, Nr. 07, 31-40
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Article in JournalAnita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Helmut Rainerifo Institut, München, 2012ifo Schnelldienst, 2012, 65, Nr. 21, 38-44
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Monograph (Editorship)Fabienne Becker-Stoll, Hans-Peter Klös, Helmut Rainer, Gregor Thüsingifo Institut, München, 2012
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Article in JournalWolfgang Auer, Herbert Hofmann, Helmut Rainer, Janina Reinkowskiifo Institut, München, 2011ifo Schnelldienst, 2011, 64, Nr. 23, 31-33
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Article in JournalHelmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster2010Ökonomenstimme
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Article in JournalStefan Bauernschuster, Wido Geis, Christian Holzner, Helmut Rainerifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2010ifo Schnelldienst, 2010, 63, Nr. 05, 21-29
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Projects
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ProjectBill & Melinda Gates FoundationJuly 2021 – June 2024
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ProjectGerman Research FoundationJuly 2021 – June 2024
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ProjectLeibniz Association2019 - 2023
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ProjectFederal Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsJanuary 2019 - November 2019
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ProjectLeibniz AssociationJuly 2015 - June 2019
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ProjectFederal Ministry for Economic Affairs and EnergyMarch 2016 - June 2018
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ProjectInstitute for Innovation and TechnologyJune 2015 – January 2016
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Academic Background
10/2000 - 03/2005 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Essex
(Dissertation: "Essays on the Economics of the Family"; Supervisor: Prof. Abhinay Muthoo)
03/1994 - 10/1999 M.A. in Economics (Mag.rer.soc.oec), Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz
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Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
since 2007 Research Associate, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
2002 Graduate teaching assistant prize, University of Essex
2000 - 2003 Research Stipend, University of Essex
1999 Prize for master thesis in economics, University Graz
1996 - 1997 Erasmus Scholarship, University of Paris X
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Teaching
2005 - 2009: Intermediate Microeconomics (BSc. level), Law and Economics (BSc. level), Contemporary Issues: Auctions (BSc. level), The Economics of Negotiations (MSc. level)
2003 - 2005: Mathematical Methods in Economics (BSc. level), Contemporary Topics in Microeconomics (BSc. level), The Economics of Negotiations (BSc. level), Advanced Mi-croeconomics (MSc. level), Game Theory (MSc. level)
2000 - 2003: Mathematical Methods (MSc. level, Pre-Sessional), Introduction to Econom-ics (BSc. level), Inter
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Events
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Press releases
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Press release — 2 May 2023
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Press release — 6 December 2022
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Press release — 16 February 2022
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Press release — 17 January 2022
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Press release — 5 July 2021
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Press release — 11 November 2020
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Press release — 30 October 2019
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