Research

Working Papers

"Outside options and worker motivation" with Matthias Fahn and Flora Stiftinger
R&R at American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

"The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark" with Ulrich Glogowsky, Martin Halla, and Timo Hener
R&R at Journal of the European Economic Association

"The labor and health economics of breast cancer" with Gerald Pruckner and Flora Stiftinger

"Supply-side drug policy, polydrug use, and the economic effects of withdrawal symptoms" with Analisa Packham

"Firms and worker health" with Analisa Packham and Jonathan Smith

Journal Publications

"Disability Insurance Screening and Worker Outcomes" with Analisa Packham
Journal of Health Economics, accepted

"The Health Effects of Downsizing Survival" with Dominik Grübl and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming

"Effects of unemployment insurance duration on mental and physical health" with Analisa Packham
Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 226.

"Mass gatherings contributed to early COVID-19 mortality: Evidence from US sports" with Martin Halla and Mario Lackner
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2023, 41(3), 471-488.

"The intergenerational persistence of opioid dependence: Evidence from administrative data" with Martin Halla
Health Economics, 2022, 31(11), 2425-2444.

"Minimum legal drinking age and the social gradient in binge drinking" with Stefan Bauernschuster, Martin Halla, and Hannah Lachenmaier
 Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 81.

"Exploring variations in health-care expenditures—What is the role of practice styles?" with Thomas Schober
Health Economics, 2020, 29(6), 683-699.

"The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes" with Martin Halla and Nicole Schneeweis
Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 70.

"Does confidence enhance performance? Causal evidence from the field” with Mario Lackner and Jasmin Voigt
Managerial and Decision Economics, 2019, 40(6), 704–717.

"Physicians, sick leave certificates, and patients' subsequent employment outcomes'
Health Economics, 2018, 27(6), 923-936.

"The effect of income on mortality—new evidence for the absence of a causal link" with G. Thomas Horvath and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2017, 180(3), 793-816.

"Wage Discrimination Against Immigrants in Austria?" with Helmut Hofer, Gerlinde Titelbach, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Labour, 2017, 31(2), 105-126.

Chapters

“The Austrian Healthcare System: Changes and Challenges” (2021) with Rene Wiesinger and Katrin Zocher
Baltagi, B.H. and Moscone, F. (Ed.) The Sustainability of Health Care Systems in Europe (Contributions to Economic Analysis, Vol. 295), Emerald Publishing Limited