Stephan L Thomsen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 879116 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stephan L Thomsen |
| NOMBRES | Stephan L |
| APELLIDO | Thomsen |
| FIRMA | THOMSEN S L |
| AFILIACIONES | Leibniz University Hannover |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9677-9199 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Academics’ susceptibility to disruptions of their research productivity
The circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted research activities, but did not affect all academics equally. Understanding which academics were susceptible to disruptions is essential for gauging and addressing the pandemic’s systemic consequences and can yield insights into influences on research productivity more generally. Based on the survey responses of 1891 university professors in Germany, we estimate multivariate model…
BAföG
Das BAföG soll durch die finanzielle Unterstützung bedürftiger Studierender zur Chancengleichheit im Bildungswesen beitragen, um Bildungspotentiale optimal auszuschöpfen. Die geltenden Bedarfssätze werden in der aktuellen Debatte in der Öffentlichkeit von weiten Teilen der Politik und Gesellschaft als zu niedrig angesehen. Ein dabei vorgebrachter Kritik- bzw. Referenzpunkt ist, dass sie regelmäßig unter dem Bürgergeld-Niveau lägen, weshalb eine A…
Studying abroad experience and the wages of females
Studying abroad acts as investment in human capital and ideally outweighs associated investment costs due to higher earnings or related non-monetary benefits. We estimate monetary returns to studying abroad for female graduates 1 and 5 years after graduation. The empirical estimates—based on panel data from four graduate cohorts in 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009—confirm positive returns to studying abroad. Mobile females earn 3.2% higher wages compar…
Workload disparities and their role in the health of migrants and natives in Germany
The analysis shows that migrants report worse health than natives, with stronger negative effects of work-related conditions on their health, both physically and mentally. Women, in general, report poorer health conditions than men. The findings emphasize the importance of promoting human capital to reduce economic and health disparities, though caution is advised regarding affirmative actions for migrants; further research is needed to understan…
Preventing Child Maltreatment
We investigate the impact of public childcare provision on the incidence of severe child maltreatment. For identification, we exploit a reform that expanded early childcare in Germany, generating large temporal and spatial variation in childcare coverage at the county level. Using high-quality administrative data covering all reported cases of child maltreatment in Germany by county and year, we find that an increase in childcare slots by one per…
The financial situation of students during the Covid-19 pandemic. A case study from a German university
The majority of university students in Germany have to work to earn a living. The closure of universities and the loss of many typical student jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected their situation. We collected data on the employment and financial situation of students at a major German university. In contrast to previous studies, we are able to analyze changes in students' income and its composition throughout the different pha…
Academics’ Attitudes Toward Engaging in Public Discussions
Growing demands and expectations on the side of policy makers and the public have changed the conditions for academics’ engagement in public discussions. At the same time, risks related to this engagement for the professional and even private lives of academics have become apparent. Conducting a survey experiment among 4091 tenured professors in Germany, we study how these conditions causally affect academics’ attitudes toward engaging. Consisten…
Benefit–Cost Analysis of Social Media Facilitated Bystander Programs
Bystander programs contribute to crime prevention by motivating people to intervene in violent situations. Social media allow addressing very specific target groups, and provide valuable information for program evaluation. This paper provides a conceptual framework for conducting benefit–cost analysis of bystander programs and puts a particular focus on the use of social media for program dissemination and data collection. The benefit–cost model …
The immigrant-native wage gap in Germany revisited
This study provides new evidence on the levels of economic integration experienced by foreigners and naturalised immigrants relative to native Germans from 1994 to 2015. We decompose the wage gap using the method for unconditional quantile regression models by employing a regression of the (recentered) influence function (RIF) of the gross hourly wage on a rich set of explanatory variables. This approach enables us to estimate contributions made …
Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt for a decentralized organization. We evaluate the relative success of both types in terms of integrating welfare recipients into employment. Compared to ce…
Subnational Population Projections by Age
Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions
In Germany, imposition of benefit cuts for non-compliant welfare recipients depends on the policy of the local welfare agencies resulting in considerable regional variation, expressed in milder and stricter sanction regimes. Findings from international studies show, that benefit sanctions can substantially increase individual employment uptake. This raises the question, whether a stricter use of sanctions will be effective in Germany. We analyze …
Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system
We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score matching in a dynamic setting to estimate the treatment effects and suggest the identification of unexplained effect differences between groups. The resul…
Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system
We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score matching in a dynamic setting to estimate the treatment effects and suggest the identification of unexplained effect differences between groups. The resul…
The immigrant-native wage gap in Germany revisited
This study provides new evidence on the levels of economic integration experienced by foreigners and naturalised immigrants relative to native Germans from 1994 to 2015. We decompose the wage gap using the method for unconditional quantile regression models by employing a regression of the (recentered) influence function (RIF) of the gross hourly wage on a rich set of explanatory variables. This approach enables us to estimate contributions made …
Subnational Population Projections by Age
Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system
We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and unique administrative data, we apply propensity score matching in a dynamic setting to estimate the treatment effects and suggest the identification of unexplained effect differences between groups. The resul…
Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions
In Germany, imposition of benefit cuts for non-compliant welfare recipients depends on the policy of the local welfare agencies resulting in considerable regional variation, expressed in milder and stricter sanction regimes. Findings from international studies show, that benefit sanctions can substantially increase individual employment uptake. This raises the question, whether a stricter use of sanctions will be effective in Germany. We analyze …
Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt for a decentralized organization. We evaluate the relative success of both types in terms of integrating welfare recipients into employment. Compared to ce…
Subnational Population Projections by Age
Benefit–Cost Analysis of Social Media Facilitated Bystander Programs
Bystander programs contribute to crime prevention by motivating people to intervene in violent situations. Social media allow addressing very specific target groups, and provide valuable information for program evaluation. This paper provides a conceptual framework for conducting benefit–cost analysis of bystander programs and puts a particular focus on the use of social media for program dissemination and data collection. The benefit–cost model …
The immigrant-native wage gap in Germany revisited
This study provides new evidence on the levels of economic integration experienced by foreigners and naturalised immigrants relative to native Germans from 1994 to 2015. We decompose the wage gap using the method for unconditional quantile regression models by employing a regression of the (recentered) influence function (RIF) of the gross hourly wage on a rich set of explanatory variables. This approach enables us to estimate contributions made …
Academics’ Attitudes Toward Engaging in Public Discussions
Growing demands and expectations on the side of policy makers and the public have changed the conditions for academics’ engagement in public discussions. At the same time, risks related to this engagement for the professional and even private lives of academics have become apparent. Conducting a survey experiment among 4091 tenured professors in Germany, we study how these conditions causally affect academics’ attitudes toward engaging. Consisten…
Studying abroad experience and the wages of females
Studying abroad acts as investment in human capital and ideally outweighs associated investment costs due to higher earnings or related non-monetary benefits. We estimate monetary returns to studying abroad for female graduates 1 and 5 years after graduation. The empirical estimates—based on panel data from four graduate cohorts in 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009—confirm positive returns to studying abroad. Mobile females earn 3.2% higher wages compar…
Workload disparities and their role in the health of migrants and natives in Germany
The analysis shows that migrants report worse health than natives, with stronger negative effects of work-related conditions on their health, both physically and mentally. Women, in general, report poorer health conditions than men. The findings emphasize the importance of promoting human capital to reduce economic and health disparities, though caution is advised regarding affirmative actions for migrants; further research is needed to understan…
Preventing Child Maltreatment
We investigate the impact of public childcare provision on the incidence of severe child maltreatment. For identification, we exploit a reform that expanded early childcare in Germany, generating large temporal and spatial variation in childcare coverage at the county level. Using high-quality administrative data covering all reported cases of child maltreatment in Germany by county and year, we find that an increase in childcare slots by one per…
The financial situation of students during the Covid-19 pandemic. A case study from a German university
The majority of university students in Germany have to work to earn a living. The closure of universities and the loss of many typical student jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected their situation. We collected data on the employment and financial situation of students at a major German university. In contrast to previous studies, we are able to analyze changes in students' income and its composition throughout the different pha…
Academics’ susceptibility to disruptions of their research productivity
The circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted research activities, but did not affect all academics equally. Understanding which academics were susceptible to disruptions is essential for gauging and addressing the pandemic’s systemic consequences and can yield insights into influences on research productivity more generally. Based on the survey responses of 1891 university professors in Germany, we estimate multivariate model…
BAföG
Das BAföG soll durch die finanzielle Unterstützung bedürftiger Studierender zur Chancengleichheit im Bildungswesen beitragen, um Bildungspotentiale optimal auszuschöpfen. Die geltenden Bedarfssätze werden in der aktuellen Debatte in der Öffentlichkeit von weiten Teilen der Politik und Gesellschaft als zu niedrig angesehen. Ein dabei vorgebrachter Kritik- bzw. Referenzpunkt ist, dass sie regelmäßig unter dem Bürgergeld-Niveau lägen, weshalb eine A…
Economics (9 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Demographic economics (5 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Econometrics (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · German (3 obras) · Labour economics (3 obras) · Mathematics (3 obras)