1. Refereed Journal // forthcoming

    LinkedOut? A Field Experiment on Discrimination in Job Network Formation

    We assess the impact of discrimination on Black individuals’ job networks across the U.S. using a two-stage field experiment with 400+ fictitious LinkedIn profiles. In the first stage, we vary race via…

  2. Refereed Journal // forthcoming

    Birth Cohort Size Variation and the Estimation of Class Size Effects

    We show that in school systems with grade retention or redshirting birth cohort size is negatively related to the grade-level share of students who are too old for their grade. This compositional effect gives…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // forthcoming

    Endogenous worst-case beliefs in first-price auctions

    Bidding in first-price auctions crucially depends on the beliefs of the bidders. We analyze bidding behavior in a first-price auction in which the knowledge of the bidders about the distribution of the values of…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-002 // 2025

    Gritty Peers

    We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to explore how high school peers’ grit, a personality trait characterized by perseverance and passion, influences long-term outcomes…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 25-001 // 2025

    Innovation Performance Through Collaborations with Public Research Organizations: Conducting and Signaling Mechanisms

    We explore the association between signaling and conducting innovation collaborations with public research organizations and firms’ revenues from firm and market novelties. Based on data from the German…