Prof. Dr. Josef Zweimüllermore information

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Bernasconi	Per Capita Income and the Quality and Variety of Imports
Kohler	Vernon Product Cycles Through Non-homothetic Preferences
Staubli	Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance and the Early Retirement Decision
Zweimüller	Does Culture Affect Unemployment? Evidence from the “Röstigraben”,
	Political Ideology, Economic Expectations, and Fertility Choices

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Bernasconi	The Linder Hypothesis and the Two Extensive Margins of International Trade Flows
Brunner	Immigrant Concentration and Attitudes Toward Immigrants
Foellmi	Trade and Nonhomothetic Preferences
Hepenstrick	The Composition of Global Inequality and the Structure of International Trade
Kohler	Income per capita, International Trade, and Growth
	Non-homothetic preferences, Growth and International Trade
Kuhn	The Impact of Labor Market Entry Conditions on Initial Job Assignment, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wages
	Inequality Perceptions, Distributional Norms, and Redistributive Preferences in East and West Germany
	Subjective evaluations of wage inequality and the demand for redistribution
	Financial Incentives, the Timing of Births, Birth Complications, and Newborns' Health: Evidence from the Abolition of Austria's Baby Bonus
Lalive	Social Interactions
Oechslin	Inequality and Institutions
	The Persistence of Dysfunctional Institutions: A Political-Economy Approach
Staubli	Does Raising the Retirement Age Increase Employment of Older Workers?
Steinhauer	Leverage and Covariance Matrix Estimation in Finite-Sample IV Regressions
Wuellrich	How do Welfare State Provisions Affect Labor Market Outcomes?
Zweimüller	How Economic Incentives Affect Workplace Accidents
	Fatal Attraction? The Effects of Loosened Access to Early Retirement on Withdrawal from Working Life and Mortality
	Inequality and Growth: The Neglected Time Dimension
	The Macroeconomics of Model T
	Matching Firm and Worker Data
	Effect of Parental Leave on Fertility and Labor Supply
	Labor Market Opportunities for People with Disabilities
	Paths into early retirement and long-run effects on health
	Financial incentives and the timing of births
	Parental Leave and Mothers' Careers: The Relative Importance of Job Protection and Cash Benefits
	Preferences for Indirect Redistribution: Does Culture Matter?
	Incentives in Unemployment Insurance
	Evaluation of Active Labor Market Policy
	Employment and Health
	Firms, Workers and Compensating Wage Differentials
	Growth and Employment
	Training and male-female wage differences
Zweimüller Föllmi	Inequality and Growth
Zweimüller Foellmi	Inequality and Product Market Imperfections