Work in Progress
Individualism and Working from Home
Current version: September 2024 (with Natalie Irmert and Therese Nilsson).
Autonomous Schools, Achievement, and Segregation
Current version: October 2024 (with Natalie Irmert, Linn Mattisson, and Felix Weinhardt).
Related material: LSE blog post.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Recession Experiences during Early Adulthood Shape Prosocial Attitudes Later in Life
Journal of Public Economics, accepted (with Uwe Sunde and Petra Thiemann).
Do Motivated Classmates Matter for Educational
Success?
Economic Journal, 135 (665), 36-58, 2025.
Related material: publisher's version, slides.
Revisiting the Effect of Growing Up in a Recession on Preferences for Redistribution
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 38(5), 786-794, 2023 (with Petra Thiemann).
Related material: slides, replication files (link).
Teacher Quality and Cross-Country Differences in Learning in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Economics of Education Review (special issue: Education in Low-Income Settings), 96, article 102437, 2023 (with Natalie Irmert and Mohammad H. Sepahvand).
Related material: replication files (30 KB).
Media coverage: The Conversation.
Tuition Fees and Educational Attainment
European Economic Review, 154, article 104431, 2023 (with Andreas Leibing, Jan Marcus, and Felix Weinhardt).
Related material: publisher's version, DIW Wochenbericht 15/2021 (popular science summary in German).
Media coverage: Hamburger Abendblatt,
Berliner Morgenpost,
WAZ,
Deutschlandfunk, among others.
New Evidence on the Importance of Instruction Time for Student Achievement on International Assessments
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 38(3), 423-431, 2023 (with Matthew Collins).
Related material: publisher's version, replication files (87 MB).
The Long-Term Impacts of Low-Achieving Childhood Peers: Evidence from Project STAR
Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(1), 392-426, 2020.
Related material: publisher's version, online appendix, slides, replication files (3 MB).
Media coverage: Tagesspiegel, Weser Kurier.
The Effect of Working Hours on Health
Economics and Human Biology, 39, article 100901, 2020 (with Inés Berniell).
Related material: publisher's version.
Media coverage: The Academic Times, Vox China, Dagens ETC, among others.
Special mention of the Premio ANCE Julio H. G. Olivera 2019.
Birth Weight and Vulnerability to a Macroeconomic Crisis
Journal of Health Economics, 66, 136-144, 2019 (with Prashant Bharadwaj, Petter Lundborg, and Dan-Olof Rooth).
Related material: publisher's version, online appendix.
Preschool Attendance, Schooling, and Cognitive Skills in East Africa
Economics of Education Review, 73, article 101909, 2019 (with Sanna Ericsson and Fredrick M. Wamalwa).
Related material: publisher's version, online appendix, replication files (16 MB).
Media coverage: The Conversation, The Standard (Kenya).
Africa's Skill Tragedy: Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?
Journal of Human Resources, 53(3), 553-578, 2018 (lead article, with Marc Piopiunik and Simon Wiederhold).
Related material: publisher's version, slides, summary on the JHR website.
Winner of the ifo Institute Research Prize 2018.
Teaching Practices and Cognitive Skills
Labour Economics, 30, 143-153, 2014.
Related material: publisher's version, poster, slides, replication files (8 MB).
Media coverage: Nada es Gratis.
Winner of the IEA Bruce H. Choppin Memorial Award 2012.
Winner of the UAM-Accenture Award in Economics and Management of Innovation 2011.
Publication in Swedish
Traditionella normer och föräldrars investering i humankapital
Ekonomisk Debatt, 51(2), 34-41, 2023 (with Steve Berggreen and Gunes Gokmen).
Dissertation
Three Essays on School Organization, Student Performance, and Long-Term Outcomes.
Winner of the Prize for the Best Dissertation in Economics of Education 2015/16 by the German Economic Association.