Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Benjamin Fuchs
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address:
Department of Economics (520 B)
University of Hohenheim
70593 Stuttgart
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Date of Birth:
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Osthof-West 120
+49-711-459 22933
[email protected]
March 24, 1984
German
ACADEMIC DEGREES
7/2016
Dr.oec. (Ph.D. in Economics)
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Thesis: "Essays on Tackling Economic Inequalities"
Advisor/First Referee: Prof. Dr. Aderonke Osikominu
Second Referee: Prof. Dr. Robert Jung
9/2009
Diplom-Volkswirt (M.Sc. in Economics)
University of Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br.
WORK EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIPS
Since 2/2014
Research and Teaching Assistant
Department of Economics - 520 B (Aderonke Osikominu)
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart
12/2009 - 4/2014
Research Assistant
Research Group “Empirics of Education” (Aderonke Osikominu)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br.
11/2009 - 11/2009
Student Assistant
Research Group “Empirics of Education” (Aderonke Osikominu)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br.
5/2007 - 11/2009
Student and Teaching Assistant
Department of Applied Econometrics (Bernd Fitzenberger)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br.
3/2009 - 4/2009
Internship
Department „Labour Markets, Human Ressources and Social Policy“
Supervisor: Holger Bonin
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim
10/2006 - 2/2007
Teaching Assistant
Department of Applied Econometrics (Siegfried Hauser)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br.
August 2016
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PARTICIPATION IN FURTHER TRAINING AND SUMMER SCHOOLS
8/2016
Ba-Wü-Zertifikat, Modul "Lehren und Lernen III". Implementation of an Online
Self-Assessment System in ILIAS 5.0 for Master Students
5/2015
"Effective Programming for Economists". A Three-Day Course in Quantitative
Methods by Martin von Gaudecker in Hohenheim
2/2015
33 NEPS User Training. A Two-Day Course in Bamberg
10/2014
Ba-Wü-Zertifikat, Modul "Lehren und Lernen II". A One-Week Course on
Academic Teaching in Tübingen
5/2014
PIACC Data Analysis Workshop, A One-Day Workshop in Mannheim
12/2013
Opening Event of the Program “Netzwerk Bildungsforschung”, A One-Day
Workshop in Stuttgart
8/2013
“Empirical Strategies for Causal Inference“. A One-Week Course by Joshua
Angrist in Lausanne
4/2013 - 7/2013
Ba-Wü-Zertifikat, Modul "Lehren und Lernen I“. Three Two-Day Courses on
Academic Teaching in Freiburg
4/2013 - 5/2013
“Field Experiments: Theory and Economic Applications”. Three One-Day
Courses by Lorenz Goette in Zurich
“Early Childhood Development”. A One-Day Workshop in Zurich (with James
Heckman)
3/2013
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7/2012
“Applied and Non-Parametric Methods”. A One-Week Course by Franco
Peracchi in Barcelona
3/2012
“Selected Topics in Behavioral Economics”. Two Two-Day Courses by Armin
Falk in Zurich
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2016
"Baden-Württemberg-Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik" (scheduled)
Completion of an accredited training on the development of teaching skills
comprising 200 hours.
Hochschuldidaktikzentrum Baden-Württemberg
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Quantile Regression, Matching Estimation, Microeconometrics
Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Behavioral Economics, Real Estate Economics
WORK IN PROGRESS
''On The Interaction Between Migration, Capital Formation, and the Price for Housing Services''. With
Volker Grossmann, Andreas Schäfer, and Thomas M. Steger.
"The Effect of Teenage Employment on Character Skills and Occupational Choice Strategies"
"Quality Leisure Time and Youth Development: What Are the Effects of Sports?". With Aderonke
Osikominu
August 2016
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DISCUSSION PAPERS
Fuchs, Benjamin and Aderonke Osikominu (2016). ``Quality Leisure Time and Youth Development'',
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 11330.
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Fitzenberger, Bernd and Benjamin Fuchs (2016). ``The Residency Discount for Rents in Germany and
the Tenancy Law Reform Act 2001: Evidence from Quantile Regressions'', German Economic Review,
forthcoming.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
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7/2015
10 Warsaw International Economic Meeting (WIEM), Warsaw
7/2015
2 CenEA and CeMMAP (Ce) Workshop, Warsaw
4/2015
2 Network-Workshop of the DFG Priority Program 1764, "The German Labor
Market in a Globalized World: Challenges through Trade, Technology and
Demographics", Nuremberg
9/2014
26 Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists
(EALE), Ljubljana
9/2014
Annual Conference of the German Statistical Society (DStatG), ”Deutsche
Statistische Woche", Hannover
9/2014
Annual Conference of the German Statistical Society (DStatG), ”Deutsche
Statistische Woche” - Young Researcher Workshop, Hannover
6/2014
11 Conference of the German Socio-Economic Panel User, DIW Berlin
4/2014
19 Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Vienna
3/2014
4 Workshop “Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialpolitik”, ifo Dresden
3/2014
2 Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEPF),
"Die Perspektiven verbinden" - Young Researcher Workshop, Frankfurt a.M.
12/2013
6 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Workshop “Perspectives on (Un-)Employment”,
IAB Nuremberg
9/2013
25 Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists
(EALE), Turin
9/2013
Annual Conference of the German Statistical Society (DStatG), ”Deutsche
Statistische Woche”, Berlin
9/2013
3 Workshop "Real Estate Economics", Essen
9/2013
Annual Conference of the German Economic Association (Verein für
Socialpolitik) “Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen
Wirtschaftsordnung”, Düsseldorf
3/2013
3 Joint Statistical Meeting of the German Consortium in Statistics (DAGStat),
“Statistics under one umbrella”, Freiburg
August 2016
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11/2012
5 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Workshop “Perspectives on (Un-)Employment”,
IAB Nuremberg
6/2012
10 Conference of the German Socio Economic Panel Users, DIW Berlin
3/2012
2 Workshop “Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialpolitik”, ifo Dresden
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Summer 2016
Lecture "Introduction to Stata" (Bachelor)
Supervision of Seminar Thesis (Bachelor)
University of Hohenheim
Summer 2015
Exercise in "Introduction to Econometrics" (Bachelor)
University of Hohenheim
Winter 2014/15
Exercise in "Econometrics II" (Master)
Supervision of Master Theses
University of Hohenheim
Summer 2014
Classes in "Statistics I (Descriptive Statistics)” (Bachelor)
Classes in "Introduction to Econometrics" (Bachelor)
Supervision of Seminar and Bachelor Theses
University of Hohenheim
Winter 2013/14
Classes in “Introductory Econometrics" (Bachelor)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Summer 2013
Classes in “Statistics“ (Bachelor)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Summer 2011
Classes in “Economics of Education” (3 - 4 year and postgraduate)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Winter 2009/10
PC-Classes in “Introduction to Empirical Economics” (3 - 4 year)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Summer 2009
Classes in “Statistics” (1 year)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Winter 2008/09
Classes in “Mathematics for Economists” (1 year)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Summer 2008
Classes in “Statistics II (Inductive Statistics)” (2
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Winter 2007/08
Classes in “Statistics I (Descriptive Statistics)” (1 year)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Summer 2007
PC-Classes in “Statistics II (Inductive Statistics)” (2
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Winter 2006/07
Classes in “Statistics I (Descriptive Statistic)” (1 year)
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
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