CURRICULUM VITAE
PROF. DR. THOMAS K. BAUER
Date of birth: 5. August 1968 in Furth i. Wald
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office
RWI
Hohenzollernstraße 1-3
45128 Essen
Deutschland
Tel.: +49 201 81 49-264
Fax: +49 201 81 49-236
E-Mail: [email protected]
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Germany
Tel.: +49 234 32-25341
Fax: +49 234 32-14273
E-Mail: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since 2014
Member of the German Data Forum (RatSWD), Berlin
since 2011
Member of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration, Berlin
since 2009
Vice-President, RWI, Essen
2004 – 2009
Member of the Executive Board, RWI, Essen
since 2003
Professor for Empirical Economics, Economics Department, Ruhr-University Bochum
1999 – 2003
Program Director for the Research Area “Mobility and Flexibility of Work“, IZA, Bonn
1998 – 1999
Research Associate, IZA, Bonn
1997 – 1998
Visiting Associate Professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
1993 – 1997
Research Associate, SELAPO, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
EDUCATION
07/2003
Habilitation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University Bonn
12/1997
Dr. oec. publ., Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
12/1993
Diplom-Volkswirt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
1987-1993
Studies in Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
VISITS TO RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
2013
Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
2002
Research School of Social Sciences (RSSS), University of Canberra, Australia
1999
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
1998
RIIM: Simon Fraser University, Barneby, Canada
1997
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
1997
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
1998
Münchener Alumni Dissertation Award
1998
Habilitanden-Stipend, German Science Foundation (DFG) (not taken up)
1997-1998
Feodor-Lynen Stipend of the Alexander von Humbold Foundation
1997
BMW AG – Fellow
SELECTED PROJECTS
since 2014
“Demographic Change and Regional Labour Markets”, sponsored by the German Science
Foundation (DFG): Priority Programme „The German Labor Market in a Globalized World“
(SPP 1764). With Dr. Philipp vom Berge (IAB, Nürnberg) and Dr. Jörg Heining (IAB,
Nürnberg).
2013 – 2015
„Der Markt für Pflegedienstleistungen: Eine empirische Analyse (The Market for Long-term
Health Care Services: An Empirical Analysis)”, sponsored by the German Science
Foundation (DFG).
2011 – 2013
“Nachbarschaftseffekte: Eine Analyse individuell-rationalen Verhaltens im sozialen Kontext
(Neighborhood Effects)”, sponsored by the Leibniz Gemeinschaft. With Stefan Bender (IAB,
Nürnberg) and Jürgen Schupp (DIW, Berlin).
2011 – 2013
“Ehrenamt in Deutschland – Eine ökonomische Analyse (Voluntary Labour in Germany: An
Economic Analysis)”, sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. With Ch.M. Schmidt (RUB
and RWI)
2009 – 2011
“The Economic Integration of Immigrants from Eastern Europe and Second-Generation
Migrants in Israel and Germany”, sponsored by the German-Israeli Foundation (GIF). With
G. Epstein (Bar Ilan University, Israel) and S. Cohen-Goldner (Bar-Ilan University/Israel).
2006 – 2010
“Betriebliche Lohnbildung und Marktlöhne (Wage Formation in Firms and Market Wages)”,
sponsored by the German Science Foundation (DFG): Priority Programme
„Flexibilisierungspotenziale bei heterogenen Arbeitsmärkten“ (SPP 1169). With Stefan
Bender (IAB, Nürnberg) and Till von Wachter (Columbia University/USA).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
Bauer, Th.K., G. Gigerenzer and W. Krämer (2014), Warum dick nicht doof macht und Genmais nicht tötet Über Risiken und Nebenwirkungen der Unstatistik, Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag GmbH.
Bauer, Th.K., M. Fertig, and Ch.M. Schmidt (2009), Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung: Eine Einführung.
Springer: Berlin et al.
Bauer, Th.K., H. Bonin, R. Fahr, H. Hinte, and K.F. Zimmermann (2002), Arbeitskräftebedarf bei hoher
Arbeitslosigkeit. Springer: Berlin et al.
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Bauer, Th.K. (1998), Arbeitsmarkteffekte der Migration und Einwanderungspolitik: Eine Analyse für die
Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Physika: Heidelberg.
Articles in Refereed Journals
Bauer, Th.K., S. Bender, A.R. Paloyo, and Ch.M. Schmidt (2014), Do guns displace books? The impact of
compulsory military service on educational attainment. Economics Letters 124 (3): 513-515.
Bauer, Th.K., S. Braun, and M. Kvasnicka (2013), The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants – Evidence for
Post-War Germany. Economic Journal 123 (September), 998-1024.
Bauer, Th.K., J. Bredtmann, and Ch.M. Schmidt (2013), Time vs. Money – The Supply of Voluntary Labor and
Charitable Donations across Europe. European Journal of Political Economy 32 (4): 80-94.
Bauer, Th.K., S. Bender, A.R. Paloyo, and Ch.M. Schmidt (2012), Evaluating the Labor-Market Effects of
Compulsory Military Service. European Economic Review 56(4): 814-829.
Bauer, Th.K. and M. Sinning (2011), The Savings Behavior of Temporary and Permanent Migrants in Germany.
Journal of Population Economic 24(2): 421-449.
Bauer, Th.K., D.A. Cobb-Clark, V. Hildebrand, and M. Sinning (2011), A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity
Wealth Gap. Economic Inquiry 49 (4): 989-1007.
Bauer, Th.K. and M. Sinning (2010), Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition for Tobit Models. Applied Economics 42
(12): 1569-1575.
Basilio, L., Th.K. Bauer, and M. Sinning (2009), Analyzing the Labor Market Activity of Immigrant Families in
Germany. Labour Economics 16 (5): 510-520.
Bauer, Th.K., J. Kluve, S. Schaffner, and Ch.M. Schmidt (2009), Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis
for Germany. German Economic Review 10 (2): 224-242.
Bauer, Th.K., H. Bonin, L. Goette, and U. Sunde (2007), Real and Nominal Wage Rigidities and the Rate of
Inflation: Evidence from West German Micro Data. Economic Journal 117 (524): F508-F529.
Bauer, Th.K., S. Göhlmann, and M. Sinning (2007), Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior. Health Economics
16 (9): 895-909.
Bauer, Th.K., S. Bender, and H. Bonin (2007), Dismissal Protection and Worker Flows in Small Establishments.
Economica 296 (74): 804-821.
Bauer, Th.K., I.N. Gang, and G. Epstein (2005), Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants.
Journal of Population Economics 18 (4): 649-662.
Bauer, Th.K. and S. Bender (2004), Technological Change, Organizational Change, and Job Turnover. Labour
Economics 11 (3): 265-291.
Bauer, Th.K. (2002), Educational Mismatch and Wages: A Panel Analysis. Economics of Education Review 21(3):
221-229.
Bauer, Th.K. and J.P. Haisken-DeNew (2001), Employer Learning and the Returns to Schooling. Labour
Economics, 8(2): 161-180.
Discussion Papers
Bauer, Th.K., P. Breidenbach, and Ch.M. Schmidt (2014), “Phantom of the Opera” or “Sex and the City”?
Historical Amenities as Sources of Exogenous Variation. Ruhr Economic Papers #493. RWI, RUB.
ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT
since 2008
Member of the University-Commission „Teaching“, Ruhr-University Bochum
since 2004
Member of the Board of Management of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS
Econ)
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ACTIVITY IN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION & RESEARCH NETWORKS
2008 – 2013
Treasurer of the European Society of Population Economics (ESPE)
since 2005
Member of the Statistical Board of the Federal Statistical Office
since 2005
Member of the Executive Board: Wissenschaftsforum Ruhr
since 2003
IZA Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn
since 2000
Research Affiliate, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS), University of
California-San Diego, USA
since 2000
Member of the Standing Field Committee “Population Economics”
(“Bevölkerungsökonomischer Ausschuss”) of the Verein für Socialpolitik
1997 – 2007
Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
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