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Eric Sommer - CV
February 29, 2016
Eric Sommer — Curriculum Vitae
Updated:
February 29, 2016
Contact Address
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5–9
53113 Bonn
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)228 3894 419
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://www.iza.org/profile?key=6354
http://ideas.repec.org/f/pso408.html
Research Interests
Public Economics, Inequality and Redistribution, TaxBenefit Microsimulation, Labor Economics
Professional career
11/2013 — 02/2014
Secondee
OECD, Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs, Paris
Since 08/2012
Resident Research Affiliate
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Education
Since 10/2012
Ph.D. candidate in Economics
University of Cologne, Germany, Supervisor: Felix Bierbrauer (U Cologne)
Expected graduation: 04/2016.
11/2008 — 05/2012
Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.A. Economics and Political Science)
University of Cologne, Germany
01/2010 — 07/2010
Graduate Studies in Economics and Political Science
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Publications
Refereed Journals
2016
Shifting Taxes from Labor to Consumption: More Employment and more Inequality?,
Review of Income and Wealth, forthcoming, (WP version: ZEW DP No.15-042)
Refereed German Journals
2014
Bundestagswahlkampf 2013: Klientelpolitik durch Steuerreform? Perspektiven der
Wirtschaftspolitik, Vol. 15, No. 2., 182–194. (with A. Peichl, N. Pestel and S. Siegloch).
Papers in the Editorial Process
Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer, (with A. Lichter
and N. Pestel), IZA Discussion Paper No. 8964, [under review].
Fiscal Sustainability and the Demographic Transition: A micro approach for 27 EU
countries (with K. Doorley, M. Dolls, H. Schneider, S. Siegloch and A. Paulus), IZA
Discussion Paper No. 9618 [under review].
Other Publications
2016
2014
Verteilungswirkungen ökonomischer Anreize energetischer Sanierungen, forthcoming in:
Großmann, K., A. Schaffrin and C. Smigiel (eds): Energie und soziale Ungleichheit: Zur
gesellschaftlichen Dimension der Energiewende in Deutschland und Europa. (with A.-L.
Guske, K. Jacob, N. Pestel and C. Range)
IZAΨMOD 3.0: The IZA Policy Simulation Model, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8553 (with
M. Löffler, A. Peichl, N. Pestel and S. Siegloch).
Eric Sommer - CV
February 29, 2016
Work in Progress
Micro-based Participation Elasticites: New International Evidence (with H. Immervoll and
O. Bargain)
Long-term effects of population ageing and skill upgrading on the European income
distribution (with K. Doorley, A. Paulus and H. Schneider)
Wealth Transfer and Tax Planning: Evidence for the German Bequest Tax
Presentations
International Conferences
2015
2014
2013
International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Esch-sur-Alzette.
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) International Conference,
Segovia; International Microsimulation Association (IMA), Maastricht.
69th Congress of the International Institute for Public Finance (IIPF), Toarmina; 106th
Annual conference on Taxation, National Tax Association (NTA), Tampa; 18th Spring
Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), Aarhus.
Workshops
2015
2014
2013
2012
IZA/OECD Employment Seminar, Paris; IZA Conference on Fiscal Policy Tools and Labor
Markets during the Great Recession, Bratislava.
Social Policy Division (SPD) Research Workshop, OECD, Paris.
Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) Seminar, University of Cologne; Tax Policy
Workshop at Statistics Norway, Oslo; Young Scholar SOEP Symposium, Delmenhorst.
IZA Brown Bag Seminar, Bonn.
Other Professional Activities
Research Projects: Member of the Project team
2015
2014 — 2015
2013 — 2015
2012 — 2014
2011
People to jobs, or jobs to People? (on behalf of Randstad)
Analyse der Verteilung von Einkommen und Vermögen in Deutschland, 5. Armuts- und
Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung (on behalf of the German Ministry for Labour and
Social Affairs)
Verteilungswirkungen umweltpolitischer Maßnahmen und Instrumente (on behalf of the
German Federal Environment Agency)
Employment 2025: How will multiple transitions affect the European Labor Market
(NEUJOBS, on behalf of the European Commission)
Energiepreisentwicklung und Landnutzung (E-LAN, on behalf of the German Ministry for
Education and Research)
Refereeing
European Journal of Political Economy, Public Finance Archive