Nicolas Keller

Curriculum Vitae
November 2015
Nicolas Keller
Contact and Personal Information
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +49 (0)6221 54-5054
Fax: +49 (0)6221 54-2910
Education
2011-2016 (expected)
2012-2014
2009
2005-2011
Department of Economics
University of Heidelberg
Bergheimer Str. 20
69115 Heidelberg
Ph.D. Student, Economics, University of Heidelberg,
Germany
Advisor: Prof. Christina Gathmann, Ph.D.
Coursework at the Center for Doctoral Studies (CDSE),
Doctoral Program in Economics, University of Mannheim,
Germany
Visiting Student, Master of Economics, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark
Master in Economics (“Diplom”), University of Mannheim,
Germany
Thesis: Naturalization and its impact on the labor market
performance of immigrants in Germany
Advisor: Prof. Christina Gathmann, Ph.D.
Fields of Interest
Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Migration
Research
Working Papers
The Economic Integration of Refugees: New Evidence from Germany (Job Market
Paper), 2015
Returns to Citizenship: Evidence from Germany's Immigration Reform (with Christina
Gathmann), IZA Discussion Paper No. 8064, March 2014; submitted
Work in Progress
Access to Citizenship and the Social Integration of Immigrants (with Christina
Gathmann & Ole Monscheuer)
Curriculum Vitae
November 2015
Conferences, Workshops, and Summer Schools
2015 Fourth SOLE/EALE World Meetings (Montral), Verein für Socialpolitik (Münster),
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Gent), The Second Winter School on the
Analytics and Policy Design of Migration (Doha)
2014 EEA-ESEM (Toulouse), Verein für Socialpolitik (Hamburg), Spring Meeting of
Young Economists (Vienna),
2013 EALE (Torino), Workshop “Natural Experiments and Controlled Field Studies"
(Holzhausen), Internal Seminar (Heidelberg), Summer School “The Distribution
of Labor Earnings” (Barcelona)
2012 Workshop “Natural Experiments and Controlled Field Studies" (Holzhausen)
Research and Teaching Experience
Research Assistant
Prof. Christina Gathmann, Ph.D., Chair of Labor Economics and
Political Economy, 2011 to date
Teaching Assistant
Labor Economics (B.A.), Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Immigration & Public Policy (M.A.), Spring 2012, 2013
Microeconomics (B.A.), Spring 2014, 2015
Public Policy (B.A.), Spring 2012, 2013, 2014
Other Publications
Zuwanderung als Chance für Deutschland (with Christina Gathmann & Ole
Monscheuer), Zeitgespräch, Wirtschaftsdienst, 94 (3), 2014
Einbürgerung und Integration in Deutschland (with Christina Gathmann),
Forschung und Lehre, 15(4), 2015
Professional Activities
Refereeing: Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Program Committee: Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2014
Language and Software Skills
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (intermediate), Danish
(basic)
Software: STATA, LaTeX, MS Office, Matlab

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