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  • 2005 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Economics and Empirical Social Sciences

Overview

Bernd Fitzenberger is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research contributions span a range of topics in economics and social sciences, focusing primarily on labor market dynamics, wage inequality, and employment studies.

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in notable journals and venues. These works include:

  • Economic applications of quantile regression 2.0 (2021), Empirical Economics
  • The 2011 break in the part-time indicator and the evolution of wage inequality in Germany (2020), Journal for Labour Market Research
  • Different counselors, many options: Career guidance and career plans in secondary schools (2020), German Economic Review

Bernd Fitzenberger has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Arnim Seidlitz (4 joint publications)
  • Julian Emmler (3 joint publications)
  • Christian Kagerl (3 joint publications)
  • Martin Biewen (2 joint publications)
  • Eva-Maria Maier (2 joint publications)

Their work is regularly published in journals such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (5 publications)
  • Journal for Labour Market Research (2 publications)
  • Labour Economics (2 publications)
  • Berufsbildung (2 publications)
  • Empirical Economics (1 publication)

Areas of study covered in their research include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance (19 publications)
  • Social Sciences (17 publications)

Within these broad fields, their subfields of expertise comprise:

  • Economics and Econometrics (18 publications)
  • General Health Professions (10 publications)
  • Statistics and Probability (8 publications)
  • Sociology and Political Science (6 publications)
  • Demography (3 publications)

The main research topics they have addressed consist of:

  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (14 publications)
  • Employment and Welfare Studies (10 publications)
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (8 publications)
  • Social and Demographic Issues in Germany (6 publications)
  • German Economic Analysis & Policies (6 publications)
  • European Socioeconomic and Political Studies (6 publications)
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 publications)

Bernd Fitzenberger has been recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina with an award in 2005 in the category of Economics and Empirical Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • From Sick Man of Europe to Economic Superstar: Germany's Resurgent Economy

    Christian Dustmann;Bernd Fitzenberger;Uta Schönberg;Alexandra Spitz-Oener

  • Imputation rules to improve the education variable in the IAB employment subsample

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Aderonke Osikominu;Robert Völter

  • From Sick Man of Europe to Economic Superstar: Germany's Resurgent Economy

    Christian Dustmann;Bernd Fitzenberger;Uta Schönberg;Alexandra Spitz-Oener

  • Rising wage inequality, the decline of collective bargaining, and the gender wage gap

    Dirk Antonczyk;Bernd Fitzenberger;Katrin Sommerfeld

  • Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap *

    Dirk Antonczyk;Bernd Fitzenberger;Katrin Sommerfeld

  • Wages and Employment Across Skill Groups : An Analysis for West Germany

    Bernd Fitzenberger

  • The moving blocks bootstrap and robust inference for linear least squares and quantile regressions

    Bernd Fitzenberger

  • Imputation rules to improve the education variable in the IAB employment subsample

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Aderonke Osikominu;Robert Völter

  • Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?

    Dirk Antonczyk;Bernd Fitzenberger;Ute Leuschner

  • Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany:

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Karsten Kohn;Alexander C. Lembcke

  • Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among young Workers

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Astrid Kunze

  • Zur wissenschaftlichen Evaluation der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland: Ein Überblick

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Stefan Speckesser

  • Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility among Young Workers

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Astrid Kunze

  • A Guide to Censored Quantile Regressions

    Bernd Fitzenberger

  • Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Differences

    Annette Annette Bergemann;Bernd Fitzenberger;Stefan Speckesser

  • The effectiveness of public sponsored training revisited: the importance of data and methodological choices

    Martin Biewen;Bernd Fitzenberger;Aderonke Osikominu;Marie Paul

  • Employment Effects of the Provision of Specific Professional Skills and Techniques in Germany

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Stefan Speckesser

  • Economic Applications of Quantile Regression

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Roger Koenker;José A.F. Machado

  • Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Aderonke Osikominu;Robert Völter

  • Which Program for Whom? Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Programs in Germany

    Martin Biewen;Bernd Fitzenberger;Aderonke Osikominu;Marie Waller

  • The erosion of union membership in Germany: determinants, densities, decompositions

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Karsten Kohn;Karsten Kohn;Qingwei Wang

  • Polarization and Rising Wage Inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany

    Dirk Antonczyk;Thomas C. DeLeire;Bernd Fitzenberger

  • Gender Wage Differences in West Germany: A Cohort Analysis

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Gaby Wunderlich

  • Imputation Rules to Improve the Education Variable in the Iab Employment Subsample

    Bernd Fitzenberger;Aderonke Osikominu;Robert Voelter

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Dustmann
Christian Dustmann University College London
Thomas DeLeire
Thomas DeLeire Georgetown University
Jeffrey A. Smith
Jeffrey A. Smith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Regina T. Riphahn
Regina T. Riphahn University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Michael Lechner
Michael Lechner University of St. Gallen
Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin London School of Economics and Political Science
Michael C. Burda
Michael C. Burda Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rainer Winkelmann
Rainer Winkelmann University of Zurich
Moritz Schularick
Moritz Schularick Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Jörg Breitung
Jörg Breitung University of Cologne

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