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Josef Zweimüller

Josef Zweimüller

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
55
Citations
11551
World Ranking
1073
National Ranking
18

Overview

Josef Zweimüller is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their research spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Demography, Sociology and Political Science, and General Health Professions.

The research topics Zweimüller focuses on include labor market dynamics and wage inequality, retirement, disability and employment, gender, labor and family dynamics, healthcare policy and management, fiscal policy and economic growth, migration and labor dynamics, and regional economics and spatial analysis.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Zweimüller include Andreas Steinhauer, Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer, Andreas Haller, and Stefan Staubli. These collaborations have contributed to various publications across multiple academic venues.

Key publication venues where Zweimüller frequently publishes include the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Review of Economic Studies, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, and the American Economic Journal Economic Policy.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Zweimüller are:

  • Wages and the Value of Nonemployment, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Wages and the Value of Nonemployment*, 2020, The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • Migration and Labor Market Integration in Europe, 2021, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Marginal Jobs and Job Surplus: A Test of the Efficiency of Separations, 2022, The Review of Economic Studies
  • Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentation, 2024, American Economic Journal Economic Policy

Best Publications

  • How Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return to Work? Evidence from Two Natural Experiments

    Rafael Lalive;Josef Zweimüller

  • Child Penalties Across Countries: Evidence and Explanations

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Johanna Posch;Andreas Steinhauer

  • The Effect of Benefit Sanctions on the Duration of Unemployment

    Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours;Josef Zweimüller

  • How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment

    Rafael Lalive;Jan C. van Ours;Josef Zweimüller

  • Inequality and growth: the neglected time dimension

    Daniel Halter;Manuel Oechslin;Josef Zweimüller

  • Immigration and Voting for the Far Right

    Martin Halla;Alexander F Wagner;Josef Zweimüller

  • Income Distribution and Demand-Induced Innovations

    Reto Foellmi;Josef Zweimüller

  • Does Raising the Early Retirement Age Increase Employment of Older Workers

    Stefan Staubli;Josef Zweimüller

  • Structural change, Engel's consumption cycles and Kaldor's facts of economic growth

    Reto Foellmi;Josef Zweimüller

  • The Public Health Costs of Job Loss

    Andreas Kuhn;Rafael Lalive;Josef Zweimüller

  • Income distribution in macroeconomic models

    Giuseppe Bertola;Reto Foellmi;Josef Zweimüller

  • Patents in a Model of Endogenous Growth

    Ted O'Donoghue;Josef Zweimüller

  • Schumpeterian Entrepreneurs Meet Engel's Law: The Impact of Inequality on Innovation-Driven Growth

    Josef Zweimüller;Josef Zweimüller

  • Parental leave and mothers' careers: The relative importance of job protection and cash benefits

    Rafael Lalive;Analía Schlosser;Andreas Steinhauer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Market Externalities of Large Unemployment Insurance Extension Programs

    Rafael Lalive;Camille Landais;Josef Zweimüller

  • Unemployment and Right-wing Extremist Crime†

    Armin Falk;Andreas Kuhn;Josef Zweimüller

  • Benefit entitlement and unemployment duration

    Rafael Lalive;Josef Zweimüller;Josef Zweimüller

  • Firm size wage differentials in Switzerland: evidence from Job changers

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Do immigrants displace young native workers: The Austrian experience

    Rudolf Winter-Ebmer;Josef Zweimüller

  • Do Family Policies Reduce Gender Inequality? Evidence from 60 Years of Policy Experimentation

    Henrik Kleven;Camille Landais;Johanna Posch;Andreas Steinhauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Lalive
Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Rudolf Winter-Ebmer Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Jan C. van Ours
Jan C. van Ours Erasmus University Rotterdam
Giuseppe Bertola
Giuseppe Bertola University of Turin
Andrea Ichino
Andrea Ichino European University Institute
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven Princeton University
Armin Falk
Armin Falk University of Bonn
Ted O'Donoghue
Ted O'Donoghue Cornell University
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Fabrizio Zilibotti Yale University
Philippe N. Tobler
Philippe N. Tobler University of Zurich

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