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Till von Wachter is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with specific focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, and Demography.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics including Employment and Welfare Studies, Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Global Health Care Issues, Health disparities and outcomes, and Labor Movements and Unions.

Recent notable publications include:

  • The Persistent Effects of Initial Labor Market Conditions for Young Adults and Their Sources, 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Changes in the Relationship Between Income and Life Expectancy Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, California, 2015-2021, 2022, JAMA
  • The Costs of Job Displacement over the Business Cycle and Its Sources: Evidence from Germany, 2023, American Economic Review
  • Lost Generations: Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Job Losers and Labour Market Entrants, and Options for Policy, 2020, Fiscal Studies
  • Minimum Wage Employment Effects and Labour Market Concentration, 2023, The Review of Economic Studies

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Till von Wachter include Geoffrey Schnorr, Hannes Schwandt, Francesco D'Amuri, Alex Bell, and T. J. Hedin.

The scientist's work has been published extensively in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, JAMA, American Economic Review, AEA Papers and Proceedings, and The Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Firming Up Inequality

    Jae Song;David J Price;Fatih Guvenen;Nicholas Bloom

  • The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession

    Philip Oreopoulos;Till von Wachter;Andrew Heisz

  • Job Displacement and Mortality: An Analysis Using Administrative Data

    Daniel Sullivan;Till von Wachter

  • Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss

    Steven J Davis;Till M von Wachter

  • The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession: Hysteresis and Heterogeneity in the Market for College Graduates

    Philip Oreopoulos;Till von Wachter;Andrew Heisz

  • Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany: Evidence and Interpretation

    Jorn-Steffen Pischke;Till von Wachter

  • In the Right Place at the Wrong Time: The Role of Firms and Luck in Young Workers' Careers

    Till von Wachter;Stefan Bender

  • The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates Over 20 Years

    Johannes F Schmieder;Till M von Wachter;Stefan Bender

  • The Effect of Unemployment Benefits and Nonemployment Durations on Wages

    Johannes F. Schmieder;Till von Wachter;Stefan Bender

  • The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Benefits: New Evidence and Interpretation

    Johannes F. Schmieder;Till von Wachter

  • Trends in Employment and Earnings of Allowed and Rejected Applicants to the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.

    Till von Wachter;Jae Song;Joyce Manchester

  • Unlucky Cohorts: Estimating the Long-term Effects of Entering the Labor Market in a Recession in Large Cross-sectional Data Sets

    Hannes Schwandt;Till M. von Wachter

  • Recessions and the Cost of Job Loss

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  • Unemployment Insurance and Disability Insurance in the Great Recession.

    Andreas I Mueller;Jesse Rothstein;Till M von Wachter

  • The Effects of Extended Unemployment Insurance over the Business Cycle: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Estimates Over Twenty Years

    Johannes F. Schmieder;Till von Wachter;Stefan Bender

  • Long-Term Earnings Losses Due to Mass Layoffs During the 1982 Recession: An Analysis Using U.S. Administrative Data from 1974 to 2004

    Till von Wachter;Jae Song;Joyce Manchester

  • The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages

    Nicole Maestas;Kathleen J Mullen;David Powell;Till von Wachter

  • Joblessness and Lost Earnings after Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in a 1-Year National Multicenter Study.

    Biren B. Kamdar;Minxuan Huang;Victor D. Dinglas;Elizabeth Colantuoni

  • The Persistent Effects of Initial Labor Market Conditions for Young Adults and Their Sources

    Till von Wachter

  • Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss

    Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Till von Wachter;Till von Wachter

  • The long-term impact of job displacement in Germany during the 1982 recession on earnings, income, and employment

    Johannes F. Schmieder;Till M. von Wachter;Stefan Bender

  • Return to work and lost earnings after acute respiratory distress syndrome: a 5-year prospective, longitudinal study of long-term survivors.

    Biren B Kamdar;Kristin A Sepulveda;Alexandra Chong;Robert K Lord

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry S. Farber
Henry S. Farber Princeton University
Jesse Rothstein
Jesse Rothstein University of California, Berkeley
Julia Lane
Julia Lane New York University
Philip Oreopoulos
Philip Oreopoulos University of Toronto
Nicholas Bloom
Nicholas Bloom Stanford University
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Hoover Institution
Jörn-Steffen Pischke
Jörn-Steffen Pischke London School of Economics and Political Science
Ramona O. Hopkins
Ramona O. Hopkins Brigham Young University
Arne L. Kalleberg
Arne L. Kalleberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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