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I am Professor of Economics at the Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research at the University of St. Gallen. I am also affiliated with CEPR (Labour Economics). I am a CESifo Network Fellow and GLO Fellow. Furthermore, I am in the standing committees on Population Economics and Education Economics in the Verein for Socialpolitik.

My main areas of research include health and labor economics, applied econometrics, and public economics with a focus on disability and integration. I studied the importance of culture for different outcomes, such as unemployment durations and the demand for social insurance. I am also interested in optimal design of (social) insurances, especially unemployment, disability, and health insurance. Recent research focusses on the education of children with learning disabilities and their influence on non-disabled peers.

News:

- "Ethnic Clustering in Schools and Early Career Outcomes" (with C. Chuard, A. Aerne, and R. Hodler) accepted for publication in the Economics of Education Review.

- The project "Climbing Together: Exploring the impact of Peer Influence on Study Effort and Intergenerational Income Mobility" (with E. Essbaumer) will be funded by the SNSF (2024-2026)

- The project "Child disability, parental employment, and inclusive childcare" (with C. Chuard) will be funded by the SNSF (2024-2027)