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Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD

Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
Research Associate

Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD, teaches econometrics and labour economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. He studied economics and mathematics at the University of Konstanz. He then continued for the Master in Statistics (1992) and the PhD in economics (1993) at Stanford University. In 1998 he completed his habilitation at the University of Konstanz. He was then Associate Professor for Social Policy at the Technical University of Dresden (1998-1999), Full Professor for Econometrics at the University of Mannheim (1999-2004), and full Professor for Labour Economics at the University of Frankfurt (2004-2007). His research focuses on labour economics and microeconometric methods. Currently, he works on the following topics: wage structure, unions/wage bargaining, duration of unemployment, evaluation of active labour market policies, vocational training and quantile regression. He is Research Associate at ZEW in Mannheim, IZA in Bonn as well as international research affiliate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London. He is also one of the Editors of the journal Empirical Economics and he is one of the three coordinators of the DFG research network on 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labor Markets'.

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Selected Publications

Publications in refereed Journals

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Kohn Karsten and Qingwei Wang (2011), The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions, Journal of Population Economics 24, 141-165.

Garloff, Alfred and Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD (2007), Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 227/2, 115-152.

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Alfred Garloff and Karsten Kohn (2003), Beschäftigung und Lohnstrukturen nach Qualifikation und Altersgruppen: Eine empirische Analyse auf Basis der IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe, Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 36, 509-524.

Monographs, Articles in Anthologies

Hagen, Tobias and Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD (2004), Mikroökonometrische Methoden zur Ex-post-Evaluation, in: Tobias Hagen, Alexander Spermann, Hartz-Gesetze - Methodische Ansätze zu einer Evaluierung, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 74, Baden-Baden (unter Mitarbeit von: Melanie Arntz, Andreas Ammermüller, Miriam Beblo, Martin Biewen, Bernhard Boockmann, Marco Caliendo, Bernd Fitzenberger, Nicole Gürtzgen, Reinhard Hujer, Peter Jacobebbinghaus, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Andrea Weber, Ralf Wilke, Henrik Winterhager, Elke Wolf, Gaby Wunderlich), S. 45-72.

Biewen, Martin and Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD (2004), Neuausrichtung der Förderung beruflicher Weiterbildung, in: Tobias Hagen, Alexander Spermann, Hartz-Gesetze - Methodische Ansätze zu einer Evaluierung, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 74, Baden-Baden (unter Mitarbeit von: Melanie Arntz, Andreas Ammermüller, Miriam Beblo, Martin Biewen, Bernhard Boockmann, Marco Caliendo, Bernd Fitzenberger, Nicole Gürtzgen, Reinhard Hujer, Peter Jacobebbinghaus, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Andrea Weber, Ralf Wilke, Henrik Winterhager, Elke Wolf, Gaby Wunderlich), S. 190-202.

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Werner Smolny and Peter Winker eds. (2004), Herausforderungen an den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 72, Baden-Baden.

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Gaby Wunderlich (2004), Holen die Frauen auf?, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen, Bd. 69, Baden-Baden.

Discussion Papers and Working Papers

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Marina Furdas (2012), Benchmarking Regions: Estimating the Counterfactual Distribution of Labor Market Outcomes, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-023, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Ute Leuschner (2012), Up or Out: Research Incentives and Career Prospects of Postdocs in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-020, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Grit Mühler (2011), Dips and Floors in Workplace Training: Using Personnel Records to Estimate Gender Differences, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-023, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Susanne Steffes and Anthony Strittmatter (2010), Return-to-Job During and After Maternity Leave, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-103, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Aderonke Osikominu and Marie Paul (2010), The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-077, Mannheim. Download

Antonczyk, Dirk , Thomas DeLeire and Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD (2010), Polarization and Rising Wage Inequality: Comparing the U.S. and Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-015, Mannheim. Download

Antonczyk, Dirk , Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD and Katrin Sommerfeld (2010), Rising Wage Inequality, the Decline of Collective Bargaining, and the Gender Wage Gap, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-014, Mannheim. Download

Aldashev, Alisher and Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD (2009), Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-063, Mannheim. Download

Antonczyk, Dirk, Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD and Ute Leuschner (2008), Can a Task-Based Approach Explain the Recent Changes in the German Wage Structure?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-132, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Olga Orlyanskaya, Aderonke Osikominu and Marie Waller (2008), Deja Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-038, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Karsten Kohn and Alexander C. Lembcke (2008), Union Density and Varieties of Coverage: The Anatomy of Union Wage Effects in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-012, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd (2008), Nach der Reform ist vor der Reform? Eine arbeitsökonomische Analyse ausgewählter Aspekte der Hartz-Reformen, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-011, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Wolfgang Franz and Oliver Bode (2007), The Phillips Curve and NAIRU Revisited: New Estimates for Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-070, Mannheim. Download

Biewen, Martin, Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD, Aderonke Osikominu and Marie Waller (2007), Which Program for Whom? Evidence on the Comparative Effectiveness of Public Sponsored Training Programs in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-042, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Robert Völter (2007), Long-Run Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in East Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-009, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Ralf Wilke (2007), New Insights on Unemployment Duration and Post Unemployment Earnings in Germany: Censored Box-Cox Quantile Regression at Work, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-007, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Karsten Kohn and Qingwei Wang (2006), The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Karsten Kohn and Qingwei Wang (2006), The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-066, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Karsten Kohn (2006), Skill Wage Premia, Employment, and Cohort Effects: Are Workers in Germany All of the Same Type?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-044, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Aderonke Osikominu and Robert Völter (2006), Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Employment Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-039, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Karsten Kohn (2006), Gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit? - Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft und Lohnstruktur in Westdeutschland 1985–1997, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-006, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Alfred Garloff (2005), Descriptive Evidence on Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-95, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Stefan Speckesser (2005), Employment Effects of the Provision of Specific Professional Skills and Techniques in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-77, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Astrid Kunze (2005), Vocational Training and Gender: Wages and Occupational Mobility Among Young Workers, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-66, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Ralf Wilke (2005), Using Quantile Regression for Duration Analysis, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-65, Mannheim., erschienen in: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv 90(1), 103-118 Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Aderonke Osikominu and Robert Völter (2005), Imputation Rules to Improve the Education Variable in the IAB Employment Subsample, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-10, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd and Alfred Garloff (2005), Unemployment, Labor Market Transitions, and Residual Wage Dispersion, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-04, Mannheim. Download

Fitzenberger, PhD, Bernd, Ralf Wilke and Xuan Zhang (2004), A Note on Implementing Box-Cox Quantile Regression, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-61, Mannheim. Download

Bergemann, Annette, Bernd Fitzenberger, PhD and Stefan Speckesser (2004), Evaluating the Dynamic Employment Effects of Training Programs in East Germany Using Conditional Difference-in-Difference, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-41, Mannheim. Download