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Dr. Maresa Sprietsma

Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy

Maresa Sprietsma studied economics at the Universite Catholique de Louvain and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. From 2001 to 2006 she was a teaching assistant and PhD student at the Universite Catholique de Louvain. Since November 2006 she has been working at the labour and human resources management department of the ZEW. Her main research interests are education economics and micro-econometric evaluation.
She defended her thesis "Improving student performance: 3 microeconometric studies" at the Université Catholique de Louvain in March 2007.

Maresa Sprietsma is currently on maternity leave.

Selected Publications

Publications in refereed Journals

Sprietsma, Maresa (forthcoming), Discrimination in Grading: Experimental Evidence from Primary School Teachers, Empirical Economics.

Gürtzgen, Nicole, Maresa Sprietsma, Michaela Niefert and Sandra Gottschalk (2012), Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohnes auf die Beschäftigung und den Arbeitnehmerschutz in der Abfallwirtschaft, Journal for Labour Market Research 45, 303-330.

Sprietsma, Maresa (2012), Computers as pedagogical tools in Brazil: a pseudo-panel analysis, Education Economics 20 (1).

Sprietsma, Maresa (2010), The effect of relative age in the first grade of primary school on long-term scholastic results: international comparative evidence using PISA 2003, Education Economics 18(1).

Sprietsma, Maresa (2008), Regional school choice and school selectivity: how do they relate to student performance? Evidence from PISA 2003, European Journal of Comparative Economics. Vol.5, Nr. 2, 155-178.

Monographs, Articles in Anthologies

Sprietsma, Maresa and Fabio Waltenberg (2009), The effect of teachers' wages on student achievement. Evidence from Brazil, in: Jürgen Backhaus, Raul Eamets, Jüri Sepp , Advances in the economics of education: on markets and post-transformation issues., Münster.

Discussion Papers and Working Papers

Gürtzgen, Nicole, Maresa Sprietsma, Michaela Niefert and Sandra Gottschalk (2012), Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohnes auf die Beschäftigung und den Arbeitnehmerschutz in der Abfallwirtschaft, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-074, Mannheim. Download

Sprietsma, Maresa (2010), Explaining the Persisting Mathematics Test Score Gap Between Boys and Girls, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-101, Mannheim. Download

Horstschräer, Julia and Maresa Sprietsma (2010), The Effects of the Bologna Process on College Enrollment and Drop-out Rates, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-018, Mannheim. Download

Sprietsma, Maresa (2009), Discrimination in Grading? Experimental Evidence from Primary School, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-074, Mannheim. Download

Coneus, Katja and Maresa Sprietsma (2009), Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in Early Childhood, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-038, Mannheim. Download

Sprietsma, Maresa (2007), Computers as Pedagogical Tools in Brazil: A Pseudo-panel Analysis, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-040, Mannheim. Download

Sprietsma, Maresa (2007), The Effect of Relative Age in the First Grade of Primary School on Long-Term Scholastic Results: International Comparative Evidence using PISA 2003, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-037, Mannheim., erschienen in: Education Economics Download

Sprietsma, Maresa (2006), Regional school comparison and school choice : how do they relate to student performance?, ECON Discussion Paper, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve. Download

Expertises

Egeln, Jürgen, Sandra Gottschalk, Nicole Gürtzgen, Michaela Niefert, Christian Rammer, Maresa Sprietsma, Helmut Schröder and Holger Schütz (2011), ZEW-Studie zu den Wirkungen eines Mindestlohns in der Abfallwirtschaft, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS), Mannheim. Download

Mühlenweg, Andrea, Maresa Sprietsma and Julia Horstschräer (2010), Humankapitalpotenziale der gestuften Hochschulabschlüsse in Deutschland - Auswertungen zu Studienbeteiligung, Studienabbrüchen, Mobilität und Eingangsselektion, Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem, Nr. 14-2010, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation, Mannheim. Download

Organisation of academic conferences and workshops

Francesco Berlingieri, Bethlehem Asres Argaw, Dr. Maresa Sprietsma,
Workshop, Education and Equality of Opportunity,
ZEW Mannheim, Germany, 2012

Lectures

2012: The effect of geographical mobility and career interruptions on the returns to education,
Opening Meeting DFG Priority Programme 1646,
Chair of Sociology, University of Bamberg, Germany

2012: Discrimination in Grading: Experimental evidence from primary school teachers,
Jahrestagung des Bildungsökonomischen Ausschusses,
ETH Zürich, Germany

2011: Empirical research on educational inequality at the ZEW,
2. Leibniz Bildungsworkshop,
WZB Berlin, Germany

2011: The Effects of the Bologna Process on College Enrollment and Drop-out Rates,
Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany