Dr. Laura Pohlan is a junior research associate at ZEW. She works in close cooperation with the research unit “Labour Markets and Social Insurance”.
Laura Pohlan studied economics at the University of Mannheim from 2008 to 2013. She worked as a researcher in the ZEW Research Department “Labour Markets and Social Insurance” from 2013 to 2020. In July 2018, she completed her PhD with her thesis entitled “Essays on Unemployment, Job Search Behavior and Policy Interventions” at the University of Mannheim. She is currently working as a senior researcher in the research department “Labour Market Processes and Institutions” at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg.
Her research interests include the empirical analysis of search and hiring processes and the role of frictions in the labour market. A special focus lies on the labour market integration of the long-term unemployed.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2021), Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?, Labour Economics 70. Download
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Do job creation schemes improve the social integration and well-being of the long-term unemployed?, Labour Economics 64. Download
Pohlan, Laura (2019), Unemployment and Social Exclusion, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 164, 273-299. Download
Bergemann, Annette, Laura Pohlan and Arne Uhlendorff (2017), The impact of participation in job creation schemes in turbulent times, Labour Economics 47, 182-201. Download
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Bellmann, Lutz, Pauline Bourgeon, Christina Gathmann, Christian Kagerl, David Marguerit, Ludivine Martin, Laura Pohlan and Duncan Roth (2021), Digitalisierungsschub in Firmen während der Corona-Pandemie, Wirtschaftsdienst 101, 713-718. Download
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Pohlan, Laura (2018), Essays on Unemployment, Job Search Behavior and Policy Interventions, Dissertation, Mannheim. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Arntz, Melanie, Boris Ivanov and Laura Pohlan (2022), Regional Structural Change and the Effects of Job Loss, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-019, Mannheim. Download
Gürtzgen, Nicole, Benjamin Lochner, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2021), Does Online Search Improve the Match Quality of New Hires?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-002, Mannheim. Download
Aurich-Beerheide, Patrizia, Martin Brussig, Andrea Gabler, Boris Ivanov, Johannes Kirsch, Sandra Kotlenga, Philipp Langer, Barbara Nägele, Nils Pagels, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Öffentlich geförderte Beschäftigung zur Förderung der Teilhabe von Langzeitarbeitslosen, ZEW policy brief No. 20-04, Mannheim. Download
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2020), Covid-19 und die sozialen Folgen für Arbeitslose, ZEW expert brief No. 20-10, Mannheim. Download
Pohlan, Laura and Thomas Rothe (2020), Personalrekrutierung von Beschäftigten, Kurz- und Langzeitarbeitslosen: Unterschiede bei Besetzungswegen und Beschäftigungsqualität, IAB-Kurzbericht Nr. 06/2020, Nürnberg. Download
Ivanov, Boris, Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Laura Pohlan (2019), Do Job Creation Schemes Improve the Social Integration and Well-Being of the Long-Term Unemployed?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-048, Mannheim. Download
Blömer, Maximilian J., Nicole Gürtzgen, Laura Pohlan, Holger Stichnoth and Gerard J. van den Berg (2018), Unemployment Effects of the German Minimum Wage in an Equilibrium Job Search Model, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-032, Mannheim. Download
Gürtzgen, Nicole, André Diegmann, Laura Pohlan and Gerard J. van den Berg (2018), Do Digital Information Technologies Help Unemployed Job Seekers Find a Job? Evidence from the Broadband Internet Expansion in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-030, Mannheim. Download
Pohlan, Laura (2018), Unemployment and Social Exclusion, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-029, Mannheim. Download
Bergemann, Annette, Laura Pohlan and Arne Uhlendorff (2017), Job Creation Schemes in Turbulent Times, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-021, Mannheim. Download
Bergemann, Annette, Laura Pohlan and Arne Uhlendorff (2016), Job Creation Schemes in Turbulent Times, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10369 , Bonn. Download
Expertises
Brussig, Martin, Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide, Johannes Kirsch, Philipp Langer, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, Boris Ivanov, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Sandra Kotlenga , Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2019), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - Endbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide, Johannes Kirsch, Philipp Langer, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, Boris Ivanov, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Sandra Kotlenga, Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2019), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - 3. Zwischenbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Johannes Kirsch, Bettina Mosler, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, Boris Ivanov, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Sandra Kotlenga, Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2018), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - 2. Zwischenbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Brussig, Martin, Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide, Johannes Kirsch, Matthias Knuth, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Laura Pohlan, André Diegmann, Holger Bonin, Nils Pagels, Andrea Gabler, Barbara Nägele, Henry Puhe and Rita Kleinemeier (2017), Evaluation des Bundesprogramms „Soziale Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt“ - 1. Zwischenbericht, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Berlin. Download
Projects
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2021The Design of Firms Internal Labor Markets Under Asymmetric Information
- Project Duration 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2020Job Search Strategies – Selection and Employment Effects
- Project Duration 01.04.2016 - 31.05.2019SEEK-Project 2016: Fiscal and Labour Policy Institutions and Inequality
- Project Duration 14.03.2016 - 31.12.2017The Quality of Employment and Firm Outcomes: a Panel Analysis of Recent Developments in German Establishments
- Project Duration 01.03.2016 - 31.10.2020Evaluation of the Federal Programme “Social Inclusion into the Labour Market”
- Project Duration 01.04.2014 - 30.09.2015SEEK Project 2014: Evaluating the Introduction of a Uniform Minimum Wage in Germany: A Structural Equilibrium Job Search Approach
- Project Duration 01.02.2014 - 31.01.2015Decreasing Wage Mobility in the Low-Wage Sector - Increasing Genuine State Dependence or Composition Effects?
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Department
Function
Junior Research Associate
Prices, Awards and Distinctions
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2020:
Dissertationspreis,
Roman Herzog Forschungspreis Soziale Marktwirtschaft, Roman Herzog Institute, Munich, Germany -
2019:
Dissertationspreis,
Wissenschaftspreis "Zukunft der Arbeitswelt", Wissenschaftspreis Volksbank Weinheim Stiftung e.V., Germany
