Professor Sebastian Siegloch is head of ZEW’s Research Department “Social Policy and Redistribution” and professor of economics at the University of Mannheim. He studied economics and political sciences at the University of Cologne and at Science Po Paris. In 2013, he completed his PhD at the University of Cologne under the supervision of Clemens Fuest. After spending one year as a postdoc at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn, he became Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim in August 2014. During the academic year 2017/18, he was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and Stanford University.
Sebastian Siegloch’s research is on the intersection of Public, Labor and Urban Economics. In a series of current projects, he investigates the efficiency and equity effects of local taxes and subsidies. His work has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Public Economics, and European Economic Review, among others.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Lichter, Andreas, Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch (2020), The Long-Term Costs of Government Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany, Journal of the European Economic Association.
Fuest, Clemens, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2018), Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages? Micro Evidence from Germany, American Economic Review Vol. 108 (2), 393-418. Download
Dolls, Mathias, Karina Doorley, Alari Paulus, Hilmar Schneider, Sebastian Siegloch and Eric Sommer (2017), Fiscal sustainability and demographic change: a micro-approach for 27 EU countries, International Tax and Public Finance Vol. 24 (4), 575-615.
Dolls, Mathias, Karina Doorley, Alari Paulus, Hilmar Schneider, Sebastian Siegloch and Eric Sommer (2017), Fiscal Sustainability and Demographic Change: A Micro Approach for 27 EU Countries, International Tax and Public Finance 24(4), 575–615.
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2017), Exporting and Labor Demand: Micro-level evidence from Germany, Canadian Journal of Economics 50 (4), 1161–1189.
Dörrenberg, Philipp, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2017), The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities, Journal of Public Economics 151, 41-55.
Pestel, Nico, Reinhold Schnabel, Sebastian Siegloch, Eric Sommer and Alexander Spermann (2016), Ist die Glättung des Mittelstandsbauches finanzierbar? Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik Vol. 17 (3), 264-275.
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2015), The Own-Wage Elasticity of Labor Demand: A Meta-Regression Analysis, European Economic Review 80, 94-119.
Bargain, Olivier, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2015), Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979 – 2007, Economic Inquiry 53 (2), 1061-1085. Download
Cox, Michael, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Labor Demand Effects of Rising Electricity Prices: Evidence for Germany, , 266-277. Download
Peichl, Andreas, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch and Eric Sommer (2014), Bundestagswahlkampf 2013: Klientelpolitik durch Steuerreform?, Die Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 15(2), 182-194.
Dörrenberg, Philipp and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Is soccer good for you? The motivational impact of big sporting events on the unemployed, Economics Letters 123(1), 66-69.
Bargain, Olivier, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Tax-Benefit Revealed Social Preferences in Europe and the US, Annals of Economics and Statistics 113/114, 257-289.
Bargain, Olivier, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Comparing Inequality Aversion across Countries when Labor Supply Responses Differ, International Tax and Public Finance 21 (5), 845-873.
Peichl, Andreas, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2013), Ist Deutschland wirklich so progressiv? Einkommensumverteilung im europäischen Vergleich, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung Vol. 82 (1), 111-127.
Bargain, Olivier, André Decoster, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2013), Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US, Social Choice and Welfare 41 (4), 789-817. Download
Bargain, Olivier, Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2013), Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of a European Tax-Benefit System and Fiscal Equalisation Mechanism, Economic Policy 28 (75), 375-422. Download
Löffler, Max, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider and Sebastian Siegloch (2012), Effizient, einfach und gerecht: Ein integriertes System zur Reform von Einkommensteuer und Sozialabgaben, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 13 (3), 196–213. Download
Bargain, Oliver, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2012), Distributional Consequences of Labor-demand Shocks: The 2008-09 Recession in Germany, International Tax and Public Finance 19 (1), 118-138. Download
Peichl, Andreas and Sebastian Siegloch (2012), Accounting for Labor Demand Effects in Structural Labor Supply Models,, Labour Economics 19 (1), 129-138. Download
Peichl, Andreas, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider and Sebastian Siegloch (2011), Reform der Hartz-IV-Hinzuverdienstregelungen: Ein verfehlter Ansatz, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik Vol. 12 (1), 12-26.
Löffler, Max, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Hilmar Schneider and Sebastian Siegloch (2011), Einfach ist nicht immer gerecht: Eine Mikrosimulationsstudie der Kirchhof-Reform für die Einkommensteuer, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 80 (4), 147–160. Download
Peichl, Andreas, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2011), The Politicians´ Wage Gap: Insights from German Members of Parliament, Public Choice 156 (3), 653-676. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Bartscher, Alina Kristin, Sebastian Seitz, Michaela Slotwinski, Nils Wehrhöfer and Sebastian Siegloch (2020), Social Capital and the Spread of Covid-19: Insights From European Countries, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-023, Mannheim. Download
Schmidheiny, Kurt and Sebastian Siegloch (2020), On Event Studies and Distributed-Lags in Two-Way Fixed Effects Models: Identification, Equivalence, and Generalization, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-017, Mannheim. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch (2019), The Long-Term Costs of Government Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-049, Mannheim. Download
Fuest, Clemens, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2016), Do Higher Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages? Micro Evidence from Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-003, Mannheim. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch (2016), The Long-Term Costs of Government Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research No. 865. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch (2016), The Long-Term Costs of Government Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany, CESifo Working Paper No. 6042. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Max Löffler and Sebastian Siegloch (2015), The Economic Costs of Mass Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany, IZA Discussion Paper No. 9245. Download
Dörrenberg, Philipp, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2015), The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities, CESifo Working Paper No. 5369. Download
Löffler, Max, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Structural Labor Supply Models and Wage Exogeneity, IZA Discussion Paper No. 8281 . Download
Dörrenberg, Philipp, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Sufficient Statistic or Not? The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities, IZA Discussion Paper Series IZA DP No. 8554, revise and resubmit, Journal of Public Economics. Download
Löffler, Max, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch and Eric Sommer (2014), Documentation IZAΨMOD v3.0: The IZA Policy Simulation Model, IZA Discussion Paper Series IZA Discussion Paper No. 8553. Download
Dörrenberg, Philipp, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Sufficient Statistic or Not? The Elasticity of Taxable Income in the Presence of Deduction Possibilities, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-078, Mannheim. Download
Löffler, Max, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Structural Labor Supply Models and Wage Exogeneity, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-040, Mannheim. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Exporting and Labor Demand: Micro-level Evidence from Germany, IZA DP No. 7494. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Exporting and Labor Demand: Micro-level Evidence from Germany, CESifo Working Paper, 4668. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), The Own-Wage Elasticity of Labor Demand: A Meta-Regression Analysis, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-016, Mannheim. Download
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), The Own-Wage Elasticity of Labor Demand: A Meta-Regression Analysis, IZA DP No. 7958 . Download
Lichter, Andreas, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Exporting and Labor Demand: Micro-level Evidence from Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-013, Mannheim. Download
Dörrenberg, Philipp and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Is soccer good for you? The motivational impact of big sporting events on the unemployed, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7890 Download
Bargain, Olivier, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2014), Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979 – 2007, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-001, Mannheim. Download
Bargain, Olivier, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2013), Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007,
Cox, Michael, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel and Sebastian Siegloch (2013), Labor Demand Effects of Rising Electricity Prices: Evidence for Germany, Bonn. Download
Fuest, Clemens, Andreas Peichl and Sebastian Siegloch (2013), Do Higher Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages? Micro Evidence from Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-039, Mannheim. Download
Expertises
Buhlmann, Florian, Michael Hebsaker and Sebastian Siegloch (2020), Einführung einer Garantiesicherung, Bundestagsfraktion von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Berlin. Download
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian, Eckhard Janeba, Sebastian Siegloch, Martin Ungerer and Achim Wambach (2020), Kommunale Antworten auf die Globale Corona-Krise: Finanzen, Innovationskraft und Lebensqualität verbessern, Deutscher Städtetag, Berlin. Download
Holger, Bonin, Florian Buhlmann, Sebastian Siegloch and Holger Stichnoth (2019), Aufkommens-, Verteilungs- und Arbeitsangebotswirkungen einer stufenweisen Abschaffung des Solidaritätszuschlags, Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), Berlin. Download
Blömer, Maximilian Joseph, Florian Buhlmann, Max Löffler, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch and Holger Stichnoth (2016), Kinderfreibeträge in der Sozialversicherung, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Bonn. Download
Projects
Current Projects
- Project Duration 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022Contract with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs: Scientific Advise and Corresponding Dialog Formats Concerning the Welfare State, the Working Environment, the Social Market Economy and in Addition the Implementation of Corresponding Dialogue Forms
- Project Duration 01.05.2020 - 31.01.2021Distributional Effects of Healthcare Spending
- Project Duration 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2020The Role of Real Estate for old-age Income
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.05.2020 - 31.08.2020A stimulus package for the local communities as response to the Corona Crisis
- Project Duration 15.02.2020 - 10.07.2020A new "Garantiesicherung"
- Project Duration 01.05.2019 - 31.07.2020Unemployment Benefit Duration and Start-Up Success
- Project Duration 13.07.2016 - 31.08.2016Child allowances in the social insurance
- Project Duration 08.06.2016 - 08.06.2017Labour Supply Modelling Using the EUROMOD Microsimulation Model
- Project Duration 01.07.2014 - 31.12.2015Property Taxes and Rental Housing
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Lectures
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2020:
Spill-Over Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Investment Subsidies in East Germany,
Série de séminaires à l'Université de Strasbourg,
Online, Frankreich -
2020:
Local answers to the global corona crisis: improving finances, innovation and quality of life,
CEMR virtual Retreat - The path to resilient towns and regions | #CEMRmeets,
Online, Belgien -
2020:
Direct, Spill-Over and Welfare Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Investment Subsidies in East Germany,
Invitation to a Seminar at the University of Bern,
Bern, Schweiz - Online, Schweiz -
2020:
"Spill-Over Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Investment Subsidies in East Germany",
Seminar Spring 2020,
Barcelona online, Spanien -
2020:
“Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation”,
MaCCI IO Day 2020,
Mannheim (online), Deutschland -
2020:
Efficiency and Equity Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Capital Subsidies in East Germany,
UEA 2020 Virtual,
Online, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
more information
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2020:
Spill-Over Effects of Place-Based Policies: Evidence from Investment Subsidies in East Germany,
Department

Function
Head and Dean of Graduate Studies