Projects and positions at the research center
Principal Investigator
Funding period 2007-2012
Project management: Formation of preferences for democracy and market economy in sub-Saharan Africa | Research field 1
Project management: The role of childcare provision for fertility and female labor supply | Research field 1
Fields of study
Economics
Research focus
Macroeconomics, development
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Biografische Angaben
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT: 2009 - Present: Professor of Macroeconomics and Development, Goethe University Frankfurt 2004 - 2009: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University VISITING POSITION: 2015 - 2016 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Economics BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: 2019-2020 Chairwoman of the German Economic Association 2017 - 2018 Designated Chairwoman of the German Economic Association 2015 - 2019 Member of the Council of the European Economic Association 2012 - present Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the German Economic Association Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Finance 2011 - present Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Finance EDUCATION: 2004 Ph.D., Economics (with distinction), Yale University 2001 M.Phil., Economics 2000 M.A., Economics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany 1999 Diploma, Latin American Studies 1998 Diploma, Economics (with distinction) 1995 Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino, Tucumán, Argentina German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholar MAJOR GRANTS: 2018 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2016 Gossen Prize 2010 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (1.4 million euros) -
Publikationen
2022 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2022): Covid-Induced School Closures in the United States and Germany: Long-Term Distributional Effects, in: Economic Policy, 37 (112). Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bick, Alexander/ Blandin, Adam (2022): Reassessing Economic Constraints: Maximum Employment or Maximum Hours?, in: Proceedings of the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bick, Alexander/ Lagakos, David/ Tsujiyama, Hitoshi (2022): Structural Change in Labor Supply and Cross-Country Differences in Hours Worked, in: Journal of Monetary Economics, 130. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Krueger, Dirk/ Ludwig, Alexander/ Popova, Irina (2022): The Long Term Distributional and Welfare Effects of Covid-19 School Closures, in: Economic Journal, 132 (645). 2021 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Haliassos, Michalis (2021): Participation Following Sudden Access, in: Journal of Monetary Economics 117. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Friebel, Guido/ Weinberger, Alisa (2021): Status report on the proportion of women in economics at German universities, in: Perspectives on Economic Policy 2021, 22 (2), 142-155. 2020 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Masella, Paolo/ Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah (2020): Cultural Determinants of Household Saving Behavior, in: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 118. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2020): Gender structure of paper submissions at the Review of Economic Studies during COVID-19: First evidence. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Schündeln, Matthias (2020): The Long-Term Effects of Communism in Eastern Europe, in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34 (2), 172-191. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Kuhn, Moritz/ Tertilt, Michèle (2020): The Short-Run Macro Implications of School and Child-Care Closures, Discussion Paper 14882. 2019 Bick, Alexander/ Brüggemann, Bettina/ Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2019): Data Revisions of Aggregate Hours Worked: Implications for the Europe-US Hours Gap, in: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 101 (1), 45-56. Bick, Alexander/ Brüggemann, Bettina/ Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2019): Hours Worked in Europe and the US: New Data, New Answers, in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 121 (4), 1381-1416. Bick, Alexander/ Brüggemann, Bettina/ Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah (2019): Long-term Changes in Married Couples' Labor Supply and Taxes: Evidence from the US and Europe Since the 1980s, in: Journal of International Economics, 118, 44-62. Bick, Alexander/ Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Lagakos, David/ Tsjuiyama, Hitoshi (2019): Why are Average Hours Worked Lower in Richer Countries?, in: NBER Working Paper Series, 26554, Cambridge: National Bureau of Economic Research. 2018 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bick, Alexander/ Lagakos, David (2018): How do Hours Worked Vary with Income? Cross-Country Evidence and Implications, American Economic Review, 108 (1), 170-199. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bick, Alexander (2018): Taxation and Labor Supply of Married Couples across Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis, in: Review of Economic Studies, 85 (3). 2017 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bick, Alexander/ Brüggemann, Bettina (2017): A Note on Data Revisions of Aggregate Hours Worked Series: Implications for the Europe-US Hours Gap. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Masella, Paolo/ Paule-Paludkiewicz, Hannah (2017): Cultural Determinants of Household Saving Behavior. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bick, Alexander/ Brüggemann, Bettina (2017): Hours Worked in Europe and the US: New Data, New Answers. Bick, Alexander/ Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2017): Quantifying the Disincentive Effects of Joint Taxation on Married Women's Labor Supply, in: American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 107 (5), 100-104. 2016 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Masella, Paolo (2016): Long-Lasting Effects of Socialist Education, in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 98 (3), 128-441. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Hassan, Tarek A. (2016): Natural Experiments in Macroeconomics. In: Taylor, John B./ Harald Uhlig (eds.): Handbook of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, 923-1012. 2015 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Schündeln, Matthias (2015): On the Endogeneity of Political Preferences: Evidence from Individual Experience with Democracy, in: Science, 347 (6226), 1145-1148. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Haliassos, Michalis (2015): The Role of Product Familiarity in Household Financial Behavior?, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 10632. 2012 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Izem, Rima (2012): Explaining the Low Labor Productivity in East Germany - A Spatial Analysis, in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 40 (1), 1-21. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Bartz, Kevin (2012): The Role of Borders, Languages, and Currencies as Obstacles to Labor Market Integration, in: European Economic Review, 56 (6), 1148-1163. 2010 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Krueger, Dirk/ Sommer, Mathias (2010): Inequality Trends for Germany in the Last Two Decades: A Tale of Two Countries, in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 13 (1), 103-132. 2009 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2009): Introduction: A Symposium on the East German Labor Market, Economics of Transition, 17(3), 625-628. Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2009): On Preferences for Being Self-Employed, in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 71 (2). Schündeln, Matthias/ Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2009): Who Stays, Who Goes, Who Returns? East-West Migration within Germany since Reunification, in: Economics of Transition, 17 (3), 703-738. 2008 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola (2008): The Response of Household Saving to the Large Shock of German Reunification, in: American Economic Review, 98 (5). 2007 Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola/ Alesina, Alberto (2007): Good Bye Lenin (Or Not?): The Effect of Communism on People's Preferences, in: American Economic Review, 97 (4).