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Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln

  • Biografische Angaben

    Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is Professor of Macroeconomics and Development at Goethe University Frankfurt. Prior to joining Goethe University in 2009, she was an assistant professor at Harvard University. She received her PhD in economics from Yale University in 2004. Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is programme director of the macroeconomics and growth programme at the CEPR, chairwoman of the Review of Economic Studies, and elected fellow of the Econometric Society. She received the 2018 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, the highest scientific award in Germany, and the 2016 Gossen Prize of the German Economic Association. In 2018, she was also awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, and in 2010 an ERC Starting Grant. She is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and of the Franco-German Council of Economic Experts. She holds many affiliations in international research networks.  
  • 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): Statusbericht zum Frauenanteil in der Volkswirtschaftslehre an deutschen Universitäten, in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 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 (Hrsg.): 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 Labour 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).

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