Projekte und Positionen im Forschungszentrum
Principal Investigator
Förderperiode 2007-2012
Projektleitung: Herausbildung der Präferenzen für Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft in Afrika südlich der Sahara | Forschungsfeld 1
Projektleitung: Die Rolle des Kinderbetreuungsangebots für Fertilität und weibliches Arbeitsangebot | Forschungsfeld 1
Fachrichtungen
Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Makroökonomie, Entwicklung
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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
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Bundesministeriums der Finanzen
EDUCATION:
2004
Ph.D., Economics (with distinction), Yale University
2001
M.Phil., Economics
2000
M.A., Economics, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
1999
Diplom, Latin American Studies
1998
Diplom, 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
2025 2023- The Fiscal and Welfare Effects of Policy Responses to the Covid-19 School Closures
- Good Bye Lenin Revisited: East-West Preferences Three Decades after German Reunification
- Forward-Looking Labor Supply Responses to Changes in Pension Wealth: Evidence from Germany
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).