Professoren
Prof. Ph. D. Regina T. Riphahn

Prof. Ph. D. Regina T. Riphahn

Refereed Publications

1. Determinanten des Rentenzugangs - Eine Analyse altersspezifischer Verrentungsraten (Determinants of Retirement Entry - An Analysis of Age-specific Retirement Rates), 1997, Review of Economics (Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften) 48(1), 133-147, (with Peter Schmidt).

2. Disability Retirement and Unemployment - Substitute Pathways for Labor Force Exit?, 1997, Applied Economics 29, 551-561.

3. The Determinants of Child Mortality in the Philippines: Estimation of a Structural Model, 1997, Journal of Development Economics, 56(2) 281-305, (with David K. Guilkey).

4. Immigrant Participation in the German Welfare Program, 1998, Finanzarchiv 55(2),163-185.

5. Explaining Applications to the U.S. Disability Program. A Semiparametric Approach, 1999, Journal of Human Resources 35(1), 82-115 (with Brent Kreider).

6. Geringfügige Beschäftigung: Arbeitsmarktwirkungen und Reformoptionen, 1999, Review of Economics (Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftswissenschaften) 50(3), 213-229 (with Clemens Fuest and Bernd Huber).

7. Die Mortalitätskrise in Ostdeutschland und ihre Reflektion in der Todesursachenstatistik, 1999, Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft 24(3), 329-363.

8. Income and Employment Effects of Health Shocks - A Test Case for the German Welfare State, 1999, Journal of Population Economics 12(3), 363-389.

9. Labor Force Transitions of Older Married Couples in Germany, 1999, Labour Economics 6(2), 229-251 (with David M. Blau).

10. Disability Retirement Among German Men in the 1980s, 1999, Industrial and Labor Relations Review 52(4), 628-647.

11. Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models, 2000, Journal of Population Economics 13(2), 241-261 (with Jochen Mayer).

12. Is the Local Business Tax a User Tax? An Empirical Investigation for Germany, 2001, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221(1),13-41 (with Clemens Fuest).

13. Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods: An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism, 2001, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 221(2), 179-201 (with Anja Thalmaier).

14. Rational Poverty or Poor Rationality? The Takeup of Social Assistance Benefits, 2001, Review of Income and Wealth 47(3), 379-398.

15. Residential Location and Youth Unemployment: The Economic Geography of School-To-Work Transitions, 2002, Journal of Population Economics 15(1), 115-135.

16. Employment Effects of Payroll Taxes - An Empirical Test for Germany, 2002, Applied Economics 34, 865-876 (with Thomas K. Bauer).

17. Incentive Effects in the Demand for Health Care: A Bivariate Panel Count Data Estimation, 2003, Journal of Applied Econometrics 18, 387-405 (with Achim Wambach and Andreas Million).

18. Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data, 2003, Journal of Population Economics 16(4), 711-737.

19. Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort, 2005, Labour Economics 12(3), 281-299 (with Axel Engellandt).

20. Employment Protection and Effort Among German Employees, 2004, Economics Letters 85(3), 353-357.

21. Item Non-response on Income and Wealth Questions, 2005, Empirical Economics 30(2), 521-538 (with Oliver Serfling).

22. The Effect of Employment Protection on Worker Effort. A Comparison of Absenteeism During and After Probation, 2005: Journal of the European Economic Association 3(1), 120-143 (with Andrea Ichino).

23. Are there Diverging Time Trends in the Educational Attainment of Nationals and Second Generation Immigrants? [former title: Dissimilation? The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants], 2005 Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 225(3), 325-346.

24. Immigrant Participation in Social Assistance Programs: Evidence from German Guestworkers, 2004, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 2318, forthcoming: Applied Economics Quarterly

25. Survey item nonresponse and its treatment, forthcoming 2006: Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv (with Susanne Rässler).

26. Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants, 2004, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1354, forthcoming: Journal of Population Economics (with Philipp Bauer).

27. Timing of school tracking as a determinant of intergenerational transmission of education, forthcoming: Economics Letters (with Philipp Bauer).


Other Publications

1. Invaliditätsrentenzugang und Arbeitsmarkt (Disability Retirement and the Labor Market), 1996, in: V. Steiner and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung - Empirische Analyse und Reformansätze, ZEW Wirtschaftsanalysen Band 6, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 93-108.

2. Older Workers' Responses to Health Shocks, 1997, Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 66(1), 71-79.

3. Labor Demand, Unemployment, and the Cost of Social Insurance Schemes in Germany, 1998, in: S.W. Black (ed.), Globalization, Technological Change, and Labor Markets , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 213-229 (with Thomas K. Bauer).

4. Absenteeism and Employment Probation - A Panel Study for Germany, 1999, Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 68(2), 230-236 (with Anja Thalmaier).

5. The Mortality Crisis in East Germany, 2000, in: G.A. Cornia (ed.) The Mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies, Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York, 227-252 (with Klaus F. Zimmermann).

6. Employment Policy in Transition: Lessons of German Integration for the Labour Market , edited with Dennis J. Snower and Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2000, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg-New York.

7. Die Bedeutung des Arbeitsmarktes für die Sozialhilfedichte: Eine Panelanalyse mit Regionaldaten, 2001, in: Winfried Schmähl (ed.), Wechselwirkungen zwischen Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung I, Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik Band 285, Duncker & Humblot, 9-42.

8. Neue Evidenz zum Schulerfolg von Zuwanderern der zweiten Generation in Deutschland, 2002, Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 71(2), 230-248 (with Oliver Serfling).

9. Die Bruttoeinkommensverteilung in Deutschland 1984-1999 und die wachsende Ungleichheit unter ausländischen Erwerbstätigen, 2003, W. Schmähl (ed.), Wechselwirkungen zwischen Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialer Sicherung II, Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Band 294, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 135-174.

10. Heterogeneity in Item-Nonresponse on Income and Wealth Questions, 2003, Schmollers Jahrbuch. Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Journal of Applied Social Sciences) 123(1), 95-108 (with Oliver Serfling).

11. Book review, 2003: Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, J.P., Wolf, C. (eds.): Advances in Cross-National Comparison. A European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York et al., 413 S. Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv 87(3), 348-349.

12. Book review, 2003: Ortlieb, Renate: Betrieblicher Krankenstand als personalpolitische Arena. Eine Längsschnittanalyse. Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag 2002, 227 S. forthcoming in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft.

13. Discussion of: Bernd Fitzenberger und Alexandra Spitz, Die Anatomie des Berufswechsels: Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme auf Basis der BIBB / IAB Daten 1998 / 1999, in: W. Franz, H.J. Ramser und M. Stadler, 2004, Bildung - Band 33 Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Seminar Ottobeuren , Mohr-Siebeck,Tübingen, S. 61-66.

14. Absenteeism and Employment Protection: 3 Case Studies, 2004, Swedish Economic Policy Review 11(1), 95-114 (with Andrea Ichino). [ pdf-download ]

15. Introduction: Item nonresponse and data quality, Allgemeinen Statistisches Archiv, 89(1), 2005, 3-5.


Working Papers

1. Improvements in the Family Planning Service Environment in Tanzania: A Report Based on the 1991 and 1994 DHS Service Availability Modules, 1994, Evaluation Project Working Paper, Carolina Population Center (with Sylvester Ngallaba, Phil Bardsley, David K. Guilkey).

2. Disability Retirement Among German Men in the 1980s, 1995, unpublished dissertation , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3. The Impact of Family Planning Programs on Contraceptive Use in Tanzania: An Explanation of Change Between 1991 and 1994, 1996, Evaluation Project Working Paper, Carolina Population Center (with Said Aboud, Gustavo Angeles, Phil Bardsley, Amenuve Bekui, Albina Chuwa, David Guilkey, Aldegunda Komba, Sylvester Ngallaba, Irenius Ruyobya, Peter Riwa).

4. Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: A Varying Coefficient Count Data Model, 1999, SFB 386 Discussion Paper No. 140 (with Jochen Mayer).

5. Why Did Social Assistance Dependence Increase? - The Dynamics of Social Assistance Dependence and Unemployment in Germany, 1999, unpublished Habilitationsschrift, University of Munich.Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen für Geringqualifizierte. Gutachterliche Stellungnahme im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Sozialordnung, Bonn 1999, (mit Anja Thalmaier und Klaus F. Zimmermann).

6. Immigrants' Time to Economic Independence: The Duration of Initial Public Transfer Reliance, 2001, mimeo (with Michael Rosholm).

7. Die Vermögensverteilung und die Determinanten ihrer Entwicklung. Ein Literaturüberblick, 2002, mimeo (with Alexandra Reichardt).

8. The Enrollment Effect of Secondary School Fees in Post-War Germany, 2004, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1295, submitted.

9. Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from a Multinational Company, 2004, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229, submitted (with Axel Engellandt).

10. Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data Models, 2000, Journal of Population Economics 13(2), 241-261 (with Jochen Mayer).

11. Is the Local Business Tax a User Tax? An Empirical Investigation for Germany, 2001, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 221(1),13-41 (with Clemens Fuest).

12. Rational Poverty or Poor Rationality? The Takeup of Social Assistance Benefits, 2001, Review of Income and Wealth 47(3), 379-398.

13. Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods: An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism, 2001, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 221(2), 179-201 (with Anja Thalmaier).

14. Residential Location and Youth Unemployment: The Economic Geography of School-To-Work Transitions, 2002, Journal of Population Economics 15(1), 115-135.

15. Employment Effects of Payroll Taxes - An Empirical Test for Germany, 2002, Applied Economics 34, 865-876 (with Thomas K. Bauer).

16. Incentive Effects in the Demand for Health Care: A Bivariate Panel Count Data Estimation, 2003, Journal of Applied Econometrics 18, 387-405 (with Achim Wambach and Andreas Million).

17. Cohort Effects in the Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants in Germany: An Analysis of Census Data, 2003, Journal of Population Economics 16(4), 711-737.

18. Employment Protection and Effort Among German Employees, 2004, Economics Letters 85(3), 353-357.

19. Immigrant Participation in Social Assistance Programs: Evidence from German Guestworkers, 2004, Applied Economics Quarterly 50(4), 329-362.

20. Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort, 2005, Labour Economics 12(3), 281-299 (with Axel Engellandt).

21. Item Non-response on Income and Wealth Questions, 2005, Empirical Economics 30(2), 521-538 (with Oliver Serfling).

22. The Effect of Employment Protection on Worker Effort. A Comparison of Absenteeism During and After Probation, 2005, Journal of the European Economic Association 3(1), 120-143 (with Andrea Ichino).

23. Are there Diverging Time Trends in the Educational Attainment of Nationals and Second Generation Immigrants? [former title: Dissimilation? The Educational Attainment of Second Generation Immigrants], 2005 Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 225(3), 325-346.

24. Survey item nonresponse and its treatment, 2006, Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv 90(1), 213-228 (with Susanne Rässler).

25. Timing of school tracking as a determinant of intergenerational transmission of education, 2006, Economics Letters 91(1), 90-97 (with Philipp Bauer).

26. Education and its intergenerational transmission: country of origin-specific - evidence for natives and immigrants from Switzerland, 2006, Portuguese Economic Journal 5(2), 89-110 (with Philipp Bauer).

27. Heterogeneity in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment: Evidence from Switzerland on Natives and Second Generation Immigrants, 2007, Journal of Population Economics 20(1), 121-148 (with Philipp Bauer).

28. Seniority in Germany: New Evidence on Returns to Tenure for Male Full-time Workers, 2008, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsmarktforschung (Journal for Labour Market Research) 41(2-3),139-156 (with Robert Orlowski).

29. Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Germany - The Last Five Decades, 2009, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik) 229(1), 36-60 (with Guido Heineck).

30. Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility, 2009, Economics Letters 103(2), 87-90 (with Philipp Bauer).

31. The East German Wage Structure after Transition, 2009, Economics of Transition 17(4), 629-659 (with Robert Orlowski).

32. Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from a Multinational Company, 2008, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229, forthcoming: Industrial and Labor Relations Review (with Axel Engellandt).

33. Female labor supply and parental leave benefits. The causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time, 2009, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3982, forthcoming: Applied Economics Letters (with Annette Bergemann).

34. Kosten und Nutzen der Ausbildung an Tertiärbildungsinstitutionen im Vergleich, 2010, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 11(2), 103-131 (with Martina Eschelbach, Guido Heineck, and Steffen Müller).

35. The Effect of Secondary School Fees on Educational Attainment, 2010, forthcoming: Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

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