Research Projects

2023 - 

“Pilotstudie zur Wirkung der Tabakprävention auf die Gesundheit in der Schweiz: Ein kontrafaktischer Ansatz”; Evaluation of tobacco-use prevention programs in Switzerland funded by the Federal Office of Public Health: Principal investigator

2020-2021

“Do supersaver tickets balance out transport utilization?” Causal machine learning project on demand effects of discounts on train tickets funded by the Research Fund of the Swiss Federal Railways: Principal investigator (with H. Wallimann)

2018-2019

“Gender Occupational Segregation in the Swiss Apprenticeship Market: the Role of Employers” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF): Principal investigator (with A. Fernandes) Swiss Apprenticeship Market -Work in progress

2015-2016

“Policy Evaluation of Tariff Rate Quotas” funded by the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG): Subcontractor (of Areté s.r.l., Bologna)

 2014-2015

“The impact of the socio-economic structure of the rural population on the success of rural development policy” funded by the Regional Research Promotion Program of the University of Fribourg: Scientific mentor

2012-2015

“Identifying causal mechanisms in empirical economics” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF): Co-researcher (with M. Lechner, G. Mellace, and A. Strittmatter)

 2011-2015

“Region, Nation and Beyond. An Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Reconceptualization of Ukraine” funded by the Austrian, German, and Swiss science foundations: Co-researcher

 2007-2011

“Der Wert von Betriebsinformationen für Evaluationsstudien der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland“ funded by the German Federal Employment Agency: Co-researcher

 2006-2008

 „Evaluation der Experimentierklausel nach §6c SGB II: Vergl. Evaluation des arbeitsmarktpol. Erfolgs der Modelle der Aufgabenwahrnehmung Optierende Kommune u. Arbeitsgemeinschaft“ funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS): Co-researcher