Dr. Natalia Danzer

Dr. Natalia Danzer
Economist Deputy Director of the Ifo Center for Labour Market Research and Family Economics
Ifo Institute
Ifo Center for Labour Market Research and Family Economics
Poschingerstraße 5
81679 München
Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1252
Fax: +49(0)89/9224-1608
Email: danzer @ ifo.de (nur mit aktiviertem Javascript anklickbar)
Website: http://www.cesifo-group.de/danzer-n
Main focus
Family economics, empirical labour economics, child development and human capital, life and job satisfaction, economic
uncertainty and family decisions.
Professional Experience
Academic Background
10/2008 - 10/2011 Ph.D. studies, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Ph.D. thesis: "Essays on Subjective Well-Being and Human Capital"
Advisors: Prof. Jonathan Wadsworth, Prof. Victor Lavy, Dr. Melanie Lührmann
03/2006 - 09/2008 Ph.D. studies in Economics, German Institute for Economic Research Berlin (DIW
Berlin) and at the Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
04/2000 - 09/2004 M.A. in Economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany and the University of
Toronto, Canada (Diplom-Volkswirtin)
10/1998 - 03/2000 Undergraduate studies in Economics and Business Administration at the University
of Bayreuth, Germany (Vordiplom)
Languages
German, English, Russian.
Professional Experience
since 2011
Economist, Ifo Center for Labour Market Research and Family Economics
08/2009
Short term consultant, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
London, UK; empirical research project on industrial policy and innovation in
emerging markets
07/2009
Short term consultant, World Bank, Moscow Office, Russia; empirical research on
the Russian Health Care System
05/2008 - 09/2008 Short term consultant, Office of the Chief Economist, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, London, UK; research project for the Transition
Report 2008
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03/2006 - 10/2008 Research Associate, Department of International Economics, German Institute for
Economic Research Berlin (DIW Berlin), Germany; working on a EU-funded project
on the “Economic and Social Consequences of Industrial Restructuring in Russia
and Ukraine” (ESCIRRU)
09/2005 - 11/2005 Project work for the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport of the German
Federal State Lower Saxony at the Representative office of Lower Saxony in
Moscow, Russia
12/2004 - 07/2005 Manager of Russia projects (trade show and PR related consultancy, publishing
activity and event organization), local global GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
09/2001 - 04/2002 Student research assistant, Chair for Economics and Applied Microeconomics, Prof.
Stahl, Ph.D., University of Mannheim, Germany
09/2000 - 12/2000 Internship and temporary work, Department of Foreign Trade/Ukraine project,
Chamber of Industry and Commerce Rhine-Neckar, Mannheim, Germany
Scholarships, awards and prizes
2013
Prize for Exceptional Achievements in Third-party Funded Research 2013 awarded
by the Ifo Institute (Project: Ex-Post-Evaluation of Monetary Family Related Benefits
in Germany)
2012
Special Award for Exceptional Achievements 2012 awarded by the Ifo Institute
(Project: Coordination of the 8th Report on Family Affairs of the Federal
Government of Germany
2012
Prize for Exceptional Achievements in Third-party Funded Research 2012 awarded
by the Ifo Institute (Project: Ex-Post-Evaluation of Public Subsidies for Child Care)
2008
- 2011
2007
2002
Thomas Holloway Research Scholarship 2008-2011 (plus fee waiver), UK
Best Paper Award, "Development Studies Association", Sussex, UK
- 2003
Scholarship of the “Landesstiftung Foundation of the German Federal State
Baden-Württemberg”
Publications
Articles in refereed journals
Natalia Danzer (with Victor Lavy), "Paid Parental Leave and Children’s Schooling Outcomes", The Economic Journal,
Forthcoming
Natalia Danzer (with Alexander M. Danzer), "The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl: Evidence on Subjective
Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare", Journal of Public Economics 135, 2016, 47-60, Information
Natalia Danzer (with Wolfgang Auer), "Fixed-Term Employment and Fertility: Evidence from German Micro Data", CESifo
Economic Studies 62 (4), 2016, 595-623
Natalia Weisshaar (with Tilman Brück, Alexander Danzer, Alexander Muravyev), "Poverty during transition: Household
survey evidence from Ukraine", Journal of Comparative Economics, 38 (2), 2010, 123-145
Monographs (Authorship)
Natalia Danzer (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner and Janina Reinkowski),
Kindergeld, ifo Forschungsberichte 60, ifo Institut, 2013
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Natalia Danzer (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Wolfgang Auer, Mine Hancioglu, Bastian Hartmann, Timo
Hener, Christian Holzner, Notburga Ott, Janina Reinkowski and Martin Werding), Kinderbetreuung, ifo Forschungsberichte
59, ifo Institut, 2013
Natalia Danzer, Essays on Subjective Well-Being and Human Capital, PhD Thesis at the University of London, 2011
Papers in academic volumes
Natalia Danzer (with Philippe Aghion and Heike Harmgart), "Fostering Growth in CEE countries: a country-tailored approach
to growth policy", in: S. Radosevic and A. Kaderabkova (eds.): Challenges for European Innovation Policy. Cohesion and
Excellence from a Schumpeterian Perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (UK), Northhampton (US), 2011, 47-76
Natalia Weisshaar (with Philippe Aghion, Heike Harmgart), "Fostering growth in transition economies", EBRD: Transition
Report, 2008, Chapter 3: 48-63
Articles in non-refereed journals
Natalia Danzer (with Alexander M. Danzer and Anita Fichtl), "Die psychischen Langzeitfolgen der Nuklearkatastrophe von
Tschernobyl", ifo Schnelldienst 69 (07), 2016, 33-38
Natalia Danzer (with Wolfgang Auer and Anita Fichtl), "Ökonomische Unsicherheit: Befristete Verträge erschweren
Familiengründung", ifo Schnelldienst 68 (18), 2015, 35-41
Natalia Danzer (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner and Janina
Reinkowski), "Child Benefit and Child Allowances in Germany: Their Impact on Family Policy Goals", CESifo DICE Report
12 (1), 2014, 37-45
Natalia Danzer (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner and Janina
Reinkowski), "Kindergeld und Kinderfreibeträge in Deutschland: Evaluierung der Auswirkungen auf familienpolitische Ziele",
ifo Schnelldienst 66 (09), 2013, 28-36
Natalia Danzer (with Helmut Rainer, Wolfgang Auer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Christian Holzner,
Janina Reinkowski and Martin Werding), "Öffentlich geförderte Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland: Evaluierung der
Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von Müttern", ifo Schnelldienst 66 (07), 2013, 31-40
Natalia Weisshaar (zusammen mit Alexander M. Danzer), "Armut in der Ukraine in Rezession und Aufschwung",
Ukraine-Analysen, Nr. 78, 2010
Natalia Weisshaar (zusammen mit Christine Binzel, Alexander M. Danzer, Hella Engerer, Franziska Holz, Alexander
Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov, Kati Schindler, Mechthild Schrooten, Ulrich Thießen, Georg Zachmann), "Deutschlands
EU-Ratspräsidentschaft: Chancen zur Gestaltung der Zukunftsfähigkeit Europas nutzen", DIW Wochenbericht 51-52, 2006,
729-738
Working papers
Natalia Danzer (with Wolfgang Auer), "Fixed-Term Employment and Fertility: Evidence from German Micro Data", Ifo
Working Paper No. 190, 2014
Natalia Danzer (with Alexander M. Danzer), "The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl: Evidence on Subjective
Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare", CESifo Working Paper No. 4855, June 2014
Natalia Danzer (with Victor Lavy), "Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from
a Large Parental Leave Reform", CESifo Working Paper No. 4488, November 2013
Natalia Danzer, "Job Satisfaction and Self-Selection into the Public or Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment",
Ifo Working Paper No. 169, 2013
Natalia Danzer, "Job Satisfaction and Sorting into the Public and Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment", IZA
Discussion paper No. 7644, 2013, Download
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Natalia Danzer (with Victor Lavy), "Parental Leave and Children’s Schooling Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from
a Large Parental Leave Reform", NBER Working Paper No. 19452, 2013, Download
Natalia Danzer (with Alexander M. Danzer), "The Long-Term Effects of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Subjective Well-Being
and Mental Health", IZA Discussion Paper No. 5906, 2011, Download
Natalia Weisshaar (with Philippe Aghion, Heike Harmgart), "Fostering Growth in CEE countries: a country-tailored approach
to growth policy", European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), WP 117, 2010 | Download
Projects
Current projects
Economic Uncertainty and the Family (EcUFam)
Client: supported by the Leibniz Association • Project period: July 2015 - June 2018 • Department: Ifo Center for Labour
Market Research and Family Economics
Essays on Family and Labour Economics
Client: Internal (Habilitation) • Project period: On-going • Department: Ifo Center for Labour Market Research and Family
Economics
Concluded projects
Coordination of the 8th report on family affairs
Client: German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs • Project period: 2010 - 2012 • Department: Social Policy and Labour
Markets
Ex Post Evaluation of Monetary Family Related Benefits in Germany (Child Benefits and Allowances)
Client: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; Federal Ministry of Finance • Project period:
December 2010 - 2011 • Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets
Ex-Post-Evaluation of Public Subsidies for Child Care
Client: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; Federal Ministry of Finance • Project period:
October 2010 - December 2011 • Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets
Presentations
Poster: "The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl: Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and
Welfare"
EALE Conference, 18.-20.09.2014, Ljubljana
"Subjective Well-Being and Quasi-Experiments"
Keynote lecture at the Summer Academy of the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, 20.06.2013, Tutzing,
Germany
"Parental Leave and Medium-Run Cognitive Child Outcome: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental
Leave Reform"
SOLE 2013 / Annual Meeting of the Society of Labor Economists, 3 May 2013, Boston, USA
"Parental Leave and Medium-Run Cognitive Child Outcome: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental
Leave Reform"
RES 2013 / Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, 5 April 2013, Royal Holloway, Egham, UK
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"Parental Leave and Medium-Run Cognitive Child Outcome: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental
Leave Reform"
EALE 2012 / Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists, 21. Sept. 2012, Bonn, Germany
"Parental Leave and Medium-Run Cognitive Child Outcome: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental
Leave Reform"
ESSLE 2012 / European Summer Symposium in Labour Economics (CEPR/IZA), 13. Sept. 2012, Buch am Ammersee,
Germany
"Parental Leave and Medium-Run Cognitive Child Outcome: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental
Leave Reform"
EEA 2012 / Annual Conference of the European Economic Association, 28. Aug. 2012, Málaga, Spain
"Job Satisfaction and Self-Selection into the Public or Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society 2011 (Royal Holloway College, University of London), 18 - 20 Apr. 2011,
London, UK
"Can Sectoral Policy Enhance Competition and Ultimately Innovation? First Evidence from Russia"
(joint paper with Philippe Aghion and Heike), International Conference on Diversification of the Russian Economy, European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 03 - 04 Feb. 2011, London, UK
"Job Satisfaction and Sorting into the Public and Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
Conference on "The Economic and Social Implications of Health and Safety at Work", July 2010, Milan, Italy
"Job Satisfaction and Sorting into the Public and Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
Annual Conference of the Scottish Economic Society, Apr. 2010, Perth, UK
"The Long Run Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health in
Ukraine. Evidence from Two Large Data Sets"
Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Sept. 2009, Tallinn, Estonia
"Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Ukraine: Comparing Soviet and Post-Soviet Evidence"
and "The Long Run Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health in Ukraine",
ESPE 2009 / XXIII Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, June 2009, Seville, Spain
"Remembering better times. Subjective Well-being and the Role of Diachronic Comparisons during Transition"
ESPE 2008 / XXII Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics; University College London, June
2008, London, UK
"Mother Russia in Transition: Analysing the Fertility Decline in Russia in the 1990s using Matching and
Decomposition Techniques"
11th IZA European Summer School in Labor Economics, May 2008, Buch am Ammersee, Germany
"Mother Russia in Transition: Analysing the Fertility Decline in Russia in the 1990s using Matching and
Decomposition Techniques"
Economic and Social Consequences of Industrial Restructuring in Russia and Ukraine (ESCIRRU): Interim Workshop; DIW
Berlin, Febr./March 2008, Berlin, Germany
"Changes in Determinants of Poverty and Inequality during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine"
DSA 2007 / Development Studies Association Annual Conference; University of Sussex, Sept. 2007, Brighton, UK
"Changes in Determinants of Poverty and Inequality during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine"
EEA 2007 / Annual Conference of the European Economic Association, Aug. 2007, Budapest, Hungary
"Changes in Determinants of Poverty and Inequality during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine"
ECINEQ 2007: 2nd meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality; International Conference, Juli 2007, Berlin,
Germany
"Changes in Determinants of Poverty and Inequality during Transition: Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine"
Annual Conference of the "Research Committee Development Economics 2007" of the "Verein für Socialpolitik", Juni 2007,
Göttingen
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Teaching
Lecture „Labour Economics“ (with Timo Hener), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Winter semester 2013/2014
Lecture „Mikroökonomie“ im Rahmen des Executive Master Studiengangs „Philosophie, Politik und Wirtschaft“ (with
Alexander Danzer and Joachim Winter), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Summer semester 2013; Winter semester
2013/2014
Lecture „Education and Development" as part of the course „Development Economics”, Humboldt University, Berlin,
Summer semester 2007 and 2008
Seminar to the lecture "Principles of Economics", Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK, Winter semester
2008/9 and 2009/10
Teaching assistant for the lecture "Introductory Economics", University of Toronto, Canada, Winter semester 2002/3
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