CV - Dr. Barbara Hofmann

CV - Dr. Barbara Hofmann
Academic Positions
02/2011-
University of Mannheim, Postdoctoral researcher
Economics Department, Prof. Gerard J. van den Berg, Ph.D.
08/2009-
IAB, Postdoctoral researcher
Department Active Labor Market Policies and Integration, Prof.
Dr. Gesine Stephan
09/2013-12/2013
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Visiting Scholar,
invited by Jeffrey A. Smith
11/2006-02/2009
IAB, Researcher
Department Statistical Methods
Education
11/2010
Ph.D. FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
10/2006-02/2009
IAB Graduate School
12/2005
Diplom Sociology LMU Munich
09/2003-02/2004
Erasmus semester UAB Barcelona
10/2000-12/2005
Studies in Sociology (Major), Economics, Statistics (Minors)
Past Work Experience
03/2009-07/2009
Intern, European Commission, Directorate-General Employment,
Social Affairs & Inclusion, Brussels
04/2006-09/2006
Intern, Ernst & Young, Rotterdam
05/2004-03/2006
Research assistant, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich
Publications
Refereed Publications
2013
Economic Uncertainty and Fertility - Evidence from a Labor
Market Reform, (with Katrin Hohmeyer), Journal of Marriage
and Family, Volume 75, Issue 2, pages 503 - 521.
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2013
Sick of being “activated”? - Vacancy referrals and sickness absence among unemployment insurance benefit recipients. Empirical Economics, online first, 25 S.
2012
Short- and Long-Term Ex-Post Effects of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions - Evidence from West Germany, Journal of
Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und
Statistik), 232/1, S.31-60.
Refereed Publications in German
Forthcoming
Beratung und Vermittlung von Arbeitslosen: Ein Literaturüberblick zu Ausgestaltung und Wirkung, (with Peter Kupka, Gerhard Krug, Thomas Kruppe, Christopher Osiander, Gesine Stephan, Michael Stops, Joachim Wolff), Sozialer Fortschritt.
2012
Wirkung und Wirkmechanismen zusätzlicher Vermittlungsfachkräfte auf die Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer - Analysen auf Basis eines
Modellprojektes, (with Gerhard Krug, Frank Sowa, Stefan Theuer, Katja Wolf), Zeitschrift für Evaluation, Jg. 1/2012, S. 7-38.
Refereed Publications on Data
Forthcoming
New Register Data from the German Public Employment Service
on Counseling and Monitoring the Unemployed, (with Markus
Köhler), Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers
Jahrbuch - Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften), also published as FDZ-Methodenreport, 09/2013, Nuremberg, 14 S..
2007
Mikrodaten im ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - Bestand,
Verwendung und Zugang, (with Klaus Abberger, Sascha O. Becker, and Klaus Wohlrabe), AStA: Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 1-20.
Working Papers
Mobility Requirements for the Unemployed and the Exit Rate
to Work - Evidence from a Policy Change, revise & resubmit
Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
Do Lower Caseloads Improve the Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies? New Evidence from German Employment
Offices, LASER Discussion Papers - Paper No. 52, (with Jens
Hainmüller, Gerhard Krug und Katja Wolf), revise & resubmit
Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
The Effect of the Business Cycle at College Graduation on Fertility, submitted, (with Katrin Hohmeyer).
The Role of Sickness in the Evaluation of Job Search Assistance
and Sanctions, mimeo, (with Gerard van den Berg und Arne
Uhlendorff).
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Other Publications
2011
Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Sanctions
- Empirical Evidence from West Germany, Dissertation, Nuremberg.
2011
Schriftliche Stellungnahme des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und
Berufsforschung (IAB) zur Anhörung des Ausschusses für Arbeit
und Soziales am 5. September 2011, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen
Bundestagsfraktion, SPD-Bundestagsfraktion, CDU/CSU Bundestagsfraktion, DIE LINKE - Bundestagsfraktion, (with IABAutorengemeinschaft).
2011
Schriftliche Stellungnahme des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und
Berufsforschung (IAB) zur öffentlichen Anhörung von Sachverständigen in Berlin am 06. Juni 2011 zum a) Antrag
der Abgeordneten und der Fraktion DIE LINKE, (with IABAutorengemeinschaft).
2010
Modellprojekt in den Arbeitsagenturen: Kürzere Arbeitslosigkeit
durch mehr Vermittler, (with Gerhard Krug, Frank Sowa, Stefan
Theuer, Katja Wolf), IAB-Kurzbericht 09/2010.
Current Projects
Experimental Evidence on Integration Contracts for the Unemployed, (with Gerard van den Berg, Gesine Stephan und Arne
Uhlendorff; in cooperation with the Federal Employment Agency).
Effects of Job Displacement on Fertility over the Business Cycle,
(with Michaela Kreyenfeld und Arne Uhlendorff).
Presentations
Academic Presentations (invited∗ )
2014
PAA (Boston), RC28 spring meeting (Budapest), IZA/SOLE
Meeting (Buch/Ammersee), EEA (Toulouse)
2013
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock)∗ ,
Royal Economic Society (London), University of Konstanz∗
2012
American Sociological Association annual meeting (Denver),
(Poster:) SOLE annual meeting (Chicago), ESPE (Bern), DGS
- ModSim Frühjahrstagung (Bremen), IAB (Nuremberg), (Poster:) EALE (Bonn) , GSOEP Conference (Berlin), (Poster:) Pairfam Workshop on Fertility over the Life Course (Bremen), LMU
Prof. Winter (Munich)∗
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2011
SOLE annual meeting (Vancouver), RC28 spring meeting (Essex), DGS Modsim / Methoden fall meeting (Mannheim), MZES
workshop (Mannheim), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Prof. Fitzenberger (Freiburg)∗ , LMU Prof. Huber (Munich)∗ , LMU Prof.
Brüderl (Munich)∗
2010
EEA (Glasgow), (Poster:) RC28 spring meeting (Haifa), Ghent
University & UCLouvain workshop (Ghent)∗
2009
EEA (Barcelona), ESPE (Sevilla), DGS Modsim spring meeting
(Nuremberg), IAB/Aarhus University workshop (Nuremberg)
2008
EALE (Amsterdam), Verein für Socialpolitik (Graz), Equalsoc/ECSR Summer School (Trento), Irish Society of New Economists Annual Conference (Galway), IAB (Nuremberg), FAU
(Nuremberg), CESifo/Leibniz (Munich)
2007
ESPAnet Summer School (Edinburgh)
Policy Consulting
2014
Subsidized Training - Evidence from Germany, GIZ Workshop
“Developing a Skilled Workforce for Economic Diversification”,
Baku
2010
Kürzere Arbeitslosigkeit durch mehr Vermittler [More caseworkers - shorter unemploymed spells?] - Ergebnisse des IABKurzberichts 09/2010, Führungsakademie der Bundesagentur für
Arbeit, Lauf
2008
BA-Modellkonzept “Verbesserte Vermittlerkapazität” - Erste
Ergebnisse einer Wirkungsanalyse [First results of the evaluation
of the Federal Employment Agency pilot project “More caseworkers”], Bildungszentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit Timmendorfer Strand
Review Activities
Demography, Economics E-Journal, Empirical Economics, European Sociological Review, Evaluation and Program Planning, International Migration Review, Journal of Family and Economic
Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family, Scandinavian Journal of
Economics, Schmollers Jahrbuch
Teaching Experience
Winter 2014
Lecture and recitation course (undergraduate), Labor Economics, University of Mannheim
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Summer 10,13,14 Recitation course (undergraduate), Introduction to empirical
economics, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Winter 2012
Recitation course (graduate), Introduction to quantitative methods of labor market research, LMU Munich
Summer 2011
Workshop, Multivariate analysis and application with STATA,
WWU Münster
Winter 08,09
Seminar course (graduate), Introduction to quantitative methods of labor market research, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Summer 02,03
Tutorial (undergraduate), Introduction to methods and techniques of empirical social research, LMU Munich
Scholarships
03/2009-07/2009
“Bluebook” Scholarship for internship at the European Commission
10/2006-02/2009
IAB Graduate School Ph.D. scholarship
09/2003-02/2004
Erasmus scholarship for semester in Barcelona
26. September 2014
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