Willis, Sébastien (Date of defense: 2021-02-04)
This thesis consists of three independent articles. In the first chapter, I test whether tipping points can explain observed workplace segregation between immigrants and natives in Germany over the ...
Amodio, Francesco (Date of defense: 2015-06-11)
This thesis provides an empirical investigation of externalities and social interaction mechanisms in various settings. In the first chapter, I show how input heterogeneity triggers productivity spillovers ...
Lerche, Adrian (Date of defense: 2019-10-08)
This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters that empirically evaluate the influence of capital costs and occupational regulation on labor demand. In the first chapter, I study the effects of ...
Nieddu, Marco Giovanni (Date of defense: 2018-11-14)
This thesis consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, I investigate how promo-tion incentives affect the performance of high-skilled public employees. I study a centralized evaluation process ...
Werner, Konstantin (Date of defense: 2023-01-13)
In this dissertation, first, I study the effects of broadband internet on individual and regional outcomes. Second, I provide an overview of the political espionage activities of the former East German ...
Hafner, Flavio (Date of defense: 2020-11-27)
This thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter studies the effects of an integration of local labor markets between France and Switzerland. It shows that removing barriers to worker mobility ...