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Christoph M. Schmidt studied economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany, where he received his degree as Diplom-Volkswirt in 1987, at Princeton University, where he received his M.A. in 1989 and his Ph.D. in 1991, and at the University of Munich, where he received the degree of Dr. rer. pol. habil. in 1995.
Since October 2002, he has been President of the Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI Essen). From 1995 until 2002, he taught econometrics and labor economics as a Full Professor at the University of Heidelberg. Schmidt was awarded a Princeton University Fellowship, 1987-1990, the Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1990-1991, and was a fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 1992-1995. Since 1992, he has been a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, since 1996 a CEPR Research Fellow, and since 1998 he is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn. Until October 2002, he was also IZA Program Director for "Evaluation of Labor Market Policies and Projects."
His research interests include applied econometrics, in particular in labor and population economics; he serves as an Editor of the Journal of Population Economics and has published articles in journals such as The Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Public Economics. |
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Thomas Bauer
Stefan Bender
Alfredo Paloyo
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Evaluating the Labor-Market Effects of Compulsory Military Service
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
Mathias Sinning
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The Impact of Demographic Change on Human Capital Accumulation
(published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (6), 659-668) |
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Thomas Bauer
Jochen Kluve
Sandra Schaffner
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany
(published in: German Economic Review, 2009, 10(2), 224-242) |
| 3855 |
Thomas Bauer
Christoph M. Schmidt
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WTP vs. WTA: Christmas Presents and the Endowment Effect
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Harald Tauchmann
Silja Göhlmann
Till Requate
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? A Structural Model Approach
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Christoph M. Schmidt
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Policy Evaluation and Economic Policy Advice
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Gerontocracy in Motion? European Cross-Country Evidence on the Labor Market Consequences of Population Ageing
(published in: Wright, Robert E. (ed.), Scotland's Demographic Challenge, Scottish Economic Policy Network, Stirling-Glasgow, 2004) |
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
Hilmar Schneider
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Active Labor Market Policy in Germany – Is There a Successful Policy Strategy?
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, 36 (3), 399-430) |
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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The Role of Background Factors for Reading Literacy: Straight National Scores in the PISA 2000 Study
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Ralph Rotte
Christoph M. Schmidt
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On the Production of Victory: Empirical Determinants of Battlefield Success in Modern War
(published in: Defence and Peace Economics, 2003, 14 (3), 175-192; see IZA Reprints 176/03) |
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Mobility within Europe – What do we (still not) know?
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey
(published as 'Attitudes towards foreigners and Jews in Germany: identifying the determinants of xenophobia in a large opinion survey ' in: Review of the Economics of the Household Online First, 2010) |
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Manuel Frondel
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Evaluating Environmental Programs: The Perspective of Modern Evaluation Research
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Jochen Kluve
Hartmut Lehmann
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Disentangling Treatment Effects of Polish Active Labor Market Policies: Evidence from Matched Samples
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (6), 1270-1295) |
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Manuel Frondel
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Rejecting Capital-Skill Complementarity at all Costs
(published in: Economics Letters, 80 (1), 2003, 15-21) |
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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First- and Second-Generation Migrants in Germany - What Do We Know and What Do People Think
(published in: Ralph Rotte / Peter Stein (eds.), Migration Policy and the Economy: International Perspectives, Munich 2001) |
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Boris Augurzky
Christoph M. Schmidt
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The Propensity Score: A Means to An End
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Boris Augurzky
Christoph M. Schmidt
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The Evaluation of Community-Based Interventions: A Monte Carlo Study
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Christian Dustmann
Christoph M. Schmidt
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The Wage Performance of Immigrant Women: Full-Time Jobs, Part-Time Jobs, and the Role of Selection
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Arbeitsmarktpolitische Maßnahmen und ihre Evaluierung: eine Bestandsaufnahme
(published in: Vierteljahreshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 69 (2000), 425-437;
see IZA Reprints 64/00) |
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Christoph M. Schmidt
Rob Baltussen
Rainer Sauerborn
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The Evaluation of Community-Based Interventions: Group Randomization, Limits and Alternatives
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Aggregate-Level Migration Studies as a Tool for Forecasting Future Migration Streams
(published in: Slobodan Djajic (ed.), International Migration: Trends, Policy and Economic Impact, London/New York (2001), 110-136;
see IZA Reprints 94/01) |
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Michael Fertig
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Discretionary Measures of Active Labor Market Policy: The German Employment Promotion Reform in Perspective
(published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch, 120 (2000), 537-565;
see IZA Reprints 80/01) |
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John P. Haisken-DeNew
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Industry Wage Differentials Revisited: A Longitudinal Comparison of Germany and USA (1984-1996)
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John P. Haisken-DeNew
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Money for Nothing and Your Chips for Free? The Anatomy of the PC Wage Dipperential
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The Heterogeneity and Cyclical Sensitivity of Unemployment: An Exploration of German Labor Market Flows
(published in: ifo Studien, 46 (2000), 73-98) |
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Knowing What Works: The Case for Rigorous Program Evaluation
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Persistence and the German Unemployment Problem: Empirical Evidences on German Labor Market Flows
(published in: Economie et Statistique, 332/333 (2000), 83-95) |
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Jochen Kluve
Hartmut Lehmann
Christoph M. Schmidt
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Active Labor Market Policies in Poland: Human Capital Enhancement, Stigmatization or Benefit Churning
(published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 27 (1999), 61-89;
see IZA Reprints 20/99) |
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