Sascha O. Becker is Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics at Monash University, Melbourne, and part-time Professor at the University of Warwick, England. Previously, he held positions at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich and at the University of Stirling, Scotland.

He studied Economics at the Universities of Bonn, Germany, and at the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) in Paris, France. He obtained his Ph.D. at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence in 2001. In Spring 2000, he was a visiting scholar at the Center for Labor Economics at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB). In 2006, he spent 7 months at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD). During 2014/15 and 2018 he was a Visiting Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management.

His research has appeared in international journals, including the American Sociological Review, the
Quarterly Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review.

He joined IZA in March 2000 as a Research Affiliate and became a Research Fellow in December 2002.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15485
published in: Explorations in Economic History, 2022, 86, 101471
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15119
published in: Australian Economic History Review, 2022, 62 (1), 2-25
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14120
forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13371
published in: A. Bisin, G. Federico (eds.), The Handbook of Historical Economics, London: Academic Press, 2021, 585-639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13217
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2022, 88 (3), 447 - 472
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13193
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2020, 86(3): 259-290.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11255
Sascha O. Becker, Stephan Heblich, Daniel M. Sturm
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 122, article 103291
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8016
published as ''Education and Religious Participation: City-Level Evidence from Germany's Secularization Period 1890-1930' in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22 (3), 273-311
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7151
published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 539-544
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7146
published as 'Entrepreneur Death and Startup Performance' in: Review of Finance, 2021, 26 (1), 163-185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6829
published in: Historical Methods, 2014, 47(2), 57-66
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5773
published as 'Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide 'in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100(3), 377-391
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4557
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, 15 (3), 177–204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4556
published as 'Education and Catch-up in the Industrial Revolution' in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2011, 3 (3), 92-126
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3837
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (4), 777–805
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2886
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(2), 531-596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2542
published in: Stata Journal, 2007, 7(1), 71-83
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2131
published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 1999-2030
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1869
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contribution to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2008, 8 (1), Article 19
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1836
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 1047-1071
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1801
published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2006, 58 (1), 61–72
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1046
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 1047-1071
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