Andreas Lichter

Research Fellow

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

lichter@dice.hhu.de

Thematic Focus at IZA

Policy Evaluation

Network Program Areas

Research Interests

Andreas Lichter is Assistant Professor at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Andreas received his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in January 2016. Prior to his doctoral studies, he studied Economics at the University of Cologne and at Trinity College Dublin, graduating as Diplom-Volkwirt (equiv. M.A. Economics) in 2011.

His current research interests cover topics in empirical labor and public economics as well as political economy.

Andreas joined IZA as a student assistant in 2010 and continued as Resident Research Affiliate from October 2011 to August 2015. He was an IZA Research Associate from September 2015 until September 2018. Andreas continues to cooperate closely with IZA as a Research Fellow.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14830

Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation

Andreas Lichter, Max Loeffler, Ingo E. Isphording, Thu-Van Nguyen, Felix Poege, Sebastian Siegloch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11725

Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State

Arnaud Chevalier, Benjamin Elsner, Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel

revised version forthcoming as 'Forced Migration and Local Public Policies: Evidence from Post-War West Germany' in: Journal of the European Economic Association

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10264

Benefit Duration and Job Search Effort: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Andreas Lichter

substantially revised version published as 'Benefit duration, job search behavior and re-employment' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 193, 104326 (joint with Amelie Schiprowski)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9245

The Economic Costs of Mass Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany

Andreas Lichter, Max Loeffler, Sebastian Siegloch

substantially revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19 (2), 741 - 789

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8964

Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer

Andreas Lichter, Nico Pestel, Eric Sommer

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 54-66

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7958

The Own-Wage Elasticity of Labor Demand: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Andreas Lichter, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2015, 80, 94-119