Robert Mahlstedt
Research Fellow
Robert Mahlstedt is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen. He completed his PhD at the University of Potsdam in 2017.
His research interests include the evaluation of public policies, labor economics, behavioral economics and microeconometrics. His current work focuses on the relevance of psychological motives and behavioral economic concepts for the job search behavior of unemployed workers and subsequent labor market outcomes.
Robert was a Resident Research Affiliate at IZA from 2012 until April 2017. He became a Research Affiliate in May 2017 and Research Fellow in 2024. He was a Visiting Research Fellow from February 2021 - 2023.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 18433
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17198
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16696
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15830
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15747
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15011
published online in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 29 November 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14940
substantially revised version published as 'The disparate effects of information provision: A field experiment on the work incentives of social welfare' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 226, 104987
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13941
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13846
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2023, 125 (2), 339 - 375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11169
substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 15011
