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Thorsten Schank
Thorsten Schank
Research Fellow
University of Mainz
schank@uni-mainz.de External Homepage CV

Thorsten Schank is a professor of applied statistics and econometrics at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. He studied economics at the Universities of Mainz, Heidelberg and Manchester (UK). Upon completion of his PhD at the University of Manchester (2001), he was a researcher at the Institute of Employment Research (IAB) and an assistant professor at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.

His research interests include empirical economic research in labor economics, international economics and industrial relations. He has published in journals such as the European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A and Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2010.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17575
A 22 Percent Increase in the German Minimum Wage: Nothing Crazy!
Mario Bossler, Lars Chittka, Thorsten Schank
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16964
The Devil Is in the Details: Heterogeneous Effects of the German Minimum Wage on Working Hours and Minijobs
Mario Bossler, Ying Liang, Thorsten Schank
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16015
Labor Demand Responses to Changing Gas Prices
Mario Bossler, Alexander Moog, Thorsten Schank
published in: BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2023, 23 (4), 1073–1080
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14268
Do Supplementary Jobs for Welfare Recipients Increase the Chance of Welfare Exit? Evidence from Germany
Alexander Mosthaf, Thorsten Schank, Stefan Schwarz
published in: Industrial Relations, 2024, 63 (3), 291-324
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13003
Wage Inequality in Germany after the Minimum Wage Introduction
Mario Bossler, Thorsten Schank
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (3), 813 - 857
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11764
Does the Internet Increase the Job Finding Rate? Evidence from a Period of Internet Expansion
Manuel Denzer, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward
published in: Information Economics and Policy, 2020, 100900.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11057
Has the Push for Equal Gender Representation Changed the Role of Women on German Supervisory Boards?
Viktor Bozhinov, Christopher Koch, Thorsten Schank
published in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2019, 71(3), 385-411
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10240
More Female Manager Hires through More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany
Mario Bossler, Alexander Mosthaf, Thorsten Schank
published as 'Are Female Managers More Likely to Hire More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany' in: ILR Review, 2020, 73 (3), 676-704
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9437
Do Foreign Workers Reduce Trade Barriers? Microeconomic Evidence
Martyn J. Andrews, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward
published in World Economy, 2017, 40(9), 1750-1774
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6662
High Wage Workers Match with High Wage Firms: Clear Evidence of the Effects of Limited Mobility Bias
Martyn J. Andrews, Leonard Gill, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward
published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (3), 824-827
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