Thomas Siedler

Research Fellow

University of Hamburg

Thomas.Siedler@uni-hamburg.de

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Thomas Siedler is Professor in Economics, in particular Microeconometrics at the Universität Hamburg. He is a core member of the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (hche) and Research Associate at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex. Thomas received his PhD in Economics at the University of Essex (UK) in 2007. His general research interests are labour economics, health economics, family economics and intergenerational mobility.

Thomas published in the Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Health Economics, Demography, Economica, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Fiscal Studies, Labour Economics, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economics Letters, Behavior Genetics, Economics of Transition, Journal of Population Economics, Population and Development Review, Health Economics and Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in October 2005 and became a Research Fellow in May 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12478

Do Internships Pay Off? The Effects of Student Internships on Earnings

Shushanik Margaryan, Nils Saniter, Mathias Schumann, Thomas Siedler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12456

The Effects of Stepwise Minimum Legal Drinking Age Legislation on Mortality: Evidence from Germany

Raffael Kamalow, Thomas Siedler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12183

Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation: A Field Experiment

Stijn Baert, Brecht Neyt, Thomas Siedler, Ilse Tobback, Dieter Verhaest

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12053

University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions

Michael Bahrs, Thomas Siedler

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2019, 40 (2), 117-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11980

Does Education Affect Attitudes Towards Immigration? Evidence from Germany

Shushanik Margaryan, Annemarie Paul, Thomas Siedler

forthcoming in: Journal of Human Resources

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11631

The Health Effects of Smoking Bans: Evidence from German Hospitalization Data

Michael Kvasnicka, Thomas Siedler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: Health Economics, 2018, 27 (11), 1738 - 1753

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9356

Intergenerational Correlations of Extreme Right-Wing Party Preferences and Attitudes toward Immigration

Alexandra Avdeenko, Thomas Siedler

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2017, 119 (3), 768-800

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9042

Political Socialization in Flux? Linking Family Non-Intactness during Childhood to Adult Civic Engagement

Timo Hener, Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2016, 179 (3), 633–656

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8825

The Earnings Returns to Graduating with Honors: Evidence from Law Graduates

Ronny Freier, Mathias Schumann, Thomas Siedler

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 39-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8763

Reducing Binge Drinking? The Effect of a Ban on Late-Night Off-Premise Alcohol Sales on Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays in Germany

Jan Marcus, Thomas Siedler

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2015, 123, 55-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8141

Door Opener or Waste of Time? The Effects of Student Internships on Labor Market Outcomes

Nils Saniter, Thomas Siedler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8100

The Effects of Occupational Knowledge: Job Information Centers, Educational Choices, and Labor Market Outcomes

Nils Saniter, Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Occupational Knowledge and Educational Mobility: Evidence from the Introduction of Job Information Centers' (with D. Schnitzlein) in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 69, 108 - 124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6996

Job Loss Fears and (Extremist) Party Identification: First Evidence from Panel Data

Ingo Geishecker, Thomas Siedler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6981

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution

Thomas Siedler, Bettina Sonnenberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4878

Family Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International Perspective

Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

revised version published in: Population and Development Review, 2012, 38 (2), 337-351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4873

One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior

Silke Anger, Michael Kvasnicka, Thomas Siedler

revised version published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (3), 591-601

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4398

Meet the Parents? The Causal Effect of Family Size on the Geographic Distance between Adult Children and Older Parents

Helena Holmlund, Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Meet the Parents? Family Size and the Geographic Proximity Between Adult Children and Older Mothers in Sweden' in: Demography, 2013, 50 (3), 903-931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4392

The Effect of Lone Motherhood on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Adults

Marco Francesconi, Stephen P. Jenkins, Thomas Siedler

published in: Health Economics, 2010, 19 (11), 1377-1384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2573

Schooling and Citizenship: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Reforms

Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Schooling and Citizenship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Postwar Germany' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2010, 112 (2), 315 - 338

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2411

Family and Politics: Does Parental Unemployment Cause Right-Wing Extremism?

Thomas Siedler

revised version published as 'Parental unemployment and young people's extreme right-wing party affinity: evidence from panel data' in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2011, 174 (3), 737 - 758

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2154

Does Democracy Foster Trust?

Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37 (2), 251-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1847

Intergenerational Economic Mobility and Assortative Mating

John Ermisch, Marco Francesconi, Thomas Siedler

published in: Economic Journal, 2006, 116 (513), 659-679

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1842

O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Effects of Having a Sibling on Geographic Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes

Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler

published in: Economica, 2009, 76 (303), 528 - 556