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	Professor Jörn-Steffen PISCHKE Associate - Labour Markets, Wellbeing
	Tel: 020 7955 6509 Email: s.pischke@lse.ac.uk Room/Desk: 32L 2.16 Curriculum Vitae Personal WebSite
Expertise: Labour economics, economics of education and training, empirical methods Biography: I studied economics at the University of Konstanz in Germany, the State University of New York in Binghamton, and at Princeton University, where I received my Ph.D. in 1992. From 1991 to 1993, I worked as a staff economist at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, Germany, before joining the Economics Department at MIT. Since 2000, I have been in the Economics Department at the LSE, where I am currently a Professor, and an associate in the CEP. I am also a previous editor of the European Economic Review and the Economic Journal. My research has focused on a variety of labour market related topics. I have studied education policies ranging from the returns to compulsory schooling and apprenticeship training, the impact of term length on student achievement, and classroom peer effects. In work on the formation and financing of human capital accumulation I have tried to understand the different ways in which vocational training is financed in different countries like Germany (with firm based vocational training) and in the U.S. (where a lot of such training takes place in schools). I have also done work on understanding changes in the wage structure, retirement, migration, the transition in the east German labor market, and household savings. I am currently also interested in applied econometrics and have written two book with Josh Angrist "Mostly Harmless Econometrics" and "Mastering Metrics". Current Areas of Research: I am working on trade and growth in the Iron Age (with Ferdinand Rauch and Stephan Maurer) using archaeological data, robustness checks for regression based estimation strategies (with Hannes Schwandt and Zhuan Pei), occupational convergence between men and women (with Grace Lordan), CEO pay and risk taking (with Brian Bell), and the relationship between the flexibility of wage contracts and employment fluctuations. Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University MA in Economics, State University of New York, Binghamton Affiliations/Professional activities with other institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research - Research Associate Centre for Economic Policy Research - Research Fellow Institute for the Study of Labor - Research Fellow Selected Publications: See also Publications on LSE Research Online "Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS," Journal of Labor Economics 27, July 2009, 315-348 (with Andreas Ammermueller) "The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training," Journal of Political Economy 107, June 1999, 539-572 (with Daron Acemoglu) "Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence," Quarterly Journal of Economics 113, Feb. 1998, 79-119 (with Daron Acemoglu) CEP Publications: Does Rosie Like Riveting? Male and Female Occupational Choices Grace Lordan, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, August 2016 Paper No' CEPDP1446: Read Abstract \| Full paper Wage Flexibility and Employment Fluctuations: Evidence from the Housing Sector Jörn-Steffen Pischke, July 2016 Paper No' CEPDP1440: Read Abstract \| Full paper The path from cause to effect: mastering 'metrics Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, July 2015 Paper No' CEPCP442: Read Abstract \| Full paper Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect by Joshua Angrist and Jörn Steffen Pischke, Princeton University A Cautionary Note on Using Industry Affiliation to Predict Income Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Hannes Schwandt, September 2012 Paper No' CEPDP1163: Read Abstract \| Full paper Money and Happiness: Evidence from the Industry Wage Structure Jörn-Steffen Pischke, May 2011 Paper No' CEPDP1051: Read Abstract \| Full paper The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is taking the Con out of Econometrics Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, May 2010 Paper No' CEPDP0976: Read Abstract \| Full paper Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms Josef Fersterer, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, February 2008 Paper No' CEEDP0088: Read Abstract \| Full paper This paper has been published as: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110(4), pp.733-753, 2008 Comprehensive Versus Selective Schooling in England and Wales: What Do We Know? Alan Manning, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, June 2006 Paper No' CEEDP0066: Read Abstract \| Full paper Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS Andreas Ammermueller, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, May 2006 Paper No' CEEDP0065: Read Abstract \| Full paper Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany: Evidence and Interpretation Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Till von Wachter, January 2006 Paper No' CEEDP0054: Full paper This paper has been published as: Review of Economics and Statistics 90, August 2008, pp.592-598 Labor Market Institutions, Wages and Investment Jörn-Steffen Pischke, September 2004 Paper No' CEPDP0652: Read Abstract \| Full paper This paper has been published as: CESifo Economic Studies 51, 1/2005, pp.47-75 The Impact of the School Year on Student Performance and Earnings: Evidence from the German short school years Jörn-Steffen Pischke, January 2004 Paper No' CEEDP0034: Full paper This paper has been published as: The Economic Journal, 117 (October) Minimum Wages and On-the-Job Training Daron Acemoglu, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, April 2002 Paper No' CEPDP0527: Read Abstract \| Full paper This paper has been published as: Research in Labor Economics 22, 2003, pp.159-202

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