Professor Alexandra Spitz-Oener

ongoing Projects

• Changes in occupations

finished Projects

• Role of STEM in the German Labour Market
• Refugees: Labor Market Integration and Impact on Natives
• Individuelle Erträge der Ost-West-Migration und Barrieren
• Effects of the Reunification on the Life Courses of East Germans
• Product market regulation and labor market outcomes
• Trade, firms, and the wage structure
• Obstacles to Convergence
• The Incidence of Local Labor Demand Shocks

• The impact of immigration on competing natives' wages

  Prantl, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2020): The impact of immigration on competing natives' wages. Evidence from German reunification. In: The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 102, No. 1, p. 79-97. DOI:10.1162/rest_a_00853

• From sick man of Europe to economic superstar

  Dustmann, C., Fitzenberger, B., Schönberg, U. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2014): From sick man of Europe to economic superstar. Germany's resurgent economy. (CReAM discussion paper 2014,06), London, 23 p. DOI:10.1257/jep.28.1.167

• From sick man of Europe to economic superstar

  Dustmann, C., Fitzenberger, B., Schönberg, U. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2014): From sick man of Europe to economic superstar. Germany's resurgent economy. In: The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 28, No. 1, p. 167-188. DOI:10.1257/jep.28.1.167

• Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages

  Prantl, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2014): Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages. (Norface migration discussion paper 2014-03), London, 63 p.

• Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages

  Prantl, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2014): Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages. (IAB-Discussion Paper 04/2014), Nürnberg, 53 p.

• Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages

  Prantl, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2014): Interacting product and labor market regulation and the impact of immigration on native wages. (IZA discussion paper 7882), Bonn, 64 p.

• Bye bye, G.I.: The impact of the U.S. military drawdown on local German labor markets

  Moore, J. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2012): Bye bye, G.I.: The impact of the U.S. military drawdown on local German labor markets. (Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko. Discussion paper 2012-024), Berlin, 51 p.

• Flexibility and adaptability of the employees with a dual vocational training degree

  Fedorets, A. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2011): Flexibilität und Anpassungsfähigkeit von Beschäftigten mit dualer Berufsausbildung. In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, Vol. 44, No. 1/2, p. 127-134. DOI:10.1007/s12651-011-0076-4

• Comment on: The combined employment effects of minimum wages and labor market regulation. A meta-analysis

  Spitz-Oener, A. (2010): Comment on: The combined employment effects of minimum wages and labor market regulation. A meta-analysis. In: K. F. Zimmermann & C. Wey (Hrsg.) (2010): The economy, crises, and the labor market. Can institutions serve as a protective shield for employment? (Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement, 61), p. 187-188.

• Explaining women's success: Technological change and the skill content of women's work

  Black, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2010): Explaining women's success: Technological change and the skill content of women's work. In: The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 92, No. 1, p. 187-194. DOI:10.1162/rest.2009.11761

• How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?

  Prantl, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2009): How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility? (IZA discussion paper 4221), Bonn, 38 p.

• How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility?

  Prantl, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2009): How does entry regulation influence entry into self-employment and occupational mobility? In: Economics of Transition, Vol. 17, No. 4, p. 769-802. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00374.x

• Returns to pencil use revisited

  Spitz-Oener, A. (2008): Returns to pencil use revisited. In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 61, No. 4, p. 502-517. DOI:10.1177/001979390806100404

• Explaining women's success

  Black, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2007): Explaining women's success. Technological change and the skill content of women's work. (NBER working paper 13116), Cambridge, Mass., 42 p. DOI:10.3386/w13116

• Human capital, job tasks and technology in East Germany after reunification

  Spitz-Oener, A. (2007): Human capital, job tasks and technology in East Germany after reunification. In: National Institute Economic Review, Vol. 201, No. 1, p. 97-106. DOI:10.1177/0027950107083054

• Explaining women's success

  Black, S. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2007): Explaining women's success. Technological change and the skill content of women's work. (IZA discussion paper 2803), Bonn, 44 p.

• Managerial ownership and company performance in German small and medium-sized private enterprises

  Mueller, E. & Spitz-Oener, A. (2006): Managerial ownership and company performance in German small and medium-sized private enterprises. In: German economic review, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 233-247. DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0475.2006.00154.x

• Technical change, job tasks, and rising educational demands

  Spitz-Oener, A. (2006): Technical change, job tasks, and rising educational demands. Looking outside the wage structure. In: Journal of labor economics, Vol. 24, No. 2, p. 235-270.

• Die Anatomie des Berufswechsels

  Fitzenberger, B. & Spitz, A. (2004): Die Anatomie des Berufswechsels. Eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme auf Basis der BIBB/IAB-Daten 1998/1999. (ZEW discussion paper 2004-05), Mannheim, 36 p.

• Do owners make good managers?

  Müller, E. & Spitz, A. (2002): Do owners make good managers? In: CentrePiece, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 25-27.

• Quantification of qualitative data using ordered probit models with an application to a business survey in the German service sector

  Kaiser, U. & Spitz, A. (2002): Quantification of qualitative data using ordered probit models with an application to a business survey in the German service sector. In: G. Poser (Hrsg.) (2002): Economic surveys and data analysis : CIRET conference proceedings, Paris 2000, p. 325-343.

• Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises

  Mueller, E. & Spitz, A. (2001): Managerial ownership and firm performance in German small and medium-sized enterprises. (ZEW discussion paper 2001-72), Mannheim, 32 p.

• Quantification of qualitative data using ordered probit models with an application to a business survey in the German service sector

  Kaiser, U. & Spitz, A. (2000): Quantification of qualitative data using ordered probit models with an application to a business survey in the German service sector. (ZEW discussion paper 2000-58), Mannheim, 18 p.