@techreport{MargaryanSaniterSchumannetal.2022, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Margaryan, Shushanik and Saniter, Nils and Schumann, Mathias and Siedler, Thomas}, title = {Do internships pay off?}, series = {Journal of human resources}, volume = {57}, journal = {Journal of human resources}, number = {4}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, address = {Madison}, issn = {0022-166X}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.57.4.0418-9460R2}, pages = {1242 -- 1275}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We study the causal effect of student internship experience in firms on earnings later in life. We use mandatory firm internships at German universities as an instrument for doing a firm internship while attending university. Employing longitudinal data from graduate surveys, we find positive and significant earnings returns of about 6 percent in both ordinary least squares (OLS) and instrumental variables (IV) regressions. The positive returns are particularly pronounced for individuals and areas of study that are characterized by a weak labor market orientation. The empirical findings show that graduates who completed a firm internship face a lower risk of unemployment during the first year of their careers, suggesting a smoother transition to the labor market.}, language = {en} } @article{MargaryanPaulSiedler2021, author = {Margaryan, Shushanik and Paul, Annemarie and Siedler, Thomas}, title = {Does education affect attitudes towards immigration?}, series = {Journal of human resources}, volume = {56}, journal = {Journal of human resources}, number = {2}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, address = {Madison}, issn = {0022-166X}, doi = {10.3368/jhr.56.2.0318-9372R1}, pages = {446 -- 479}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and exploiting the staggered implementation of a compulsory schooling reform in West Germany, this article finds that an additional year of schooling lowers the probability of being very concerned about immigration to Germany by around six percentage points (20 percent). Furthermore, our findings imply significant spillovers from maternal education to immigration attitudes of her offspring. While we find no evidence for returns to education within a range of labor market outcomes, higher social trust appears to be an important mechanism behind our findings.}, language = {en} } @article{MarcusSiedlerZiebarth2022, author = {Marcus, Jan and Siedler, Thomas and Ziebarth, Nicolas R.}, title = {The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children}, series = {American economic journal: economic policy}, volume = {14}, journal = {American economic journal: economic policy}, number = {3}, publisher = {American Economic Association}, address = {Nashville}, issn = {1945-7731}, doi = {10.1257/pol.20200431}, pages = {128 -- 165}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the twenty-first century. While small-scale experiments change behaviors among adults in the short run, we know little about the effectiveness of large-scale policies or the longer-run impacts. To nudge primary school children into a long-term habit of exercising, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in 2009. In 2018, we carried out a register-based survey to evaluate the policy. Even after a decade, awareness of the voucher program was significantly higher in the treatment group. We also find that youth received and redeemed the vouchers. However, we do not find significant short- or long-term effects on sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. Apparently, membership vouchers for children are not a strong enough policy tool to overcome barriers to exercise regularly.}, language = {en} } @techreport{FelfeKocherRaineretal.2021, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Felfe, Christina and Kocher, Martin and Rainer, Helmut and Saurer, Judith and Siedler, Thomas}, title = {More Opportunity, More Cooperation?}, series = {CEPA Discussion Papers}, journal = {CEPA Discussion Papers}, number = {32}, issn = {2628-653X}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-50864}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-508643}, pages = {63}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Inequality of opportunity, particularly when overlaid with socioeconomic, ethnic, or cultural differences, may limit the scope of cooperation between individuals. A central question, then, is how to overcome such obstacles to cooperation. We study this question in the context of Germany, by asking whether the propensity of immigrant youth to cooperate with native peers was affected by a major integration reform: the introduction of birthright citizenship. Our unique setup exploits data from a large-scale lab-in-the-field experiment in a quasi-experimental evaluation framework. We find that the policy caused male, but not female, immigrants to significantly increase their cooperativeness toward natives. We show that the increase in out-group cooperation among immigrant boys is an outcome of more trust rather than a reflection of stronger other- regarding preferences towards natives. In exploring factors that may explain these behavioral effects, we present evidence that the policy also led to a near-closure of the educational achievement gap between young immigrant men and their native peers. Our results highlight that, through integration interventions, governments can modify prosocial behavior in a way that generates higher levels of efficiency in the interaction between social groups.}, language = {en} } @article{FelfeKocherRaineretal.2021, author = {Felfe, Christina and Kocher, Martin G. and Rainer, Helmut and Saurer, Judith and Siedler, Thomas}, title = {More opportunity, more cooperation?}, series = {Journal of public economics}, volume = {200}, journal = {Journal of public economics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0047-2727}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104448}, pages = {16}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Inequality of opportunity, particularly when overlaid with socioeconomic, ethnic, or cultural differences, may limit the scope of cooperation between individuals. A central question, then, is how to overcome such obstacles to cooperation. We study this question in the context of Germany, by asking whether the propensity of immigrant youth to cooperate with native peers was affected by a major integration reform: the introduction of birthright citizenship. Our unique setup exploits data from a large-scale lab-in-the-field experiment in a quasi-experimental evaluation framework. We find that the policy caused male, but not female, immigrants to significantly increase their cooperativeness toward natives. We show that the increase in out-group cooperation among immigrant boys is an outcome of more trust rather than a reflection of stronger other-regarding preferences towards natives. In exploring factors that may explain these behavioral effects, we present evidence that the policy also led to a near-closure of the educational achievement gap between young immigrant men and their native peers. Our results high -light that, through integration interventions, governments can modify prosocial behavior in a way that generates higher levels of efficiency in the interaction between social groups.}, language = {en} } @article{BaeumlMarcusSiedler2023, author = {B{\"a}uml, Matthias and Marcus, Jan and Siedler, Thomas}, title = {Health effects of a ban on late-night alcohol sales}, series = {Health economics}, volume = {32}, journal = {Health economics}, number = {1}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {New York, NY}, issn = {1099-1050}, doi = {10.1002/hec.4610}, pages = {65 -- 89}, year = {2023}, abstract = {This paper studies the impact of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in Germany. We use three large administrative data sets: (i) German diagnosis related groups-Statistik, (ii) data from a large social health insurance, and (iii) Road Traffic Accident Statistics. Applying difference-in-differences and synthetic-control-group methods, we find that the ban had no effects on alcohol-related road casualties, but significantly reduced alcohol-related hospitalizations (doctor visits) among young people by around 9 (18) percent. The decrease is driven by fewer hospitalizations due to acute alcohol intoxication during the night—when the ban is in place—but not during the day.}, language = {en} } @article{BaertNeytSiedleretal.2021, author = {Baert, By Stijn and Neyt, Brecht and Siedler, Thomas and Tobback, Ilse and Verhaest, Dieter}, title = {Student internships and employment opportunities after graduation}, series = {Economics of education review}, volume = {83}, journal = {Economics of education review}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0272-7757}, doi = {10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102141}, pages = {11}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Internships during tertiary education have become substantially more common over the past decades in many industrialised countries. This study examines the impact of a voluntary intra-curricular internship experience during university studies on the probability of being invited to a job interview. To estimate a causal relationship, we conducted a randomised field experiment in which we sent 1248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants with internship experience have, on average, a 12.6\% higher probability of being invited to a job interview.}, language = {en} }