CV - Dr. Barbara Hofmann Academic Positions 02/2011- University of Mannheim, Postdoctoral researcher Economics Department, Prof. Gerard J. van den Berg, Ph.D. 08/2009- IAB, Postdoctoral researcher Department Active Labor Market Policies and Integration, Prof. Dr. Gesine Stephan 09/2013-12/2013 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Visiting Scholar, invited by Jeffrey A. Smith 11/2006-02/2009 IAB, Researcher Department Statistical Methods Education 11/2010 Ph.D. FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg 10/2006-02/2009 IAB Graduate School 12/2005 Diplom Sociology LMU Munich 09/2003-02/2004 Erasmus semester UAB Barcelona 10/2000-12/2005 Studies in Sociology (Major), Economics, Statistics (Minors) Past Work Experience 03/2009-07/2009 Intern, European Commission, Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion, Brussels 04/2006-09/2006 Intern, Ernst & Young, Rotterdam 05/2004-03/2006 Research assistant, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich Publications Refereed Publications 2013 Economic Uncertainty and Fertility - Evidence from a Labor Market Reform, (with Katrin Hohmeyer), Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 75, Issue 2, pages 503-521. 1
2013 Sick of being activated? - Vacancy referrals and sickness absence among unemployment insurance benefit recipients. Empirical Economics, online first, 25 S. 2012 Short- and Long-Term Ex-Post Effects of Unemployment Insurance Sanctions - Evidence from West Germany, Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik), 232/1, S.31-60. Refereed Publications in German Forthcoming Beratung und Vermittlung von Arbeitslosen: Ein Literaturüberblick zu Ausgestaltung und Wirkung, (with Peter Kupka, Gerhard Krug, Thomas Kruppe, Christopher Osiander, Gesine Stephan, Michael Stops, Joachim Wolff), Sozialer Fortschritt. 2012 Wirkung und Wirkmechanismen zusätzlicher Vermittlungsfachkräfte auf die Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer - Analysen auf Basis eines Modellprojektes, (with Gerhard Krug, Frank Sowa, Stefan Theuer, Katja Wolf), Zeitschrift für Evaluation, Jg. 1/2012, S. 7-38. Refereed Publications on Data Forthcoming New Register Data from the German Public Employment Service on Counseling and Monitoring the Unemployed, (with Markus Köhler), Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch - Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften), also published as FDZ-Methodenreport, 09/2013, Nuremberg, 14 S.. 2007 Mikrodaten im ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - Bestand, Verwendung und Zugang, (with Klaus Abberger, Sascha O. Becker, and Klaus Wohlrabe), AStA: Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 1-20. Working Papers Mobility Requirements for the Unemployed and the Exit Rate to Work - Evidence from a Policy Change, revise & resubmit Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Do Lower Caseloads Improve the Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies? New Evidence from German Employment Offices, LASER Discussion Papers - Paper No. 52, (with Jens Hainmüller, Gerhard Krug und Katja Wolf), revise & resubmit Scandinavian Journal of Economics. The Effect of the Business Cycle at College Graduation on Fertility, submitted, (with Katrin Hohmeyer). The Role of Sickness in the Evaluation of Job Search Assistance and Sanctions, mimeo, (with Gerard van den Berg und Arne Uhlendorff). 2
Other Publications 2011 Incentive Effects of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Sanctions - Empirical Evidence from West Germany, Dissertation, Nuremberg. 2011 Schriftliche Stellungnahme des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) zur Anhörung des Ausschusses für Arbeit und Soziales am 5. September 2011, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen Bundestagsfraktion, SPD-Bundestagsfraktion, CDU/CSU Bundestagsfraktion, DIE LINKE - Bundestagsfraktion, (with IAB- Autorengemeinschaft). 2011 Schriftliche Stellungnahme des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) zur öffentlichen Anhörung von Sachverständigen in Berlin am 06. Juni 2011 zum a) Antrag der Abgeordneten und der Fraktion DIE LINKE, (with IAB- Autorengemeinschaft). 2010 Modellprojekt in den Arbeitsagenturen: Kürzere Arbeitslosigkeit durch mehr Vermittler, (with Gerhard Krug, Frank Sowa, Stefan Theuer, Katja Wolf), IAB-Kurzbericht 09/2010. Current Projects Experimental Evidence on Integration Contracts for the Unemployed, (with Gerard van den Berg, Gesine Stephan und Arne Uhlendorff; in cooperation with the Federal Employment Agency). Effects of Job Displacement on Fertility over the Business Cycle, (with Michaela Kreyenfeld und Arne Uhlendorff). Presentations Academic Presentations (invited ) 2014 PAA (Boston), RC28 spring meeting (Budapest), IZA/SOLE Meeting (Buch/Ammersee), EEA (Toulouse) 2013 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock), Royal Economic Society (London), University of Konstanz 2012 American Sociological Association annual meeting (Denver), (Poster:) SOLE annual meeting (Chicago), ESPE (Bern), DGS - ModSim Frühjahrstagung (Bremen), IAB (Nuremberg), (Poster:) EALE (Bonn), GSOEP Conference (Berlin), (Poster:) Pairfam Workshop on Fertility over the Life Course (Bremen), LMU Prof. Winter (Munich) 3
2011 SOLE annual meeting (Vancouver), RC28 spring meeting (Essex), DGS Modsim / Methoden fall meeting (Mannheim), MZES workshop (Mannheim), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Prof. Fitzenberger (Freiburg), LMU Prof. Huber (Munich), LMU Prof. Brüderl (Munich) 2010 EEA (Glasgow), (Poster:) RC28 spring meeting (Haifa), Ghent University & UCLouvain workshop (Ghent) 2009 EEA (Barcelona), ESPE (Sevilla), DGS Modsim spring meeting (Nuremberg), IAB/Aarhus University workshop (Nuremberg) 2008 EALE (Amsterdam), Verein für Socialpolitik (Graz), Equalsoc/ECSR Summer School (Trento), Irish Society of New Economists Annual Conference (Galway), IAB (Nuremberg), FAU (Nuremberg), CESifo/Leibniz (Munich) 2007 ESPAnet Summer School (Edinburgh) Policy Consulting 2014 Subsidized Training - Evidence from Germany, GIZ Workshop Developing a Skilled Workforce for Economic Diversification, Baku 2010 Kürzere Arbeitslosigkeit durch mehr Vermittler [More caseworkers - shorter unemploymed spells?] - Ergebnisse des IAB- Kurzberichts 09/2010, Führungsakademie der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Lauf 2008 BA-Modellkonzept Verbesserte Vermittlerkapazität - Erste Ergebnisse einer Wirkungsanalyse [First results of the evaluation of the Federal Employment Agency pilot project More caseworkers ], Bildungszentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit Timmendorfer Strand Review Activities Demography, Economics E-Journal, Empirical Economics, European Sociological Review, Evaluation and Program Planning, International Migration Review, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Journal of Marriage and Family, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Schmollers Jahrbuch Teaching Experience Winter 2014 Lecture and recitation course (undergraduate), Labor Economics, University of Mannheim 4
Summer 10,13,14 Winter 2012 Summer 2011 Winter 08,09 Summer 02,03 Recitation course (undergraduate), Introduction to empirical economics, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Recitation course (graduate), Introduction to quantitative methods of labor market research, LMU Munich Workshop, Multivariate analysis and application with STATA, WWU Münster Seminar course (graduate), Introduction to quantitative methods of labor market research, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Tutorial (undergraduate), Introduction to methods and techniques of empirical social research, LMU Munich Scholarships 03/2009-07/2009 Bluebook Scholarship for internship at the European Commission 10/2006-02/2009 IAB Graduate School Ph.D. scholarship 09/2003-02/2004 Erasmus scholarship for semester in Barcelona 26. September 2014 5