Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Volker Meier Address: Department of Economics University of Munich Schackstr. 4 D-80539 Munich, Germany Phone.: ++49-(0)89-2180-6261 E-mail: Volker.Meier@lrz.uni-muenchen.de Personal Data: Citizenship: German Date of Birth: October 4, 1966 Place of Birth: Elmshorn, Germany Studies: 1986-1990: Economics, University of Hamburg Academic Degrees: 1990: Dipl.-Volkswirt, University of Hamburg 1993: Dr. rer. pol., University of Bielefeld, PhD Thesis: Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der langfristigen Migrationsanreize und Migrationswirkungen (Supervisors: Alois Wenig and Gerhard Schwödiauer) 1997: Habilitation, University of Halle, Habilitation Thesis: Theorie der Pflegeversicherung
Fellowships: 1989-1990: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 1990-1993: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Postgraduate Program Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung Professional Experience: 1993-1994: Research Assistant, University of Halle, Chair Allokation und Wettbewerb (Prof. Wenig) 1994-2000: Assistant Professor, University of Halle, Chair Allokation und Wettbewerb (Prof. Wenig) SS 2000: Temporary Professor of Business Administration, in particular Corporate Governance and Organization, University of Magdeburg since 4. 2000: Senior Researcher, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Branch Social Policy and Labor Markets SS 2002: Temporary Professor of Economics, in particular Economic Policy, University of Mainz SS 2009- Temporary Professor of Public Finance, SS 2010: University of Vienna since 10. 2010: Temporary Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich
Publications A: Books [B9] Volker Meier and Martin Werding, Übertragbarkeit risikoabhängiger Alterungsrückstellungen in der Privaten Krankenversicherung, IfoInstitut for Economic Research: Munich 2007 [B8] Thiess Büttner, Peter Egger, Herbert Hofmann, Christian Holzner, MarioLarch,VolkerMeier,ChangWonNam,RigmarOsterkamp,Rüdiger Parsche and Martin Werding, Tu felix Austria: Wachstums- und Beschäftigungspolitik in Österreich und Deutschland im Vergleich, ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: München 2006 [B7] Volker Meier, Auswirkungen familienpolitischer Instrumente auf die Fertilität: Internationaler Vergleich für ausgewählte Länder, IfoInstitutefor Economic Research: Munich 2005 [B6] Mark Gradstein, Moshe Justman and Volker Meier, The Political Economy of Education: Implications for Growth and Inequality, MITPress: Cambridge, MA and London 2005 [B5] Volker Meier, Florian Baumann and Martin Werding, Modelle zur Übertragung individueller Altersrückstellungen beim Wechsel privater Krankenversicherer, Ifo Institute for Economic Research: Munich 2004 [B4] Robert Fenge, Andrea Gebauer, Christian Holzner, Volker Meier andmartinwerding,alterssicherungssysteme im internationalen Vergleich: Finanzierung, Leistungen, Besteuerung, IfoInstitutefür Economic Research: Munich 2003
[B3] Björn Alecke, Herbert Hofmann, Volker Meier, Jürgen Riedel, Frank Scharr, Gerhard Untiedt and Martin Werding, Auswirkungen der EU-Osterweiterung auf Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkt in Bayern, IfoInstitutefor Economic Research: Munich 2001 [B2] Volker Meier, Theorie der Pflegeversicherung, Physica: Heidelberg 1998 [B1] Volker Meier, Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der langfristigen Migrationsanreize und Migrationswirkungen, Nomos: Baden-Baden 1994 B: Articles in refereed journals [R32] Volker Meier, One-Sided Private Provision of Public Goods with Implicit Lindahl Pricing, CESifo Working Paper No. 3295, Munich 2010, forthcoming in: Journal of Economics [R31] Volker Meier and Helmut Rainer, On the Optimality of Joint Taxation for Non-Cooperative Couples, CESifo Working Paper No. 3128, Munich 2010, forthcoming in: Labour Economics [R30] Martin Kolmar and Volker Meier, Intra-generational Externalities and Inter-generational Transfers, CESifo Working Paper No. 1437, Munich 2005, forthcoming in: Journal of Pension Economics and Finance [R29] Volker Meier and Matthias Wrede, Reducing the Excess Burden of Subsidizing the Stork: Joint Taxation, Individual Taxation, and Family Tax Splitting, CESifo Working Paper No. 2470, Munich 2008, forthcoming in: Journal of Population Economics [R28] Michael Kaganovich and Volker Meier, Social Security Systems, Hu-
man Capital, and Growth in a Small Open Economy, CESifoWorkingPaper No. 2488, München 2008, forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economic Theory [R27] Volker Meier and Martin Werding, Ageing and the Welfare State: Securing Sustainability, Oxford Review of Economic Policy 26, 2010, 655-673 [R26] Christian Holzner, Volker Meier and Martin Werding, Time Limits in a Two-Tier Unemployment Benefit Scheme under Involuntary Unemployment, CESifo Economic Studies 56, 2010, 251-277 [R25] Wolfgang Eggert, Tim Krieger and Volker Meier, Education, Unemployment and Migration, Journal of Public Economics 94, 2010, 354-362 [R24] Christian Holzner, Volker Meier and Martin Werding, Workfare, Monitoring, and Efficiency Wages, Journal of Macroeconomics 32, 2010, 157-168 [R23] Volker Meier and Matthias Wrede, Pensions, Fertility, and Education, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 9, 2010, 75-93 [R22] Robert Fenge and Volker Meier, Are Family Allowances and Fertility- Related Pensions Perfect Substitutes?, International Tax and Public Finance 16, 2009, 137-163 [R21] Florian Baumann, Volker Meier and Martin Werding, Transferable Ageing Provisions in Individual Health Insurance Contracts, German Economic Review 9, 2008, 287-311 [R20] Volker Meier, Workfare in an Efficiency Wage Model, Empirica, 35, 2008, 165-178
[R19] Volker Meier and Gabriela Schütz, The Economics of Tracking and Non-Tracking, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Special Issue 1/2008, 23-43 [R18] Volker Meier, Efficient Transfer of Aging Provisions in Private Health Insurance, Journal of Economics 84, 2005, 249-275 [R17] Robert Fenge and Volker Meier, Pensions and Fertility Incentives, Canadian Journal of Economics 38, 2005, 28-48 [R16] Volker Meier, Setting Incentives: Temporary Performance Premiums versus Promotion Tournaments, Labour 18, 2004, 661-674 [R15] Volker Meier, Economic Consequences of the Posted Workers Directive, Metroeconomica 55, 2004, 409-431 [R14] Volker Meier, Choosing Between School Systems: The Risk of Failure, FinanzArchiv 60, 2004, 83-93 [R13] Robert Fenge and Volker Meier, Why Cities Should Not Be Subsidized, Journal of Urban Economics 52, 2002, 433-447 [R12] Oliver Fabel and Volker Meier, Rational Probation Decisions for Juvenile Delinquents, Economics of Governance, 3, 2002, 249-274 [R11] Volker Meier, On Prison and Therapy, European Journal of Law and Economics 12, 2001, 47-56 [R10] Volker Meier, On the Demand for Preventive Care, OR Spektrum 22, 2000, 381-402 [R9] Volker Meier, Time Preference, International Migration, and Social Security, Journal of Population Economics13, 2000, 127-146 [R8] Volker Meier, Health Insurance and Preventive Behavior, Journal
of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 155, 1999, 383-404 [R7] Oliver Fabel and Volker Meier, Optimal Parole Decisions, International Review of Law and Economics 19, 1999, 159-166 [R6] Volker Meier, Why the Young Do Not Buy Long-Term Care Insurance, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 18, 1999, 83-98 [R5] Volker Meier, Long-Term Care Insurance and Life Insurance Demand, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, 23, 1998, 49-61 [R4] Volker Meier, On the Choice Between Capital and Labor Mobility: The Small Country Case, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 134, 1998, 175-191 [R3] Volker Meier and Alois Wenig, Welfare Implications of International Labor Migration, Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften 117, 1997, 505-524 [R2] Volker Meier, Long-Term Care Insurance and Savings, Finanzarchiv 53, 1996, 561-581 [R1] Volker Meier, Long-Run Migration Incentives and Migration Effects: TheCaseofDifferent Fertility Rates, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Bd. 213, 1994, S. 321-338 C: Articles in other journals and collected volumes [A16] Volker Meier, Rentenversicherung: Hat sie die geringe Geburtenrate verursacht?, in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel and Hans- Werner Sinn (Eds.), Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser: Munich 2011, 84-85
[A15] Volker Meier, Kapitaldeckung oder Umlageverfahren: Eine einfache Antwortgibtesnicht, in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel and Hans-Werner Sinn (Eds.), Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser: Munich 2011, 160-161 [A14] Volker Meier, Privatversicherung Sozialversicherung: Das moralische Risiko des Sozialstaats, in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel and Hans-Werner Sinn (Eds.), Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser: Munich 2011, 166-167 [A13] Volker Meier, Programmauswahl in der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik durch Selbstbeteiligung?, ifo Schnelldienst 63 (17), 2010, 27-29 [A12] Volker Meier and Sonja Munz, Beschäftigungseffekte von Mindestlöhnen unter Vernachlässigung der Hauptbetroffenen: Kommentar zu König und Möller, ifo Schnelldienst, 61 (15), 2008, 30-32 [A11] Robert Fenge and Volker Meier, Regional Policy as a Means to Curb Immigration, in: George Gelauff, Isabel Grilo and Arjan Lejour (Eds.), Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe, Springer: Berlin and Heidelberg 2008, 311-323 [A10] Volker Meier, Familie, Versicherung und Sozialstaat als Partner und Konkurrenten, ifo Schnelldienst, 59 (18), 2006, 9-12 [A9] Volker Meier, Nicht jede Reform ist eine gute Reform: Verfahren zur Übertragung individueller Alterungsrückstellungen in der Privaten Krankenversicherung, ifo Schnelldienst, 59 (16), 2006, 21-24 [A8] Volker Meier, Betriebliche Flexibilität - Das Beispiel der (Re-)Regulierung der Zeitarbeit: Korreferat zu Lutz Bellmann, Sozialer Fortschritt
53 (6), 2004, 142-143 [A7] Volker Meier, Übertragbarkeit von Alterungsrückstellungen in der privaten Krankenversicherung, ifo Schnelldienst, 56 (24), 2003, 5-8 [A6] Volker Meier, Solving the Premium Risk Problem, Insurer Switches, and Transfers of Aging Provisions, DICE Report 1 (3), 2003, 20-23 [A5] Volker Meier, Koreferat zu Alexander Haupt und Wolfgang Peters, in: Winfried Schmähl (Ed.), Soziale Sicherung und Arbeitsmarkt (Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Bd. 294), Duncker & Humblot: Berlin 2003, 209-211 [A4] Volker Meier, Gefängnis, Therapie und Bewährung: Eine ökonomische Analyse, in: Hans-Jörg Albrecht and Horst Entorf (Eds.), Kriminalität, Ökonomie und Europäischer Sozialstaat, Physica: Heidelberg 2003, 187-214 [A3] Volker Meier, Können höhere Löhne für ausländische Arbeiter die Wohlfahrt der Einheimischen erhöhen?, in: Winfried Schmähl (Ed.), Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer nationalen Sozialpolitik in der Europäischen Union (Schriften des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Bd. 281), Duncker & Humblot: Berlin 2001, 183-200 [A2] Volker Meier, An Investigation into the Determinants of Subject Specialisation: Is Gender Segregation an Optimal Outcome? Comment on Melanie Ward, Konjunkturpolitik, Beiheft No. 51, 2001, 283-286 [A1] Volker Meier, Ökonomische Analyse der Entsenderichtlinie, in: Erik Jayme (Ed.), Das Recht der lusophonen Länder, Nomos: Baden-Baden 2000, 99-103
D: Working Papers [W12] Darko Jus and Volker Meier, Announcing Is Bad, Delaying Is Worse: Another Pitfall in Well-intended Climate Policy, CESifoWorkingPaperNo. 3844, Munich 2012 [W11] Volker Meier and Andreas Wagener, Do Mobile Pensioners Threaten the Deferred Taxation of Savings?, CESifo Working Paper No. 3617, Munich 2011 [W10] Volker Meier, Wirkungen von Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen auf Arbeitslosigkeit: Ein Überblick, Mimeo,Munich2009 [W9] Robert Fenge and Volker Meier, Subsidies for Wages and Infrastructure: How to Restrain Undesired Immigration, CESifoWorkingPaperNo. 1741, Munich 2006 [W8] Volker Meier, Economic Theories of Education, Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 23, Universität Halle 1999 [W7] Volker Meier, Prison, Therapy, and Parole An Economic Analysis, Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 21, Universität Halle 1999 [W6] Volker Meier, The Demand for Preventive Dental Care, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 24, Universität Halle 1996 [W5] Volker Meier, Conflicts on Care for the Elderly, Long-Term Care Insurance, and Bequests, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 16, Universität Halle 1995 [W4] Volker Meier, Long-Term Care Insurance and Moral Hazard, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 15, Universität Halle 1995 [W3] Volker Meier and Alois Wenig, Economic Causes and Consequences
of Migration: A Review, Mimeo,Halle1994 [W2] Volker Meier, Altruism and the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 10, Universität Halle 1994 [W1] Volker Meier, On the Demand for Long-Term Care Insurance, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 9, Universität Halle 1994
Selected Presentations Econometric Society North American Winter Meeting, Boston 2006 Econometric Society European Meeting, Vienna 2006 Conferences of the European Economic Association (EEA): Lausanne 2001, Venice 2002, Stockholm 2003, Madrid 2004, Vienna 2006, Barcelona 2009, Glasgow 2010 Conferences of the Royal Economic Society (RES): Swansea 2004, Nottingham 2005, London 2011 Conferences of the International Economic Association (IEA): Marrakech 2005, Istanbul 2008 Conferences of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE): Regensburg 1999, Seville 2003, San Francisco 2005, Prague 2006, Oslo 2007, Tallinn 2009 Conferences of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE): Budapest 1993, Lissabon 1995, Colchester 1997, Amsterdam 1998, Turin 1999, Athens 2001, Bilbao 2002, Bergen 2004, Chicago 2007, London 2008, Essen 2010 Conferences of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF): Helsinki 2002, Milan 2004, Paphos 2006, Maastricht 2008 Konferenzen der Association for Public Economic Theory (PET): Paris 2002, Galway 2009, Bloomington 2011 Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet, Marseille, 2011 and 2012 Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists (EGRIE), Marseille 2004
Annual Meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik: Jena 1994, Linz 1995, Kassel 1996, Magdeburg 2001, Zurich 2003, Bayreuth 2006, Graz 2008, Frankfurt 2011 Annual Meeting of the Ausschuss für Bevölkerungsökonomie des Vereins für Socialpolitik: Freiburg 1998, Linz 1999, Wittenberg 2002, Vienna 2004, Basel 2005, Frankfurt (Oder) 2006, Bielefeld 2008, Bamberg 2010 Annual Meeting of the Ausschuss für Sozialpolitik des Vereins für Socialpolitik: Vienna 1999, Bonn 2005, Wien 2008, Tübingen 2010 Annual Meeting of the Ausschuss für Bildungsökonomie des Vereins für Socialpolitik: Kreuzlingen 2006, Bielefeld 2007, Zurich 2012 Annual Meeting of the Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (NOeG), Vienna, 2006, 2008 and 2012 CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics, Munich, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, Munich, 2001, 2005 and 2007 CESifo Area Conference on Industrial Organisation, Munich 2003 Norwegian-German Seminar on Public Economics, Munich 2003 Konferenz der International Atlantic Economic Society, Rome 2009 Conference on Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe, Brussels 2006 Symposium on Finance, Banking, and Insurance, Karlsruhe 2005 (Poster)
Symposium The Economics and Management of Education, Constance 2007 Workshops Evaluation of Passive and Active Labour Market Policies, Nuremberg, 2006 and 2007 Workshop Social Security, Labour Supply and Demographic Change, Copenhagen 2003 Maastricht Workshop in Law and Economics, Maastricht, 1998 and 2000 Workshop EU-Enlargement, Migration, and the Sustainability of National Welfare States, Munich 2000 Workshop Kapital- und Arbeitsmärkte in alternden Volkswirtschaften, Rostock 2011 Workshop Die Portabilität der Alterungsrückstellung in der PKV - Option oder Illusion?, Hamburg 2006 Conference Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung an den Hochschulen der neuen Bundesländer, Magdeburg 1995 Annual Meeting of the Deutsch-Lusitanische Juristenvereinigung, Halle 1998 Workshop Soziale Kohäsion, wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit und Kriminalität in Europa, Würzburg 2001
Referee for: Review of Economic Studies, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Economica, Journal of Population Economics, Economics Letters, Journal of Macroeconomics, Public Choice, Journal of Public Economic Theory, European Journal of Political Economy, International Tax and Public Finance, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, CESifo Economic Studies, Economics Bulletin, Economics of Governance, European Journal of Law and Economics, FinanzArchiv, German Economic Review, International Game Theory Review, International Journal of Business and Economics, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Journal of Economics, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Socio-Economics, Mathematical Population Studies, Metroeconomica, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Review of Economics of the Household, Schmollers Jahrbuch, Social Choice and Welfare, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, MIT Press, Verein für Socialpolitik, Österreichische Nationalbank, CESifo, Verband der Hochschullehrer der Betriebswirte, German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development, Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen Nationalbank, Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
Teaching experience Volkswirtschaftstheoretische Übungen (Exercises in Economic Theory), University of Halle, WS 1994/95 Lecture Preis- und Wettbewerbstheorie (Industrial Organization), University of Halle, SS 1997 Lecture Spieltheorie (Game Theory), University of Halle, WS 1997/98 Seminar Gesundheitsökonomie (Health Economics), University of Halle, WS 1997/98 Vorlesung Wettbewerbstheorie (Industrial Organization), University of Halle, SS 1998 and SS 1999 Seminar Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts (Law and Economics), University of Halle, SS 1998 Lecture Gesundheitsökonomie (Health Economics), University of Halle, WS 1998/99, and University of Mainz, SS 2002 Seminar Bildungsökonomie (Economics of Education), University of Halle, WS 1998/99 Seminar Alterssicherung (Pension Economics), University of Halle, SS 1999 Lecture Bildungsökonomie (Economics of Education), University of Halle, WS 1999/2000, and University of Munich, WS 2000/01 Seminar Arbeitsmarkttheorie (Labour Economics), University of Halle, WS 1999/2000
Lecture Corporate Governance, University of Magdeburg, SS 2000 Lecture Grundlagen der Unternehmensführung (Intermediate Corporate Governance), University of Magdeburg, SS 2000 Seminar Personnel Management / Personalmanagement, University of Magdeburg, SS 2000 Lecture Theory of the Multinational Enterprise, University of Magdeburg, SS 2000 Lecture and Exercises Wachstum und natürliche Ressourcen, (Growth and Natural Resources), University of Munich, SS 2001, SS 2003 (both with Ulrich Hange), SS 2005 and SS 2007 (both with Mario Larch) Lecture and Exercises Politische Ökonomie und Wirtschaftspolitik (Political Economics), University of Munich, WS 2001/02 (with Marko Köthenbürger) Lecture and Exercises Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik (Economic Policy), University of Mainz, SS 2002 Lecture and Exercises Verteilungstheorie und -politik (Distribution: Theory and Policy), University of Munich, WS 2002/03 (with Ulrich Hange), SS 2004 (with Silke Übelmesser), SS 2006 and SS 2008 (both with Martin Werding) Lecture and Exercises Theorie der Regulierung (Theory of Regulation), University of Munich, WS 2003/04 (with Ludger Wößmann) Lecture and Exercises Bevölkerungsökonomie (Population Economics), University of Munich, WS 2004/05 (with M. Werding)
Lecture and Exercises Ökonomische Analyse des Rechts (Law and Economics), University of Munich, WS 2005/06 (with Mario Larch) Lecture and Exercises Capital Income Taxation, University of Munich, WS 2006/07 (with Robert Fenge) Lecture The Economics of Long-Term Care, European Science Days, Steyr, July 2007 Lecture and Exercises Systems Competition, University of Munich, WS 2007/08 and WS 2011/12 (with Michael Stimmelmayr) Lecture Pension Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, January 2008 Seminar Dynamische Optimierung (Dynamic Optimization), University of Munich, WS 2008/09 University Course Theory of Taxation, University of Vienna, SS 2009 University Course Grundzüge der Finanzwissenschaft (Intermediate Public Economics), University of Vienna, SS 2009 and SS 2010 University Course Social Policy, University of Vienna, WS 2009/10 University Course International Taxation, University of Vienna, WS 2009/10 University Course Topics in Public Finance, University of Vienna, WS 2009/10 University Course Labor Economics, University of Vienna, SS 2010 CESifo Group Seminar, University of Munich, WS 2010/11, SS 2011, WS 2011/12 and SS 2012 (with Hans-Werner Sinn)
Lecture and Exercises Das öffentliche Budget: Einnahmen und Ausgaben (Theory of Taxation), University of Munich, WS 2010/11 Lecture and Exercises Gesundheitsökonomie (Health Economics), University of Munich, WS 2010/11 Seminar Regulierungsprobleme in der Eurozone (Regulation Issues in the Eurozone), University of Munich, SS 2011 Lecture and Exercises Political Economics, University of Munich, SS 2011 Lecture Schlüsselqualifikationen 2 (Key Qualifications 2), University of Munich, WS 2011/12 Seminar Umweltökonomie (Environmental Economics), University of Munich, WS 2011/12 Lecture Topics in Economics, University of Munich, WS 2011/12 (with Casten Eckel, Gerhard Illing, Karen Pittel, Helmut Rainer, Klaus Schmidt, Monika Schnitzer and Ludger Wößmann) Lecture and Exercises Distribution: Theory and Policy, University of Munich, SS 2012 Lecture Finanzwissenschaft 2: Steuern, (Theory of Taxation), University of Munich, SS 2012