Prof. Dr. Christian Holzner

Prof. Dr. Christian Holzner Senior Economist ifo Institute ifo Center for Labour and Demographic Economics Poschingerstraße 5 81679 München Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1278 Fax: +49(0)89/9224-1604 Email: holzner @ ifo.de ( nur mit aktiviertem Javascript anklickbar) Website: http://www.cesifo-group.de/holzner-c Main focus Frictional labor markets, wage dispersion, education, international trade. Professional Experience Academic Background 2005 Dr.oec.publ. (equiv. Ph.D. in Economics), University of Munich 2001 MSc in Economics and Econometrics, University of Essex Languages German, English. Professional Experience since 2010 Temporary Professor of Public Economics, University of Munich since 2001 ifo Center for Labour and Demographic Economics 05/1999-06/1999 Internship at Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Cologne 03/1999-04/1999 Internship at IGBCE, Hannover 08/1998-09/1998 Internship at VDMA, Frankfurt am Main Stipendiary, award und prize 2010-2011 Research Scholarship for a research visit at the Free University of Amsterdam (DFG) 2010 Young Economist Award of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) for the Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 1

Paper Capacity Constraining Labour Market Frictions in a Global Economy (with Mario Larch) 2005 Verein für Socialpolitik, Award for presenting a paper at EEA 2005 in Amsterdam, funded by Deutsche Bundesbank 2004 Verein für Socialpolitik, Award for presenting a paper at ESEM and EEA 2004 in Madrid, funded by Deutsche Bundesbank 2003 Verein für Socialpolitik, Award for presenting a paper at ESEM 2003 in Stock-holm, funded by Deutsche Bundesbank 2002 Verein für Socialpolitik, Award for presenting a paper at ESEM 2002 in Venedig, funded by Deutsche Bundesbank 1999-2000 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Publications Articles in refereed journals Christian Holzner (with Andreas Bastgen), "Employment protection and the market for innovations", Labour Economics 46, 2017, 77 93 Christian Holzner (withgautier Pieter A.), "Simultaneous Search and Efficiency of Entry and Search Intensity", American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming Christian Holzner (with Sonja Munz), "Should Local Public Employment Services be Merged with the Local Social Benefit Administrations?", Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung / Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2), 2013, 83 102 Christian Holzner (with Volker Meier and Martin Werding), "Time Limits in a Two-Tier Unemployment Benefit Scheme under Involuntary Umemployment", CESifo Economic Studies 56 (2), 2010, 251 277 Christian Holzner (with Volker Meier and Martin Werding), "Workfare, Monitoring, and Efficiency Wages", Journal of Macroeconomics 32 (1), 2010, 157 168 Christian Holzner (with Andrey Launov), "Search Equilibrium and Social and Private Returns to Education", European Economic Review 54 (1), 2010, 39 59 Monographs (Authorship) Christian Holzner (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Timo Hener and Janina Reinkowski), Kindergeld, ifo Forschungsberichte 60, ifo Institut, 2013 Christian Holzner (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Wolfgang Auer, Natalia Danzer, Mine Hancioglu, Bastian Hartmann, Timo Hener, Notburga Ott, Janina Reinkowski and Martin Werding), Kinderbetreuung, ifo Forschungsberichte 59, ifo Institut, 2013 Christian Holzner (with Martin Werding, Robert Jaeckle, Marc Piopiunik and Ludger Woessmann), Humankapital in Deutschland: Wachstum, Struktur und Nutzung der Erwerbseinkommenskapazität von 1984 bis 2006, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2009 Christian Holzner (with Martin Werding, Thiess Büttner, Herbert Hofmann, Sonja Munz, Andrea Kirchmann, Martin Rosemann, Jochen Späth and Harald Strotmann), Makroevaluation der SGB II-Grundsicherungsstellen, ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung 33, ifo Institut, 2009 Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 2

Christian Holzner (with Hans-Werner Sinn, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel and Martin Werding), Redesigning the welfare state : Germany's current agenda for an activating social assistance, Ifo Economic Policy, 1, Elgar, 2006, Bestellungen über / Order via Edward Elgar. Christian Holzner (with Thiess Büttner, Peter Egger, Herbert Hofmann, Mario Larch, Volker Meier, Chang Woon Nam, Rigmar Osterkamp, Rüdiger Parsche and Martin Werding), Tu felix Austria: Wachstums- und Beschäftigungspolitik in Österreich und Deutschland im Vergleich, ifo Forschungsberichte 31, ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, 2006 Christian Holzner, Asymmetric Information and Education in the Labor Market: Three Essays in Search Theory, Dissertation at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, electronic version, 2005, More Information (PDF) Christian Holzner (with Hans-Werner Sinn, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel and Martin Werding), Welfare to Work in Germany - A Proposal on How to Promote Employment and Growth, CESifo Research Reports 1, ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, 2003 Christian Holzner (with Wolfgang Ochel and Martin Werding), Vom OFFENSIV-Gesetz zur "Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe" : Ein Konzept zur Reform der Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik als Beitrag zu mehr Beschäftigung und Wachstum ; Studie im Auftrag der hessischen Staatskanzlei, ifo Forschungsberichte 17, ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, 2003 Christian Holzner (with Robert Fenge, Andrea Gebauer, Volker Meier and Martin Werding), Alterssicherungssysteme im internationalen Vergleich : Finanzierung, Leistungen, Besteuerung, ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung 10, ifo Institut, 2003 Papers in academic volumes Christian Holzner (with Stefan Bauernschuster), "Kündigungsschutz: Schutz der Kernbelegschaft oder Chance für Neueinstellungen?", in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel und Hans-Werner Sinn (Hrsg.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser, München, 2011, 130 131 Christian Holzner (with Stefan Bauernschuster), "Atypische Beschäftigung: Leiharbeit, befristete Beschäftigungsverhältnisse, Minijobs", in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel und Hans-Werner Sinn (Hrsg.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser, München, 2011, 124 125 Christian Holzner, "Hartz IV: Warum es Deutschland heute besser geht", in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel und Hans-Werner Sinn (Hrsg.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser, München, 2011, 162 163 Christian Holzner (with Stefan Bauernschuster), "Explizite und implizite Mindestlöhne: Zwischen Einkommenssicherung und Vernichtung von Arbeitsplätzen", in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel und Hans-Werner Sinn (Hrsg.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser, München, 2011, 132 133 Christian Holzner (with Herbert Hofmann), "Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung - Ein internationaler Vergleich", in: H.G. Gusi, H. Schneider (Hrsg.): Mitarbeiter-Beteiligung MAB, Handbuch für die Praxis, Luchterhand Verlag, Neuwied, 2002 Articles in non-refereed journals Christian Holzner (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener and Janina Reinkowski), "Child Benefit and Child Allowances in Germany: Their Impact on Family Policy Goals", CESifo DICE Report 12 (1), 2014, 37 45 Christian Holzner (with Helmut Rainer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener and Janina Reinkowski), "Kindergeld und Kinderfreibeträge in Deutschland: Evaluierung der Auswirkungen auf familienpolitische Ziele", ifo Schnelldienst 66 (09), 2013, 28 36 Christian Holzner (with Helmut Rainer, Wolfgang Auer, Stefan Bauernschuster, Natalia Danzer, Anita Fichtl, Timo Hener, Janina Reinkowski and Martin Werding), "Öffentlich geförderte Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland: Evaluierung der Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von Müttern", ifo Schnelldienst 66 (07), 2013, 31 40 Christian Holzner (with Stefan Bauernschuster, Wido Geis and Helmut Rainer), "Das Bundesverfassungsgerichtsurteil zu den Hartz-IV-Regelsätzen: Hintergrund und Bedeutung", ifo Schnelldienst 63 (05), 2010, 21 29 Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 3

Christian Holzner (with Sonja Munz and Silke Übelmesser), "Fiskalische Wirkungen der Auswanderung ausgewählter Berufsgruppen", ifo Schnelldienst 62 (17), 2009, 28 33 Christian Holzner (with Hans-Werner Sinn, Wido Geis), "Die Agenda 2010 und die Armutsgefährdung", ifo Schnelldienst 62 (17), 2009, 23 27 Christian Holzner (with Sonja Munz), "Makroanalyse und regionale Vergleiche (Untersuchungsfeld 4) im Rahmen der Evaluation der Experimentierklausel nach 6c SGB II", ifo Schnelldienst 62 (01), 2009, 48 57 Christian Holzner (with Hans-Werner Sinn, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel and Martin Werding), "Die zentralen Elemente der Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe", ifo Schnelldienst 60 (04), 2007, 48 53 Christian Holzner, "Hartz IV [vier] fördert Minijobs und krankt an der ungenügenden Durchsetzbarkeit der Zumutbarkeitsregeln (Hartz IV: Förderung von Minijobs und Schwäche bei Zumutbarkeitsregeln) : Themenschwerpunkt Arbeitslosengeld II [zwei]", ifo Dresden berichtet 13 (02), 2006, 5 9 Christian Holzner (with Hans-Werner Sinn, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel and Martin Werding), "Aktivierende Sozialhilfe 2006 - das Kombilohn-Modell des ifo Instituts", ifo Schnelldienst 59 (02), 2006, 06 27 Christian Holzner (with Herbert Hofmann and Sonja Munz), "Der Entwurf des Berufsausbildungssicherungsgesetzes: Wirkungen und Nebenwirkungen", ifo Schnelldienst 57 (09), 2004, 18 22 Christian Holzner (with Herbert Hofmann), "Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung - ein internationaler Vergleich", ifo Schnelldienst 55 (12), 2002, 7 13 Christian Holzner (with Hans-Werner Sinn, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel and Martin Werding), "Aktivierende Sozialhilfe - Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung und Wachstum", ifo Schnelldienst 55 (09), 2002, 03 52 Working papers Christian Holzner (with Hermann Gartner), "Wage Posting as a Positive Selection Device: Theory and Empirical Evidence", CESifo Working Paper No. 5494, August 2015 Christian Holzner (with Andreas Bastgen), "Employment Protection and the Market for Innovations", CESifo Working Paper No. 5275, March 2015 Christian Holzner (with Makoto Watanabe), "Labor Market Equilibrium with Public Employment Agency", CESifo Working Paper No. 5245, March 2015 Christian Holzner (with Mario Larch), "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions in a Global Economy", CESifo Working Paper No. 3597, September 2011 Christian Holzner (with Pieter A. Gautier),, CESifo Working Paper No. 3522, July 2011 Christian Holzner (with Sonja Munz), "Should Local Public Employment Services be Merged with the Local Social Benefit Administrations?", CESifo Working Paper No. 3472, May 2011 Christian Holzner (with Volker Meier and Martin Werding), "Workfare, Monitoring, and Efficiency Wages", CESifo Working Paper No. 1749, June 2006 Christian Holzner (with Volker Meier and Martin Werding), "Time Limits in a Two-tier Unemployment Benefit Scheme under Involuntary Unemployment", Ifo Working Papers No. 29, 2006 Christian Holzner (with Andrey Launov), "Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation", Ifo Working Papers No. 23, 2005 Christian Holzner, "Search Frictions, Credit Constraints and Firm Financed General Training", Ifo Working Paper No. 6, 2005 Christian Holzner (with Andrey Launov), "Search Equilibrium, Production Parameters and Social Returns to Education: Theory and Estimation", IZA Discussion Paper 1904, 2005 Christian Holzner (with Volker Meier and Martin Werding), "Time Limits on Welfare Use under Involuntary Unemployment", Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 4

CESifo Working Paper No. 1220, June 2004 Christian Holzner, "Search and the Positive Wage Correlation across Occupations", ifo Diskussionsbeiträge 88, 2004 Christian Holzner, "General Training and Credit Constraints", ifo Diskussionsbeiträge 89, 2004 Christian Holzner, "Adverse Selection and Wage Gains", ifo Diskussionsbeiträge 90, 2004 Christian Holzner, "Education in an Unemployment Equilibrium Model with Wage Posting", Master Thesis, University of Essex, University of Essex, Essex, 2001 Christian Holzner, "Education and Labour Market Discrimination in South Africa", Term Pader University of Essex, April 2001, University of Essex, Essex, 2001 Projects Current projects Public Finance, Globalization and Labor Markets Client: Internal (Habilitation) Project period: On-going since Jan. 2011 Department: ifo Center for Labour and Demographic Economics Concluded projects Active Welfare - A path to higher employment and growth Client: Internal Project period: January - May 2002 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Dissertation: Asymmetric Information and Education in the Labor Market: Three Essays in Search Theory Client: Internal (Ph.D. Project) Project period: November 2001 - July 2005 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Employment in the Low-wage Sector Client: ifo research project, in co-operation with the State Government of Hessen Project period: December 2002-2003 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Evaluation of the Part-Time and Fix-Term Act Client: Federal Ministery of Economic and Labour Project period: September 2001 - September 2003 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Ex-Post-Evaluation of Public Subsidies for Child Care Client: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth; Federal Ministry of Finance Project period: October 2010 - December 2011 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Fiscal Effects of Emigration of Specific Professional Groups Client: Sachverständigenrat der deutschen Stiftungen für Integration und Migration Project period: April - October 2009 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Measuring Human Capital in Germany: How it grew and how it is being utilized Client: Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Project period: July 2005-2008 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets, Human Capital and Innovation Old-Age Provision Around the World: Revenues, Benefits, and Taxation Client: Federal Ministry of Finance Project period: February November 2002 Departments: Social Policy and Labour Markets, Public Finance Old-Age Provision Around the World: Revenues, Benefits, and Taxation Client: Federal Ministry of Finance Project period: February November 2002 Departments: Social Policy and Labour Markets, Public Finance Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 5

Welfare to Work: a new approach to reforming welfare programmes? Theoretical results and evidence from selected industrialised countries Client: German Research Foundation, DGF Project period: May 2003 - September 2004 Department: Social Policy and Labour Markets Presentations "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions in a Global Economy" Universität Bern, 22. Nov. 2012, Bern "Optimal Wage Policy with Endogenous Search Intensity" Verein für Sozialpolitik, 09. - 12. Sept. 2012, Göttingen "Do employed workers search efficiently? Implications for the income tax system" International Institute of Public Finance, 16. - 19. Aug. 2012, Dresden "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions in a Global Economy" Universität Nürnberg, 09. Mai 2012, Nürnberg CESifo Arena Conference on Employment and social Protection, 27. - 28. April, 2012, München Universität Konstanz, 10. Jan. 2012, Konstanz Universität Münster, 14. Dezember 2011, Münster Search and Matching Workshop, University of Essex, 25. Nov. 2011, Colchester (England) Universität Bayreuth, 02. Nov. 2011, Bayreuth "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions in a Global Economy" European Trade Study Group, 08 10 Sept. 2011, Copenhagen "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions in a Global Economy" Verein für Socialpolitik, 04-07 Sept. 2011, Frankfurt am Main "Do Employed Workers Search Efficiently? Implication for the Tax System" Workshop: Taxation, Transfers and the Labour Market, 16-17 June 2011, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions and Trade Patterns" European Economic Association, 23-26 Aug. 2010, Glasgow "Optimal Wage Policy with Endogenous Search Intensity" Workshop: Labour Market Search and Policy Applications financed by CESifo, Thyssen Stiftung, Universität Konstanz, 24-26 June 2010, Konstanz "Capacity Constraining Labor Market Frictions and Trade Patterns" EALE/SOLE-Meeting, 17-19 June 2010, London "Optimal Wage Policy with Endogenous Search Intensity" CESifo Area Conference on Employment and Social Protection, 14-15 May 2010, Munich "Evaluating the Organizational Performance of Job Centers" Verein für Socialpolitik, 08-11 Sept. 2009, Magdeburg "Evaluating the Organizational Performance of Job Centers" European Economic Association, 27-31 Aug. 2009, Barcelona Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 6

"Evaluating the Organizational Performance of Job Centers" International Institute of Public Finance, 13-16 Aug. 2009, Cape Town "Workfare, Monitoring, and Efficiency Wages" IAB-Workshop, Oct. 2006, Nürnberg Verein für Socialpolitik, Oct. 2006, Bayreuth DFG - Workshop Heterogenous Labour and Education, 12-13 Sept. 2005, Mannheim International Economic Association, 29 Aug. - 02 Sept. 2005, Marrakesch European Economic Association, 24-27 Aug. 2005, Amsterdam Society of Economic Dynamics, 23-25 June 2005, Budapest European Society of Population Economics, 16-18 June 2005, Paris IZA/Sole Transatlantic Meeting, June 2005, Buch am Ammersee "Wage Increases and Adverse Selection" Allied Social Sciences Associations Meeting (Econometric Society North American Meeting), 07-09 Jan. 2005, Philadelphia "Returns to Education: A Search Equilibrium Approach" Brown Bag Seminar, 01 Dec. 2004, Mannheim "Search and the Positive Wage Correlation across Occupations" European Economic Association, 19-24 Aug. 2004, Madrid "Adverse Selection and Wage Gains" European Meeting of the Econometric Society, 19-24 Aug. 2004, Madrid "Adverse Selection and Wage Gains" European Society for Population Economics, 10-12 June 2004, Bergen "Search and Matching on the Labor Market" Koreferat zu Pietro Garibaldi und Etienne Wasmer "Equilibrium Employment in a Model of Imperfect Labor Market", beim IZA Workshop, 14 Nov. 2003, Bonn "Education in an Unemployment Equilibrium Model with Wage Posting" Konferenz der European Association of Labour Economists, 18-21 Sept. 2003, Sevilla "Search and Adverse Selection" Econometric Society European Meeting, 20-24 Aug. 2003, Stockholm "Education in an Unemployment Equilibrium Model with Wage Posting" Konferenz der European Society for Population Economics, 12-15 June 2003, New York "Firm Financed General Training" Annual Meeting of the European Association for Labour Economists, Sept. 2002, Paris "Firm Financed General Training" Verein für Sozialpolitik, Sept. 2002, Innsbruck "Firm Financed General Training" European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Aug. 2002, Venedig "Firm Financed General Training" Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, June 2002, Bilbao Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 7

"Firm Financed General Training" Human Capital Summer Workshop des ZEW, May 2002, Mannheim Teaching "Public Economics", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München (winter semester 2012/2013). "Advanced Search Theory", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München (winter semester 2012/2013). "Search and Matching Theory with Applications in Labor Market Policy", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München (summer semester 2012). "Fiwi I: Resource Allocation and Economic Policy", Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2011/12). "Labour Market Policy in Theory und Practice", Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2011/12). "Advanced Labour Market Policy", Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (sommer semester 2011). "Public Econonics", Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2010/11). "International Trade and Labor Markets", Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2009/10). "Seminar: Empirical Topics in Fiscal Policy" (with Thiess Büttner), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2008/09). "Labor market policy" (lecture, 2 hours a week, course 2 hours a week, with Martin Werding), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2007/08). "Search and Matching Theory on the Labor Market" (3-day course), University of Tübingen (winter semester 2007/08). "Labor market policy" (lecture, 2 hours a week, course 2 hours a week), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (winter semester 2005/06). "Mircoeconomics - undergraduates" (course, 3 hours a week), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (summer semester 2005). Ifo Institute 16.10.2017 Page 8