Prof. Dr. Gesine Stephan

Chair of Empirical Microeconomics

Curriculum vitae

Gesine Stephan studied economics at the University of Hanover until 1990. She then worked as a research associate and, after completing her doctoral degree in 1994, as a research fellow at the Institute of Quantitative Economic Research at the University of Hanover, where she went on to work as a senior research fellow after completing her habilitation in 2000. She spent research periods at the universities in Austin and Berkeley, USA, in 1996 and 1997. In 2000, she was a visiting professor of service economics and policy at the University of Trier. She has been head of the research unit ‘Active Labor Market Policies and Integration’ at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg since April 2004.

Professor Stephan was appointed to the newly established Chair of Empirical Microeconomics at the School of Business and Economics in May 2009. At the IAB she continues to lead the research unit ‘Active Labor Market Policy and Integration’, which focuses on the analysis and evaluation of instruments and programs in labor market policy.

Professor Stephan’s research priorities are labor and personnel economics, labor and social policy, microeconometrics, and evaluation of labor market policies.

2023

Abraham M., Rottmann M., Stephan G.:
Justice perceptions of sanctions for unemployed welfare recipients
In: Social Science Research 110 (2023), Article No.: 102839
ISSN: 0049-089X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102839
Schmidtke J., Hetschko C., Schöb R., Stephan G., Eid M., Lawes M.:
DOES WORKER WELL-BEING ADAPT TO A PANDEMIC? AN EVENT STUDY BASED ON HIGH-FREQUENCY PANEL DATA
In: Review of Income and Wealth (2023)
ISSN: 0034-6586
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12668
Stephan G., Dütsch M., Osiander C.:
Short-time allowances in times of crisis: a survey experiment
In: Journal for Labour Market Research 57 (2023), Article No.: 32
ISSN: 1867-8343
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-023-00358-3

2022

Abraham M., Collischon M., Grimm V., Kreuter F., Moser K., Niessen C., Schnabel C., Stephan G., Trappmann M., Wolbring T.:
COVID-19, normative attitudes and pluralistic ignorance in employer-employee relationships
In: Journal for Labour Market Research 56 (2022), Article No.: 19
ISSN: 1867-8343
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-022-00325-4
Lawes M., Hetschko C., Schoeb R., Stephan G., Eid M.:
The Impact of Unemployment on Cognitive, Affective, and Eudaimonic Well-Being Facets: Investigating Immediate Effects and Short-Term Adaptation
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2022)
ISSN: 0022-3514
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000417
Lawes M., Hetschko C., Schöb R., Stephan G., Eid M.:
Unemployment and hair cortisol as a biomarker of chronic stress
In: Scientific Reports 12 (2022), Article No.: 21573
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25775-1
Senghaas M., Osiander C., Stephan G., Struck O.:
Fairness perceptions regarding in-work benefits: a survey experiment
In: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 42 (2022), p. 30-49
ISSN: 0144-333X
DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-04-2022-0101
Senghaas M., Osiander C., Stephan G., Struck O., Wolff R.:
The perceived fair duration of unemployment benefits for older workers. The role of lifetime achievements in the labour market
In: International Journal of Social Welfare (2022)
ISSN: 1369-6866
DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12558
Senghaas M., Osiander C., Struck O., Wolff R., Stephan G.:
The perceived fair duration of unemployment benefits for older workers. The role of lifetime achievements in the labour market
In: International Journal of Social Welfare (2022)
ISSN: 1369-6866
DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12558
Stephan G., Osiander C., Senghaas M., Wolff R., Struck O.:
Which duration of unemployment benefits is perceived as being just for which groups? Results from a factorial survey experiment in Germany
In: Social Policy and Society (2022), p. 1-21
ISSN: 1474-7464
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746421000956
Wolff RV., Struck O., Osiander C., Senghaas M., Stephan G.:
Justice perceptions of occupational training subsidies: findings from a factorial survey
In: Journal for Labour Market Research 56 (2022), Article No.: 6
ISSN: 1867-8343
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-022-00311-w
van den Berg GJ., Dauth C., Homrighausen P., Stephan G.:
Informing employees in small and medium-sized firms about training: Results of a randomized field experiment
In: Economic Inquiry (2022)
ISSN: 0095-2583
DOI: 10.1111/ecin.13111

2021

Osiander C., Senghaas M., Stephan G., Struck O.:
Längeres Arbeitslosengeld in der Krise? Covid-19 und die angemessene maximale Bezugsdauer
In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 73 (2021), p. 419-448
ISSN: 0023-2653
DOI: 10.1007/s11577-021-00806-3
Riphahn RT., Schnabel C., Stephan G.:
Was kann maschinelles Lernen in der Arbeitsmarkt- und Bildungsforschung leisten?
In: IAB-Forum (2021)
ISSN: 1861-7522
(Conference report)

2020

Bauer F., Bossler M., Bruckmeier K., Dietrich H., Hohendanner C., Jahn E., Kruppe T., Lang J., Oberfichtner M., Stephan G., Weber E., Wiemers J., Wolff J.:
Zur Bewältigung von aktuellen Herausforderungen: Ausbildung und berufliche Weiterbildung fördern, Arbeit in der Transformation zukunftsfest machen und Arbeitslosenversicherung stärken
(2020), p. 43
ISSN: 2195-5980
(anderer)
Dietrich H., Kruppe T., Lang J., Oberfichtner M., Stephan G., Weber E.:
Zum Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung im Strukturwandel und zur Weiterentwicklung der Ausbildungsförderung
(2020)
ISSN: 2195-5980
(anderer)
Osiander C., Stephan G.:
Was beeinflusst die Weiterbildungsbereitschaft von Beschäftigten? Befunde aus einer Vignettenstudie
In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 27(3) (2020), p. 336-359
ISSN: 0943-2779
DOI: 10.3224/indbez.v27i3.05

2019

Buschmann B., Grimm V., Rau H., Stephan G.:
On gender-specific behavior in collective bargaining
(2019)
(Working Paper)
Buschmann B., Grimm V., Stephan G.:
Unwilling or unwanted? Exploring the gender gap in leadership
(2019)
(Working Paper)
Pfeifer C., Stephan G.:
Why women do not ask: gender differences in fairness perceptions of own wages and subsequent wage growth
In: Cambridge Journal of Economics 43(2) (2019), p. 295-310
ISSN: 0309-166X
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bey035

2018

Abraham M., Rottmann M., Stephan G.:
Sanktionen in der Grundsicherung: Was als gerecht empfunden wird.
(2018)
(anderer)
Buschmann B., Gärtner D., Grimm V., Osiander C., Stephan G.:
Wann würden Frauen für Tarifkommissionen kandidieren? * Befunde aus einem faktoriellen Survey
In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 3 (2018), p. 320-342
ISSN: 0943-2779
DOI: 10.3224/indbez.v25i3.03
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Hofmann, Barbara; Ramos Lobato, Philipp; Stephan, Gesine; Uhlendorff, Arne:
Arbeitsuche und Beschäftigungserfolg: Aktionspläne zeigen wenig Wirkung
17/2018 (2018)
(online publication)

2017

Feicht R., Grimm V., Rau H., Stephan G.:
On the impact of quotas and decision rules in collective bargaining
In: European Economic Review (2017), p. 175-192
ISSN: 0014-2921
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.08.004

2016

Bernhard S., Dauth C., Hofmann B., Hohmeyer K., Jahn E., Kruppe T., Sowa F., Stephan G., Trenkle S., Weber E., Wolff J., Oberfichtner M.:
Zur Ausgestaltung der Arbeitslosenversicherung
(2016)
(anderer)
Grimm V., Lang J., Stephan G.:
Tarifverträge und die Lohnlücke zwischen Männern und Frauen Empirische Evidenz aus Zerlegungsanalysen
In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 23 (2016), p. 309-333
ISSN: 0943-2779
URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24889863
Grimm V., Lang J., Stephan G.:
Tarifverträge und die Lohnlücke zwischen Männern und Frauen: Empirische Evidenz aus Zerlegungsanalysen
In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 23 (2016), p. 309-333
ISSN: 0943-2779
DOI: 10.1688/IndB-2016-03-Grimm
Stephan G.:
Arbeitssuchend, aber (noch) nicht arbeitslos: Was kommt nach der Meldung
In: WSI-Mitteilungen 69 (2016)
ISSN: 0342-300X
Struck O., Dütsch M., Stephan G.:
Bonuszahlungen an Manager. Eine Szenarienanalyse zu Gerechtigkeitsurteilen
In: WSI-Mitteilungen 69 (2016), p. 85-94
ISSN: 0342-300X